missfire on 2000 almera 1.8 sport?

normally if its the chain a check engine light will come on and the code p0340 camtiming when it diagnostic checked, but if its not on yet it still might be early stages of it, to check chain bit more involved than looking through the oil filler cap, u really need to see how far the tenshioner is sticking out and most nissans have a small plate u can take off to see in or u could just remove the whole cam cover and look down, if its sticking out more than aprox 10mm the chain needs to be replaced,

garthy
February 2009

when you drive the car without accelerating hard [normal use] have a look at your rev counter and see if it is steady or if it is moving up and down on its own slightly if it is doing this then your timing chain has stretched causing the symptoms you describe .you should be just able to see the chain through the oil filler to check

gtwannabe
February 2009