Stibblett
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- 04 VZ Exec
Hi guys & girls,
Here's one for ya, start of the week my 04 VZ 3.6L V6, was overheating, (cracked radiator and old hoses) took to Holden first and they quoted above $1K, didn't like that too much so I took it to a local radiator guy, New Radiator, hoses & flush for around half that. Happy with that. however....
During the time the radiator bloke had it, she threw Powertrain Codes and was running very rough spewing smoke etc. There was an auto-shop next to him which had a quick look at it and advised that the ECU was holding open fuel injectors for 2 cylinders. The cost for him to source a new ECU and not be-able to program it was just too much, so i got him to disconnect the two affected fuel injectors and I managed to limp her home on 4cyl.
Has anyone experienced a similar problem? I no longer have the security code information for the vehicle and was wondering maybe AFI could source a new or 2nd hand ECU and re-match it to the other modules. I'm not sure this will even fix the problem, I have a strong technical background but very little with mechanics, so not 100% sure on the best option. Car is still showing trouble 'bit code' for position 16 , which i'm assuming is P0016 - Valve timing out of sequence bank 1 sensor 1 (camshaft position sensor and crankshaft position sensor signals are indicating that cam timing is out.)
Advice?
Here's one for ya, start of the week my 04 VZ 3.6L V6, was overheating, (cracked radiator and old hoses) took to Holden first and they quoted above $1K, didn't like that too much so I took it to a local radiator guy, New Radiator, hoses & flush for around half that. Happy with that. however....
During the time the radiator bloke had it, she threw Powertrain Codes and was running very rough spewing smoke etc. There was an auto-shop next to him which had a quick look at it and advised that the ECU was holding open fuel injectors for 2 cylinders. The cost for him to source a new ECU and not be-able to program it was just too much, so i got him to disconnect the two affected fuel injectors and I managed to limp her home on 4cyl.
Has anyone experienced a similar problem? I no longer have the security code information for the vehicle and was wondering maybe AFI could source a new or 2nd hand ECU and re-match it to the other modules. I'm not sure this will even fix the problem, I have a strong technical background but very little with mechanics, so not 100% sure on the best option. Car is still showing trouble 'bit code' for position 16 , which i'm assuming is P0016 - Valve timing out of sequence bank 1 sensor 1 (camshaft position sensor and crankshaft position sensor signals are indicating that cam timing is out.)
Advice?