20 Most Recent 1998 Nissan 200SX Questions & Answers

SOULDS LIKE EXCESSIVE EXHAUST BACK PRESSURE CAUSED BY A RESTRICTED CAT CONVERTOR. SHOULD HAVE NO MORE THAN 1.5 TO 3 PSI CHECKED AT THE O2 SENSOR AT IDLE AND AT 2500 RPM. THE CONVERTOR CAN BECOME DAMAGED IF UNBURNT FUEL ENTERS IT. THIS IS CAUSED BY TUNE UP CONCERNS USUALLY.

borrow some ramps you need to get under to remove the starter. also ask for some one to give you a push start. failing that you will need a jack and lift up the car to get to the motor.

loose wire or bad ground for the unit

The trans. will have a drain plug on the bottom of case and a fill plug about halfway up on one side of the case. Usually a large socket needed for this, like about 21 mm. You need to check the owner's manual or with Nissan to see what kind and amount of fluid to use, whether gear oil or what. If it's gear oil, you snip the top of the cap off and use a small hose (like a vacuum hose) over the cap. squeeze the bottle to dispense through the hose into the gearbox. If that is inconvenient or difficult, you might need a cheap hand held plunger type pump. You fill the box just until fluid starts to ooze out the fil hole. Then put the plug in and done.

If the clutch operation feels smooth and normal with the usual amount of travel and free play then it probably is ok and the fault is inside the clutch housing, with the clutch components. Difficult gear changes and gear crunching sometimes could be caused by dry and tight splines or grease/oil contamination of the friction material.

Blown fusible link?

can't take the slack out of a stretched chained if you already replaced just the tensioner did you also look at the other timing chain guides?!? they're plastic covered as well & will eventually wear out in time

Look on the exhaust manifold or on the exhaust pipe attached to it for the oxygen sensor that the computer uses to keep the air/fuel mixture at optimum. And then there will be an oxygen sensor in the exhaust pipe after the catalytic converter. This sensor is used to monitor the efficiency of the converter. The sensors will be the only thing in the exhaust that has an electrical connector.

As a direct replacement, likely not, as these are very different models. The 1.6L engines are similar however, and muffles are the same. Look on rockauto.com for the part numbers.

If it only happens between third and second, it could be the syncro for second gear is worn out.

test/scan for dtc's in cruise / brakes

There is on the after market a repair kit which has conductive tape and electro conductive adhesive. The tape is very similar to that used by alarm engineers on glass protection. Could be possible to solder a tag back onto the element, have to watch the heat and the glass!!!!!!!!