Hey everyone first post here.
I own a 1985 Nissan Sunny (not very classy i know, but it beats the bus) and its giving me a bit of grief. Its always had a bit of trouble starting and running when in wet conditions until one day it just refused to start. I took it to the mechanic and he replaced the distributor cap and said it should be fine from now on. Well, it wasn't haha. I recently moved towns and it was about a 15 hour drive, and basically whenever the weather got damp my car would lose all acceleration unless i pulled over for a few seconds and then it worked fine.....for about 15 minutes at a time. I would partically notice it after going over a steep hill in the wet (lots of hills here in new zealand) where i would plant my foot once i was on level ground but nothing would happen. The weird thing is its perfectly fine in dry weather, it just hates the wet. Does anyone know what would be causing this? i was thinking the fuel pump might be stuffed but why would the wet affect this?
Sorry about the long post, but i wanted to see if anyone on here knew before i forked more money over to a mechanic.
I own a 1985 Nissan Sunny (not very classy i know, but it beats the bus) and its giving me a bit of grief. Its always had a bit of trouble starting and running when in wet conditions until one day it just refused to start. I took it to the mechanic and he replaced the distributor cap and said it should be fine from now on. Well, it wasn't haha. I recently moved towns and it was about a 15 hour drive, and basically whenever the weather got damp my car would lose all acceleration unless i pulled over for a few seconds and then it worked fine.....for about 15 minutes at a time. I would partically notice it after going over a steep hill in the wet (lots of hills here in new zealand) where i would plant my foot once i was on level ground but nothing would happen. The weird thing is its perfectly fine in dry weather, it just hates the wet. Does anyone know what would be causing this? i was thinking the fuel pump might be stuffed but why would the wet affect this?
Sorry about the long post, but i wanted to see if anyone on here knew before i forked more money over to a mechanic.