Not being able to be sure what it is makes me want to just sell off the J but I also don't want to do that. I like the car and am always willing to put some money into it to keep her.
Are these springs people suggest replacing the same as the timing belt tensioner springs inside the intake camshaft sprockets? All this terminology is quite difficult to keep straight. Half the stuff mentioned I can't even find in the service manual. Take the "engine solenoid" or "VTC solenoid" for example, I can't find that either.
The key thing is determining what is causing the ticking. If these springs have a good chance of causing this it doesn't seem to difficult to pull off the timing belt covers and change them. Even if they aren't the problem, if I do that then it confirms that isn't the issue and I would have to look elsewhere...but where? If it's a "lifter" issue and that requires pulling the plenum...I'm not sure that's something I want to do. I think I could do it but I don't know if I could get humpty back together and there is so much else that would need to be done when doing that it's a bit much for me. I would need a guide with me that knows more than I do about these engines.
Anyone near Mobile, Alabama want to buy a J or help me fix it?
Or does anyone know of a way to find a local shop that is good with these engines?
/easy to work on)? I like Infiniti/Nissan but it would probably be a lot to try to go through each section on this site and ask questions. It seems like it's just a crapshoot when trying to pick which cars to look for so I can get a price range to compare to all this work I would have to do to this car.
