Hi there everyone, and happy new year!
My name is Bartjan. I'm from Holland, The Netherlands.
Searching for some info I came across this forum and it looks like it holds a lot of knowledge about the M35 Stagea.
That's why I joined you because I have some questions, and I probably will have some more in the future.
Last friday I bought a 2003 Nissan GH-M35 Stagea. 125kkm on it.
The car has been imported by somebody who moved out of Japan and took it with him to Holland in 2006.
About a year ago this person had to move back to Japan and sold this car to the person I bought it from.
He could not find anyone to sell it to, until I showed up.
The car has been standing still for about a year.
I have been driving it just a bit around town and made some trips and i put about 200km on the odo.
Dispite a flat battery and a flat tire, that I changed immediately, the car runs really great!
At this point there are only two basic questions I would like to ask.
-> Wat is the best brand/type motor oil I should use?
I really want to change the oil and filter, because it's a bit dark and I'm not well informed about the service history.
I live in a climate where min/max temp is around 0C winter -30C summer.
-> Second is: When I start the car it runs really smootly around 800rpm.
After an half hour drive, the engine is well warmed up the idle sticks at 1600rpm.
When I park the car and put it in P or N, it stays respectively at 1600rpm.
When I rev it a little to 3000rpm it goes down to 1600rpm and repeatedly goes up to 2200 rpm and back to 1600 rpm in a rythmn.
When I turn the ignition of, wait for 3 minutes, and start the engine again it idles again around 800 rpm.
What could this be?
I know the car has been standing still for a while, maybe this has to do some with this behavior.
I would really appreciate your help on this issue,
Thank you,
Bartjan