Joshyd482
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G'day Holden crew,
Just looking for some help troubleshooting a non-starting VZ. I've had her about 5 years now, a 2006 Thunder, and been doing as many things as possible myself over the time to try and learn a bit more about cars (and also to try and save some cash!)
Basically, took her for a long drive on the Sunday, driven out 45mins and back 1hr, then parked out the front of my house. Went to drive on the Wednesday morning and it started, sounded rough, went into reverse and then died after going back about 2 metres.
Since then it hasn't started at all. It will crank, but not actually fire and start up. I've had lube mobile come out and read the codes, which I'll provide down below, but basically he's said that the engine is stuffed and needs either a full refurb or replacement. Obviously that has a decent amount of money involved, so I am exploring all other options first.
I've replaced the Oil Pressure Sensor as I have read and been told sometimes that is what it is. That hasn't changed anything. The battery is great, only 6 months old and full of charge, and I just recently replaced the starter motor which has also seemingly worked wonders.
Any help or direction would be hugely appreciated.
The codes and job description from Lube Mobile are -
"Once On Site As The Vehicle Was Booked For Diagnosing Nos Start Issues,on Inspection Performed Battery Load Test,checked Engine Oil Level And Condition And Checked For Coolant,scanned It With Scan Tool,found Codes P0521,u2100,c0800,c0045,17,25,18,2,u2105,u2108,u2106,8 And 15.explained To The Customer About Them,erased All Codes,but Code P0521 Was Coming Back Again In The Scan Tool On Cranking The Engine Again.shown To The Customer"
Just looking for some help troubleshooting a non-starting VZ. I've had her about 5 years now, a 2006 Thunder, and been doing as many things as possible myself over the time to try and learn a bit more about cars (and also to try and save some cash!)
Basically, took her for a long drive on the Sunday, driven out 45mins and back 1hr, then parked out the front of my house. Went to drive on the Wednesday morning and it started, sounded rough, went into reverse and then died after going back about 2 metres.
Since then it hasn't started at all. It will crank, but not actually fire and start up. I've had lube mobile come out and read the codes, which I'll provide down below, but basically he's said that the engine is stuffed and needs either a full refurb or replacement. Obviously that has a decent amount of money involved, so I am exploring all other options first.
I've replaced the Oil Pressure Sensor as I have read and been told sometimes that is what it is. That hasn't changed anything. The battery is great, only 6 months old and full of charge, and I just recently replaced the starter motor which has also seemingly worked wonders.
Any help or direction would be hugely appreciated.
The codes and job description from Lube Mobile are -
"Once On Site As The Vehicle Was Booked For Diagnosing Nos Start Issues,on Inspection Performed Battery Load Test,checked Engine Oil Level And Condition And Checked For Coolant,scanned It With Scan Tool,found Codes P0521,u2100,c0800,c0045,17,25,18,2,u2105,u2108,u2106,8 And 15.explained To The Customer About Them,erased All Codes,but Code P0521 Was Coming Back Again In The Scan Tool On Cranking The Engine Again.shown To The Customer"
