Smittyman

I've also been told about messing with the distributor... Hmm... Is that on the side? Or what? I've never done that. And we used some Mass Air Flow Sensor Cleaner. And Fuel Pressure Regulators... how would a car act if one is acting up, or not working?

nano49

Smitty............ Sorry about the late reply bud, tomorrow (sunday) I'm doing a tune up, oil change and replacing my starter solenoid (went out on me today) I'll take pics of the distributor cap and the location of the bolt I'm talking about and post it here so you get an idea... just bare with me buddy

Smittyman

Hey Nano, thanks for helping me out man. I appreciate it. Sorry about the solenoid. Lol, always seems to be something.

nano49

OK buddy, here is the pic with the location of the distributor adjusting bolts (assuming you have the 2.4 KA24E engine)

BEFORE YOU MESS WITH IT MAKE SURE YOU GET A FLAT HEAD SCREW DRIVER AND MARK THE POSITION OF THE DISTRIBUTOR BY MARKING A LINE IN THE ENGINE BLOCK AND DISTRIBUTOR, IN CASE YOU NEED TO SET IT BACK TO THE EXACT SAME POSITION IT WAS BEFORE YOU MESSED WITH IT!
Do not remove the bolts, just loosen them and rotate distributor to adjust iddle, (make sure engine is running at normal operating temp) have fun!

P.S. replaced starter and my ride is back to purring like a kitten!

Smittyman

Sweet. My friends and I are going to attempt that this afternoon. I also figured out how to run the diagnostic codes, Code 55 - No Malfunction. Just thought it was worth a check. I really hope adjusting this does the trick. I really do. She's a good car.

FWD240KA

I agree!!! This is so cool, I can't seem to find any Stanza lovers out here, and then I come across ya'll!

Nano, BEAUTIFUL car, I am hoping to get some stuff done to mine soon.

If you're MAF is gone, or going, you're car will have a rough idle and you won't be able to get up to any speeds. It's almost as if you were in a wrong gear, or trying to start in 2nd gear. At least that's my experience with the MAF going out. I could be wrong.
My car has a low idle as I come to a stop, it feels like it wants to die out, but doesn't. I just think the idle needs to be adjusted unless you all were able to figure out what was wrong with it. Also, my MPG is horrible, maybe I'm expecting too much from a Stanza, but I'm getting 21mpg, city/highway?!?

p.s.
This is so friggin' cool! Stanza lovers. lol.

__________________
"You old hopeless fart, a Datsun broke your neck!"-Richard Hammond, Top Gear, Nissan GTR

nano49

FWD240KA... Thanks that's my baby!
Smitty....... FWD240KA is right about the MAF also with a defective MAF, with engine running at normal operating temp, your RPM's wont go past 4000 no matter how much you press the gas pedal and iddle would go from 3000 to 4000 back and forth with gas pedal fully pressed in.

FWD240KA....... 21 mpg's city sucks! my ride's iddle is 900 rpm's wich it normal and it has power and everything but milage also sucked/sucks. last sunday I replaced my starter and noticed alot of my vaccum hoses even tho they were in place they were cracke and actually 2 of them crumbbled in my hands (I'm talking about the hoses under the air filter assambly) so I went to autozone and bought the hoses (3ft) and replaced all my vaccum hoses of the same hose diameter, I'm yet to see a difference in mpg's but then again I haven't driven the car but 3 blocks a day to drop kids off to school
will keep ya updated tho.

Have a good one ya'll.

P.S. Hey Smitty did you ever mess with the distributor??? if so what happenend did ya figured out? let me know

Smittyman

Awesome! I love seeing activity on here Stanza lovers indeed! It does sound like it's possibly the Mass Air Flow Sensor... lack of power... hard to get going... rough idle... I can push the RPM's... but it doesn't make it go faster. Lol. I'll check into that. So... is this a piece I can get at a Junkyard, or Autoparts store? Price range?

And we did mess with the distributor timing. Marked where it was, and started to slowly adjust. After messing with it for awhile and listening... the best position is what it was in originally. So we just left it there. I don't know if it's just me... but the Stanza does seems to be driving better. I can somewhat get up to speed normally (unless there is a hill - I'll have no chance). I think things are getting warmed up again since she's sat for a year. I've put nearly 300 miles on her since she started. But still has the same traits as before. I wanna figure this out. I've got some plans for this Stanza

Stanza~Steve

hey guys sorry im not here as much as all of you are :P but i bought myself a 91 audi 90 quattro I5 20v. im waiting for the dealership to fix the ignition switch then shes all mine =)

but yeah, im hoping that my little bro will get his own car so i can have my stanza back. and maybe then ill be able to put the wheels i have sitting in storage on and fix the shift problems. and then i might do new rings and bearings and rebuild the head just so it wouldnt burn oil

Smittyman

I do hope you get her back Stanza Steve. Still not sure about my Stanza... maybe mass air flow sensor, maybe the loud loud exhaust leak, maybe it's just old. Lol. We'll see