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Hi all, I have been reading everyone's posts for a few years but I am a newbie in terms of posting and asking for advice. I have a 2011 Thai built D40 Navara. Ive had it for a little over two years and it has always started real easy. Done some towing of a caravan long trips outback no issues.
A week ago I went to start it early one morning and it fired, ran for about 5 seconds and then died. I tried again, same thing. I would have tried 10 times and gave up. I had a major problem I thought, told work i was sick and organised a tow to my mechanic. I disconnected the battery and charged it up, as I thought i would have depleted the battery. Later that day it starts up fine. No issues. Towie was booked so it went on a truck to the Mechanic. mechanic also could not find anything wrong and it did not have any problem starting for him. He gave it back and took it home. Its done it twice in about 10 starts. So its intermittent. I have scan tool - no faults codes come up on the dash or the scan tool. Fuel filter is about a year old, maybe 8000 kms since replacement. Drives fine. Once is running it idles fine at about 750 rpm. My scan tool tells me the Calculated Engine Load value at idle is 20% at normal operating temperature and that this figure should be lower but I am not sure about this. Is this related to injector wear, so could this be an issue regards the hard start issue.
My thoughts are intermittent bad data from a sensor, but which one. Is it worth taking to a dealer for just a dealer level scan. I've been quoted a ferocious $308 for just the scan from a Nissan dealer. Any thoughts.
Appreciate any advice.
Tim
A week ago I went to start it early one morning and it fired, ran for about 5 seconds and then died. I tried again, same thing. I would have tried 10 times and gave up. I had a major problem I thought, told work i was sick and organised a tow to my mechanic. I disconnected the battery and charged it up, as I thought i would have depleted the battery. Later that day it starts up fine. No issues. Towie was booked so it went on a truck to the Mechanic. mechanic also could not find anything wrong and it did not have any problem starting for him. He gave it back and took it home. Its done it twice in about 10 starts. So its intermittent. I have scan tool - no faults codes come up on the dash or the scan tool. Fuel filter is about a year old, maybe 8000 kms since replacement. Drives fine. Once is running it idles fine at about 750 rpm. My scan tool tells me the Calculated Engine Load value at idle is 20% at normal operating temperature and that this figure should be lower but I am not sure about this. Is this related to injector wear, so could this be an issue regards the hard start issue.
My thoughts are intermittent bad data from a sensor, but which one. Is it worth taking to a dealer for just a dealer level scan. I've been quoted a ferocious $308 for just the scan from a Nissan dealer. Any thoughts.
Appreciate any advice.
Tim