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I have had a misfire on my VP 5L a while ago and I let it sit for a while. The misfire is now no longer intermittent and is pretty much constant. I've replaced the rotor, distributor cap, plugs. I have also checked the charge coming off the alternator and its normal. The leads and coil...

Hello all, I have a VN 5L that has developed a rather nasty misfire issue. I recently replaced the passenger side engine mount in the usual fashion jacking up the motor to get at the mount and replace it. I took it for a test drive and for the first 10 minutes or so it was fine, then it...

Hello all, The Auto in my 5L decided today that it wont go into 4th gear, which on the highway where you need to drive 110 is a big big issue, taxing the motor big time. Also a few other things the shifts between 1st and 2nd are very slow and quite harsh unless I drive the car flat to the...

I am currently having some problems with my VP 5L. I had to pull off the dash in order to get to a bolt for the steering column mounts and now I am having issues with the car idling. Everything else works fine speedo, fuel guage etc. Its fine under load but it runs rough under idle especially...

I recently snapped one of the bolts securing my steering column clean in half and found it in the drivers side foot well. It is one of the two vertical bolts securing the steering column to the dash and I was wondering how this bolt can be replaced? At this point it would seem that it...

I recently dropped a 5L into my VP which was previously a V6. We finally hooked everything up and the car wont start. It kicks over and the starter motor is working as it should, but it wont start. It has at least some spark, we can see it at the end of the leads by taking the leads of the...

Gday guys my Auto in my VP wagon is on its last legs and i'm after a replacement, unfourtunetly i'm still too much a mechanical noob to fix it myself so if anyone knows a wreckers or mechanic in the Sydney area who can do the changeover cheaply that would be greatly appreciated. I'm not after...

Hey people, I did the classic paper clip test and got code 12 everythings fine. I get a great deal of vibration through the whole car, but its a lot less noticeable in the back seat. The vibration shudders through about every 2-3 seconds and when I rev it up and then it comes back to idle its...

Hey guys, the boot lock on my VP Wagon completely buggered i've tried the usual suspects to fix it (WD40, graphite pencil on the key) but no luck, I dont live anywhere near a wreckers that will give me another lock for a reasonable price. And failing that going to a pickapart wreckers and...

Hello all. The past few days the battery light in my VP Berlina has been coming on and off randomly. Today for instance I drove all the way to work (about 25km) without a problem, but then on the way home after about 2km it came on so I got off the highway and inspected the alternator and unable...

The car shudders and vibrates at idle, and the vibration is quite bad even inside the car. Even when I have the car running with the bonnet open I can feel the vibration through the bonnet. Anyway I did the paper clip test I got error code 13 which is apparently the O2 sensor so I dont really...

I am currently trying to the radiator cap off my VP Series 1 Auto, its driving me crazy its a simple thing twist anti clockwise, twist clockwise slightly and then presto off, or so I am lead to believe. It wont come off no matter where on the thread I try and pull it off, any ideas? its...

Gday I have a VP Auto, that keeps ****ting itself and stopping. I did the paperclip diagnostic and I got error 41, Crank angle sensor problem. I am going to replace it when i get a chance, but before I do that when the car conked out the oil warning light came on too with the engine warning...