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My K11 1997 GX has been a little ill lately. It started when it kangaroo'd to a halt and I had to get the recovery truck out. I was told that it was the alternator that had gone and so I went ahead and swapped it for a new one, along with a new belt. However, while the car started and would...

I returned home from work today to be greeted by this: I've missed having a tach, so it got dropped in straight away I took it out for a run and discovered that my car redlines at 5400... I knew these cars were reined in somewhat, but this surprised me nonetheless. So I checked that It was...

Yep, that's all sorted now, t'was the exact same thing as yours. I was sceptical about it working, but as suggested by Frank above, it must've dripped into the chimney.

Jamie, that just meant they weren't quite long enough to be seated properly in the cups. Hence they can wobble about when the car is jacked up

If it happens, it won't be for a while, but I am considering doing a turbo build on a K11. The forum doesn't seem to be short of info on these, but one thing that I can't seem to come by are mpg figures for such builds. Could people with turbo'd K11's (any cc) please shout up with what they...

Update: After a week of daily use, sealing up the holes has definitely stopped the leak! I was prepared for a long fruitless struggle possibly entailing a spot of welding and some small fires, so needless to say, I am chuffed. :) However... The carpet (and more importantly) the foamy stuff...

Thanks Frank. That must be it, a well aimed drip. Because I can't see the scuttle filling up to that level!

Awesome, I'll get to work!

Hi all, my CG13 has a bit of a rattle from the timing end... I'm hoping that it isn't the chains, but accept that it probably is. I'd like to remove this black panel to get a better look. How much help is this going to be, will it allow me to see the tensioners? Any help would be great :)

Thanks Ade! Yep, judging by the state in which I found mine, I would say that's pretty plausible. However, underneath these clips is a channel that I would have assumed can drain water away? And when I peered inside, I saw that the heater inlet is raised up about an inch? So I'm stumped as to...

Cheers for the feedback everyone! It lashed it down this morning and I discovered I have a leak - passenger footwell area. Possibly many leaks as the water did not seem to be too fussed as to where it gushed out of. Hopefully tackling this one when it dries up a bit out there. It's pretty...

Right, project thread time. Initially, I had planned for this to be a temporary car, but plans change and here we are. The idea is to spend as little as possible as my past builds have always ended up spiralling 22/4/14 K11 1.3 GX Bought for £400 with 12 months ticket. Bit of surface rust...

Good evening residents of the Micra forum, I've finally decided to sign up after about a month of scrounging ideas and info. I've just sold my Mx and bought a K11 as a temporary car to use. Just while I made my mind up on what I'm after. However its grown on me kinda quickly and I've decided to...