I dont see why you would need to (unless this is a warranty issue?). Everything responsible for the engine running is located behind the front cover via a chaincase. You could technically start the car without the pulley on the front of the car without any issues. There is no reluctor ring on this pulley correct?

This IS a warranty issue, I'm going to take in the car, show them the video and tell them to figure it out


I'm going to revert to stock air boxes so they can't blame an air leak or whatever...


And I want to assume there isn't a reluctor ring (had to google it) because the new pulley is aluminum and I KNOW they don't put magnets in them

Ah gotcha, I would go to 100 percent stock because you know if they cant figure it out the first thing they are going to do is blame it on that aftermarket part that has nothing to do with it.

And reading through your thread I believe it was stated that the timing is taken off the flywheel at the other end of the crank :).

DE, yes that does sound like my car when my fuel pump went out.... BUUUUTTTT mine wouldnt idle after the crummy start. it would sputter and the engine would shake like it was starving..... which it was, then flat out die on me.

yours sounds like mine just weeks before it finally went out. its crazy that once it fires up ok it drives normal. mine did the same thing. go figure.

... So the dealershit said nothing is wrong with my car... It needs a new battery... That's their answer... Anyone else smell bullshít???

Sounds like they either cant figure it out, or just dont want to bother pulling the trans.

a fuel issue you wouldn't say... weird could have sworn i saw that somewhere else in this thread... lol damn lazy techs at nissan not wanting to actually figure out whats wrong. did you show them the video?

Yep, I did... They still said battery... I was like, it cranked fuckin strong for 10 cranks, LOL

and I put my battery on the charger every damn night

Many auto parts stores will test your battery under load, often for free.

I'd tell them to test it with a new battery in it and then go from there. Now on my Pontiac solstice, I had these exact issues. I took it to 3 different shops and no one could figure it out. Then one day, it just started up fine and had no issues. I'll bet it WAS the fuel pump. When I tried to start it, it sounded like an old juloppy trying to turn over. Chug Chug Chug Chug. No one ever figured it out. Amazing and they too told me to install a new battery; which I did, but we have no way of knowing if that was it......cause I sold it and bought the Z.

Well, I'm just going to swap the battery... And fortunately because I'm a bastard... And because I drive around with a GoPro 24/7 now... I have ANOTHER video of my car not starting that I didn't show them...

Sooooooo... I'm going to call corporate tomorrow, see what they say, then after I get my new battery, miraculously, my car won't start again! YAY!!!
Goddamn dealershit probably didn't fix ANY of the problems on my car... It sucks because the guy has been really good to me... But I guess they just got lazy...

DE im not sure if i mentioned but the day my car wouldnt start (friday afternoon) i ran and bought a new battery. installed it and the car fired up! ran great until saturday afternoon when it wouldnt start and eventually had to be towed to the dealership.

i have no idea in hell why the new battery made the fuel pump work so well for a day then crap out.......

my car just started doing this :/ fml hoping its just bad gas.

... Are you on the OEM battery?

And did you have the 3 long crank attempts like mine (2nd video shows all of the startups)

no every crank is like that and also my needle doesn't sweep.

Check your spark plugs? It does sound like it's not firing on all cylinders at times. If a plug has gone bad this would explain the rich fuel smell.

Wellllllll... There have been reports of bad coil packs and bad connections to the coil packs and such, and I WOULD check them, but for me at this stage of my car's life, the bítch is under warranty, dealer should be taking care of it... I just think they've been lazy. I'm going to pick it up tomorrow. And I think if it ever starts up again on 4 cylinders, I'm just going to drive it like that until it breaks.

okay mine was simply the battery :/ lol

The car or DE-and-a-half?