Questions about Nissan 200SX

[Benjamin Gawert]

I have the chance to get an 1992 Nissan 200SX 1.8 Turbo 16V w. 96000km on it
and 169hp. I have no experience with Nissan´s, so what do I have to expect?
What are known problems with this car, on what to look on test drive? How
long should engine and Turbo last? Any other comments? Fuel consumption?

Benjamin

[james]

I just brought a 1992 200sx with 107,000 miles on the clock. It had a new
Turbo at 106,000 and I love it. Nissan are supposed to be reliable. So far
though i do not know about problems (apart from when it rains you wish you
had less horses under the bonnet).

Mine is in good shape but just give it a good looking over, no noises etc.
Also see if there are any signs of neglect, dirty oil or dirty under hood.

It can bit a bit hungry on fuel but otherwise WOW!

James

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[James Wallace]

I have a 1990 200SX and I am only aware of one inherent defect. The rear
subframe bushes. These appear to wear out long before the rest of the
car. There is a knocking from the rear especially when cornering hard.
Nissan will not supply the bushes, only the complete subframe for about
450 UKP. There is a UK company called Norris Design who can get
replacement bushes from Japan for 150 UKP. You have then got to fit them
which is not trivial but can be down without completely removing the
subframe.

Even with the latent defect, its a great car and fun to drive.

Buy one and see for yourself.

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[Gary Clark]

I have one of these cars, as stated the rear subframe bushes wore out at
about 70,000 miles.
Now the bad news -

The main known problem is engine valve wear, on early unleaded models, the
valves fail after about 40-50K,
the later engines have harder valves. I suffered a total engine failure
after a big end bolt snapped at 60K and the hardened valves of the new
engine wore out in 40K. Talking to the nissan mech, he has replaced many
valves and has also had another car in with big end bolt failure. My car has
been fully serviced from new.

When the valves begin to wear, you seem to get a strange dead spot around
3500 rpm.

Another common problem is backlash in the crank angle sensor (as its called,
but its mounted on one of the
camshafts), this causes a random misfire, that after time, may damage
pistons and valves.

My car had one turbo after 35000 miles and the current one has lasted 70,000
miles.

My car has done 105,000 miles and has otherwise been a fun car, and on a
brighter note, my friend has one
too and has had no problems. All in all if the engine seems not to be
perfoming correctly, take it straight to
a fully qualified mech and get it checked out - my new engine cost a
warranty company £4000 and the valve
replacement job cost me around £1000.