Hello dear community, I bought a Nissan Primera 2.0 Bj. 99 (190.000Km). Today I noticed an abnormal and irregular “grinding” from the engine compartment. I was also today at Nissan and asked if this would have happened with the steering chain. The answer was: – Highly unlikely – A torn steering chain would not be known to him in this model – I guess a grinding at the water pump or similar. Now it is leather that if the steering chain is broken, On the internet I have already learned many cases about the tearing of the chain and that it is not so rare, because Nissan probably would not have installed a special good chain. Jetz I do not know exactly whether it must always be a “crack” that shows the signs of a weak chain or it can be a grinding noise. Which in my opinion sounds from the moter on the left (if you are standing in front of the car). The noise is not constant, sond I think it’s rather irregular, but most of the time it’s the clock of the engine. It’s hard to hear at high speed, but I mean that the interval increases with the speed. The car’s checkbook is well maintained and therefore always (until 2012) examined by a Nissan distributor. They would have to have noticed that until now. My questions are now the following: – I’m not very dependent on the car, only if it could be the chain, how high is the expectation equal Tomorrow to tear? – What are typical signs before the ultimatum: Chain crack? – What do the materials cost and what should everything be renewed if you could do it privately and it really is the chain? I hope I find someone here who might know what I mean and hope that I have expressed myself as precisely as possible. I am very grateful for every hint!