Nissan Primera engine shuts

[fahema]

my dads nissan primera keeps shutting down on him, when he hasnt driven it for a wile the car jus stalls on him automatically, he has got a chalk stick near his knee and he has taken the car to the garage plenty of times but stil the problem occurs, after the car has been driven for a wile the car is fine but jus seems to stall whenever you stop jus after it has been started, what is the problem with the car?

[dawnI]

The fuel system on a nissan takes a few minutes to cycle through its diagnistic mode. If the enging is started and stopped before this mode finishes it can be a real bu**er to startup again. One soloution if this happens is to pull out the fuse which controls the fuel management system then start the car. What will happen is the car will start a bit roughly and there may be a bit of smoke out the exhaust from unburnt fuel this is normal. once it is running happily switch her off an pop the fuse back in when you restart it should be fine.