overheated?

[bazookakevin]

vn got very hot the other day. now wont start doesn't seem to be firing on all cylinders. was missing pretty bad just before it stopped.? although i did get it going again a couple of times it wouldn't idle. help.:

[bazookakevin]

iv'e also got an orange light coming on on dash. transmission i'm sure?

[bazookakevin]

i;ve replaced the spark plugs, some of them were cooked and not sparking at all, and i've got fuel coming out of injectors ok. it kicks and seems like it's close to starting but just won't fire up. the orange light that's on looks like an engine it's on the left side of dash. any ideas would be appreciated.?

[HSV472]

mate you need to check the fault codes that is what that light is

[HSV472]

cound be your coil
is it a 6 or 8

[bazookakevin]

it's a 6, but i think there's plenty of spark there.

[bazookakevin]

just got a paperclip and checked comp. it flashed a 12. everything went just as described eng fan started, eng light flashed once then pause, one flash paused then two.

[bazookakevin]

just got a paperclip and checked comp. it flashed a 12. everything went just as described eng fan started, eng light flashed once then pause, one flash paused then two.

took out clip eng light still there, could a cooked sensor do this?

[rubaduckee]

have you checked your radiator water to see if there is oil or bubbles in it? if it got very hot you may have done a head gasket.

[bazookakevin]

no oil in the radiator as far as i can see .

[1vngal]

I had the same problem with my old VN. Started as overheating, and water disappearing from the radiator but no water leakage under the car. Checked absolutely everything and there was no sign in the radiator of a damaged head or anything like that. Checked heaps of stuff, changed some crap etc. I can't remember all the things I went over now it was so long ago.

Series II VN, just will not start.

There's my thread of what I checked/changed etc. In the end, we pulled off the head, and it was rooted. So I sold the car.

[Nobody Actually]

I had the same problem with my old VN. Started as overheating, and water disappearing from the radiator but no water leakage under the car. Checked absolutely everything and there was no sign in the radiator of a damaged head or anything like that. Checked heaps of stuff, changed some crap etc. I can't remember all the things I went over now it was so long ago.

Series II VN, just will not start.

There's my thread of what I checked/changed etc. In the end, we pulled off the head, and it was rooted. So I sold the car.

love the commitment.

[1vngal]

Hahaha, with 300k+ kms on it, it just wasn't worth repairing. Plus I had my current one lined up so it was a win-win for me.

[Nobody Actually]

All good, I was meaning it as a joke, did the same thing for the vl when I bought the missus the caprice

[bazookakevin]

might be time for a compression test? the head may be shitted, i'm still getting the orange light but that may mean i've got no compression? i replaced the coolant sensor but i'm not too keen on pulling the crank sensor out.

[HSV472]

reset the computer (unplug battery) i think that should clear the codes
then take it for a drive and if light comes on again do the code check then
as the codes will be new

[bazookakevin]

i still can't start it. it kicks a bit but just won't fire.

[bazookakevin]

was checking plugs and realised iv'e got water coming from no 5 cylinder when i crank it? what else besides head gasket blown could do this?

[levymetal]

intake/inlet manifold gasket

[rob drag racer]

intake/inlet manifold gasket

agreed for sure

[D3V14NT]

+1 intake manifold gasket.

[rob drag racer]

dose it seem to go threw coolant ?

[bazookakevin]

dose it seem to go threw coolant ?

wasn't using any coolant beforehand, just got really hot on me that one time.

[bazookakevin]

got intake manifold off gasket looks blown in a couple of spots, water on no 5 and no4 plug? could this be enough to stop it from starting? i dont want to pull heads off if i can help it. motor pbly done less than 50 to 70 thousand ks since new.

[rob drag racer]

got intake manifold off gasket looks blown in a couple of spots, water on no 5 and no4 plug? could this be enough to stop it from starting? i dont want to pull heads off if i can help it. motor pbly done less than 50 to 70 thousand ks since new.

if theirs enough coolant getting into the cylinder yes it will not fire but ya would need alt