Recent content by SteveJC

That is correct it was the alternator belt, does that also drive the power steering or is there a separate belt? Anyway I was informed all the belts were replaced and subsequently re- adjusted. Possibly the noise our engine made could have been described as one tappet/shim badly out of...

Mike We run a Nissan Tino with basically the same 2.2 diesel engine as the X Trail. It was purchased used and went back to the garage under warranty twice to trace the cold start up tapping noise, a bit like a slack timing chain. They could not resolve it and refered it to the Nissan dealer who...