VL_5SPEED
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- 1986 Holden VL calais project
I have already posted a thread in the VL section. But Not many people go there and My car is seriously rooted. So heres the story.
Ok so today driving home, its pouring down rain. Car starts spluttering like crazy so i put the clutch in and it stalls. I roll and park it. I go to start it and nothing. It doesn't crank at all. So i try again and it cranks once and then nothing again. I try again and it is now cranking over. At this stage I notice that the fuel pump is making weird priming noises non stop and that when the ignition is on the tacho is going up and down like crazy and you could also hear zapping noises like wires touching each other. I then crank it over and white smoke is pouring out the exhaust. I go and look at the exhaust out and it appears that there is fuel on the exhaust tip. So the NRMA comes... does the usual. Checks for spark... Yep theres spark. Checks the ECU for water... No water. So we try and crank it again and it finally starts and he says it was flooded. So hes following me home in case it ****s up again. Get very close to my house and it ****s up again. So he called a tow truck for me. I get a call from the tow truck company saying that Im not at the spot where my car broke down at. I tell them what happened and they say that I was supposed to tell them that (the NRMA dude is the one who organizes the truck).So now the tow truck company says I have to call the NRMA and book another tow truck so i told them to get ****ed as by the time the tow truck comes the mechanics will be closed. So I will get it towed tomorrow. What do you guys think the problem could be??
And here is the update.
Well it looks like its ****ed. It started and i got it home. I open the radiator cap today and fluid leaks out of it non stop (just keeps rising and leaking out). I noticed it looked a very strange colour (pinky-red) and i could see like a oil film on top of it. I smelt it and guess what I smell..... Petrol.......... So im guessing something is seriously ****ed.
Im so ****ed off:bang:
Ok so today driving home, its pouring down rain. Car starts spluttering like crazy so i put the clutch in and it stalls. I roll and park it. I go to start it and nothing. It doesn't crank at all. So i try again and it cranks once and then nothing again. I try again and it is now cranking over. At this stage I notice that the fuel pump is making weird priming noises non stop and that when the ignition is on the tacho is going up and down like crazy and you could also hear zapping noises like wires touching each other. I then crank it over and white smoke is pouring out the exhaust. I go and look at the exhaust out and it appears that there is fuel on the exhaust tip. So the NRMA comes... does the usual. Checks for spark... Yep theres spark. Checks the ECU for water... No water. So we try and crank it again and it finally starts and he says it was flooded. So hes following me home in case it ****s up again. Get very close to my house and it ****s up again. So he called a tow truck for me. I get a call from the tow truck company saying that Im not at the spot where my car broke down at. I tell them what happened and they say that I was supposed to tell them that (the NRMA dude is the one who organizes the truck).So now the tow truck company says I have to call the NRMA and book another tow truck so i told them to get ****ed as by the time the tow truck comes the mechanics will be closed. So I will get it towed tomorrow. What do you guys think the problem could be??
And here is the update.
Well it looks like its ****ed. It started and i got it home. I open the radiator cap today and fluid leaks out of it non stop (just keeps rising and leaking out). I noticed it looked a very strange colour (pinky-red) and i could see like a oil film on top of it. I smelt it and guess what I smell..... Petrol.......... So im guessing something is seriously ****ed.
Im so ****ed off:bang: