Nissan Terrano II - Terrano - Low rev stutter - Bedhead

My usually reliable Terrano is giving some grief, lately it has been a bit spluttery at low revs, just the odd hiccup now and then, but today it has been playing up terribly, it cit out a a junction and ran like a dog when restarted, until it hit 2000 revs and pulled away as normal, I was worried it was fuel starvation, but on the motorway it sat at a very comfortable 80 until the end of the motorway when it started the stutter thing again, when it stutters there is a burst of blue smoke, keep it above 2k and it is fine.

Stumped here because it has a FSH and it's been boringly reliable for the 8 or so years it's been in the family.

Nissan Terrano II - Terrano - Low rev stutter - Collos25

Could this be the dreaded timing chains? it sounds like it.

Nissan Terrano II - Terrano - Low rev stutter - Bedhead

Really? That's a bit poor for a vehicle with less than 80 thousand miles on the clock. The OH's Fabia has a lot more on its chain.

Looks like the scrapyard is calling.

Nissan Terrano II - Terrano - Low rev stutter - Bedhead

Turned out to be a corroded metal fuel pipe near the tank.