Old Nissan Micra Engine

volospian · 8 Apr 2006 at 17:09

I've just been looking at an old wedge shaped Nissan Micra (a runaround for my old ma). It looks in fantastic condition, but there is some white gunk underneath the oil filler cap. The oil itself is clear and golden and the guy selling it rekons it's just had a service, inlcuding cam belt. Now, the car is very old (C reg, I think). What do people think, HGF, or just normal moisture getting in to an old engine?

Tesla · 8 Apr 2006 at 17:39

It could be either to be honest.

What I think though, there are LOADS of K10 Micra's about.

I sold my Mum's yesterday. G reg with 37k on the clock, £325.

Walk away from this one and go and look at another.

Ev0 · 8 Apr 2006 at 18:31

Tonnes of them around, very good value imho.

Even the 1 litre 16v is a cracking engine, I know it was used on the K11 not sure about the K10, think it was

moss · 8 Apr 2006 at 18:37

Ev0 said:
Even the 1 litre 16v is a cracking engine, I know it was used on the K11 not sure about the K10, think it was

Nah totally different in the K10, MA10 engine or something similar.

Ev0 · 8 Apr 2006 at 18:40

moss said:
Nah totally different in the K10, MA10 engine or something similar.

Kinda expected that as wouldn't have thought they'd have used a 16v engine that early, still good cars

moss · 8 Apr 2006 at 18:43

Even now the K10 is pretty reliable considering, my friends currently thinking about buying a K10 March ST, he loves the car but is unsure about spending over £3k on whats basically a quick k10 with a few different panels.

volospian · 8 Apr 2006 at 18:53

Tesla said:
It could be either to be honest.

What I think though, there are LOADS of K10 Micra's about.

I sold my Mum's yesterday. G reg with 37k on the clock, £325.

Walk away from this one and go and look at another.

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. If it wasn't in such good condition (bit of bubling on the drivers front wheel arch, and that's it, no scratches, dents or anything. It looks practically brand new) I wouldn't have spared it a second glance, but not knowing much about the engines, I thought it may be worth asking. Seemed a shame to let it go when the answer could have been "No worries, it's quite normal on that lump"

Tesla · 9 Apr 2006 at 01:04

My Mum only ever did short journeys in her K10 and in the 6 years of ownership never had mayo build up.

The K10 does use the MA10 which is carb. and 8v (iirc).

atpbx · 9 Apr 2006 at 11:49

My mum used to have a G reg 1 litre Micra.

It was rubbish.

Not that it adds anything to the conversation.

Tesla · 9 Apr 2006 at 13:07

atpbx said:
My mum used to have a G reg 1 litre Micra.

It was rubbish.

Not that it adds anything to the conversation.

Why was it rubbish?

geiger · 9 Apr 2006 at 13:22

Dad had a k10 micra, he got it just before the mk2 came in for 5k brand new then used it till last year and clocked up nearly 200k alltogether.

He had a free exhaust deal and they must have hated him for keeping the car so long. They refused to replace the exhaust because the exhaust bushing placements had fallen off the underside of the car. It did suffer from some (enough to look ugly) rust on arches, doors and sills even though my dad loves chucking wax on the inside of panels, etc

Was scrapped for economic reasons, was still going

They dont get HGF afaik unless its been treated like a dog, does this guy have lots of receipts. Clean off the gunk and go for a 50 mile round trip, wont cost much in petrol

C reg is ancient, rust is the biggest thing since you can always replace the engine.

Tesla said:
Why was it rubbish?

If you want a fast car, its rubbish. A stylish car, its rubbish, etc. Obviously its a bargain basement spray on gold winner

atpbx · 9 Apr 2006 at 14:10

Tesla said:
Why was it rubbish?

It was slow, not especially economical for a small car, was noisey, harsh, sparsly equiped, uncomfortable.............

Yes i am aware it was a budget 80's trolley.
It was still rubbish.