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I have been finding hair-like fibers hanging out of my tailpipe after driving. What could be causing this?

i have a 1986 300zx automatic, first will not engage , only if i rev the engine real high it will then engage. when it starts to move i hear a clunking and grinding sound. once it is out of 1st gear it shifts just fine .

I have a 1998 Nissan Frontier XE pick-up.
It’s a 4clyn. I believe my Air Bag system is draining my battery. My battery\alternator checked out good, however while driving …the air bag light flashes & battery light stays on. I also checked the fuses…good. How can I check the air bag system. Is this a common problem?

hi.i have a nissan sentra b13 with a b14 engine…the car has started cutting off on me at unpredictable times , sometimes when im driving or even when im idling in traffic…. it happens out of the blue. it starts back after easily i may have to press some gas but not always .. it will cut off today and not again for a couple weeks ..it may give a brief bad idle before it does but thats it. i have checked the pump, gas filter,air filter, throttle body, gas regulator and injecters… all are goood even my mechanic is confused please HELP!!!!!!

i also failed to mention that the last time it happened the car was idling in the yard and the bad idling started suddenly but it didnt cut off and i noticed puffs of black smoke coming out the exhaust [the car doesnt normally smoke so i found that strange] ….any other guesses?

hi.i have a nissan sentra b13 with a b14 engine…the car has started cutting off on me at unpredictable times , sometimes when im driving or even when im idling in traffic…. it happens out of the blue.  it starts back after easily i may have to press some gas but not always .. it will cut off today and not again for  a couple weeks ..it may give a brief bad idle before it does but thats it. i have checked the pump, gas filter,air filter, throttle body, gas regulator and injecters… all are goood even my mechanic is confused  plea

se HELP!!!!!!

i also failed to mention that the last time it happened the car was idling in the yard and the bad idling started suddenly but it didnt cut off and i noticed puffs of black smoke coming out the exhaust [the car doesnt normally smoke so i found that strange] ….any other guesses?

I replaced coil #3 on a 1997 maxima two months go due to misfiring, the engine ran smoothly since. Last week I felt the same symptoms as two months ago and I am not sure what is causing it whether there is an electrical short or oil leak onto the spark plug or something else. Thanks

it sounds like a spark knock at 2000 rpms and up does not knock when ideling ive put a crank and bearings and a timming chain set in it already

It won’t start the battery would not take a charge so I replaced it still does nothing but click as the starter solenoid on the starter or the firewall.

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car runs good when cold but when reaches normal running temp it sputters and dies. what can cause this?

I have a 1998 nissan altima gxe manual transmission and it won’t shift to 1st or 2nd,but it does shift to 3rd,4th,5th,and reverse what’s the problem and how did it occur

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