Al D said:

You are making the right decision as secondhand Pandas more expensive than here in the UK. Maybe have oil change too Friday (Selenia 0w 30), parts will have 12 month warranty. Hope car is fixed soon.

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Maybe it will be fixed next week, the car will go back to where i bought it.
Apparently i have a 12 months Top occasion guarantee on the car, not 6 months.

Hi my TwinAir has the the triangle on sometimes. But no loss of power.Did yours start with loss power.?

Phils panda said:

Hi my TwinAir has the the triangle on sometimes. But no loss of power.Did yours start with loss power.?

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Nope no lost of power as far i can noticed, sometimes a bit irregular at idle.

Wednesday they will bring a replacement car (New Nissan Micra) they will drive down to me for the change and than drive my Panda back.
I have to discuss the fact that they plan to drive my Panda back for 130 Km to there location.
Want to know for certain it will not effect the engine, and what insurance they gave me, that it will not damaged the engine, driving that distance.

New parts are ordered, not available till next week, Wednesday or Thursday.

UNI Air Module.

I don't know, but would a not properly working multi air system have it's effect on fuel consumption. ??

I get max 12.5 km per liter (30 mpg ??) out of it.

The Pretender said:

I don't know, but would a not properly working multi air system have it's effect on fuel consumption. ??

I get max 12.5 km per liter (30 mpg ??) out of it.

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That's really low! I think you could be onto something there. The worst I've had with mine was when it was running in - 45 mpg. Now I'm getting low 50s. If I do lots of short runs it drops to high 40s again. I also have a 2wd.
My brother had the uniair module fail on his 500 - it was done under warranty - his symptoms were poor starting and high oil consumption - it didn't seem to affect fuel economy.

Just had one fail on my 4 x 4 (see separate thread) symptoms were the ECU just shut down one cylinder which leaves little to play with...

With respect to driving it to the dealers, I think when they did that with mine it probably hastened the demise of the clutch (pulling away on one cylinder). Good luck

The stop start does turn off some times and this is normal so long as the warning triangle is not involved. If you drive off and stop before getting up to speed it does not work. If you stop the car and open the door while the engine is off it disconnects and there are other things that set it off. Door locks obviously send some signals to the ECU as part of this process so there are a lot of things that can cause this to play up. My stop start just does its thing in the background and I hardly notice it The idea is sound but in reality I am not so sure its worth all the complication. It has implications for the battery - new ones with stop start are a hell of a lot more expensive....- and you need a clever battery charger as well. If you find a clever electronic anything PLEASE do let me know........

I suspect the old disconnect the battery thing is probably required to reset /reboot all the electronics, but clock and probably the tyre sensors would need resetting after.

Good luck

Still driving around with the Nissan Micra with 1000cc 71 hp 3 cylinder engine.
This is really the best 3 cylinder engine i have driven so far.

The Pretender said:

Still driving around with the Nissan Micra with 1000cc 71 hp 3 cylinder engine.
This is really the best 3 cylinder engine i have driven so far.

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Is it a Renault unit? How does it compare to the VW triple?

The Pretender said:

UNI Air Module.

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Hi.
I take it that's a used one? The gold colour is oil deposits if I'm not mistaken. Is the deposit very slightly sticky or can you rub it off with a finger easily down to bright metal?

JCarp16 said:

Is it a Renault unit? How does it compare to the VW triple?

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No, so far i know it's a Nissan developed engine.

murphyv310 said:

Hi.
I take it that's a used one? The gold colour is oil deposits if I'm not mistaken. Is the deposit very slightly sticky or can you rub it off with a finger easily down to bright metal?

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Yes a used one.
And i don't know.

The Pretender said:

Yes a used one.
And i don't know.

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No problem.
Just wondered if the deposits were varnish, products of combustion which vary on the use of the engine and oil quality and length of use. I'm wondering if it is varnish if very narrow oilways are getting restricted.

murphyv310 said:

No problem.
Just wondered if the deposits were varnish, products of combustion which vary on the use of the engine and oil quality and length of use. I'm wondering if it is varnish if very narrow oilways are getting restricted.

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I got the picture, not have seen the part yet.

JCarp16 said:

Is it a Renault unit? How does it compare to the VW triple?

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Compare to the VW 3 cylinder, this Nissan 3 cylinder sounds better, it feels better, les vibrations, it feels much smoother to.

The Pretender said:

Compare to the VW 3 cylinder, this Nissan 3 cylinder sounds better, it feels better, les vibrations, it feels much smoother to.

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Having had 3 cars with the VW triple in our household - I would agree - it's not the smoothest unit around. It also bogs down really badly sometimes when pulling away. I'd quite like to try the turbo version though. One thing I do like about it is it's very frugal and feels unburstable.

All the same problems have returned.
So i will start all over again to get them solved.