My car is a never ending problem!!

[Fully]

Hey all,

i would like to tell you all about my car and the recent problems it has been having.
first the Crank angle sensor dies and needs replacing so that gets done, then i get one of greenfoams memcals and have some fun with that but sure enuff about a month later my CAS is playing up, so straight to the mechanics to replace it. next day driving the car it stalls, check codes gives me 33 (i think) which is the map sensor, so i replace it. I decide then to change the oil as i was running low as im losing oil :b: so i change the oil and decide to flush the raditator as well and put a new themostat in.
get it all done. Go on holidays over easter (without my car)

come back, drive my car and find out its leaking some coolant from the themostat housing, so i tightened it a little more ( not much as thats how i broke the old one!!) after that it still decides to leak a little!!!
next thing to happen is another code 33!!!! :b: ::b: and a code 13! ( oxygen sensor was replaced in jan this year). i decide to put my stock memcal in and get my caar running A1. 2nite im on my way to the shops and i get code 45! (oxygen sensor) so now im just sick of my car! on top of all this my car is leaking oil from somewhere that i have yet to get check out.

Now the question is, Could there be some dodgy wire/s that are causing all these error codes?

Thank you for taking to read my rant!

p.s. also my car is looking worse everyday as my paint is fading VERY fast! damn oxidation

[CSL]

mite be a faulty ecu, i duno, but by the sounds of it your car is chewin through sensors, get some opininos from a few good mechanics/ auto elecs, and remember , the computers are only like 40 bucks

[Fully]

mite be a faulty ecu, i duno, but by the sounds of it your car is chewin through sensors, get some opininos from a few good mechanics/ auto elecs, and remember , the computers are only like 40 bucks

forgot to mention, put a new ecu and memcal in today as my soldering skills with greenfoams memcal werent the best!

[VNPOWER]

did you put the little O ring rubber seal with the thermostat? if thats in good condition there shouldnt be any other reason for leaks..

[Fully]

did you put the little O ring rubber seal with the thermostat? if thats in good condition there shouldnt be any other reason for leaks..

i did the first time, but the housing broke and when i checked the themostat the o-ring had crumbled in half. i just left it off, it seemed to fit better with out the o-ring and i had the gasket for the themostat housing.

since i have been running the stock memcal the car has seemed to be heating up LOTS! the gauge goes to about half with a 15min car drive, i thought the radiator was surpose to stay cool and the engine warm?
i also got code 45 today!
so im booking the car to go to the mechanics on tuesday to get it looked at.
my mechanic skills are going to be put to rest once my car is running A1 and if i have any problems it will just go to the mechanics. i just want a reliable car.

[mouce]

The mystery oil leak: If it's at the back of the engine and dripping onto the drive way? Well...sounds like a rear main seal. Join the club mate. Almost EVERY VN out there has a bit of a leak from the rear main.

[vn88calais]

The mystery oil leak: If it's at the back of the engine and dripping onto the drive way? Well...sounds like a rear main seal. Join the club mate. Almost EVERY VN out there has a bit of a leak from the rear main.

boy oh boy do i know that one, but mines fixed, hopefully it wont happen for another couple of years again yay!!

i just want a reliable car.

i know the feeling...

hope the issues get cleared up dude

cheers, Todd

[foammedia]

You can buy my VN if you want , before it goes rusty on the front lawn, it's got faded paint too but hasn't shown an engine light for a couple years now. It's getting pretty old though so I don't want to even look at it sideways or it might break. I'm having enough troubles getting the VP right without worrying about two cars. I had a new CAS put in the VN about 2 years ago and changed the thermostat and some hoses a few months ago because it was crusssssssty

[Full Spectrum]

CAS crank angle sensor? Where about is that and how do you know that is going or gone?. Curious.

[foammedia]

It's behind the harmonic balancer. Mine wasn't broken, just got it changed because the car had done enough ks that it could have gone at any time. The harmonic balancer let go soon afterwards anyway so might aswell have waited for that

[Full Spectrum]

Are they both cheap to change cause I'm over 300,000km and i think it might not have much life left unless I'm wrong and panicking

[PaRaDoX]

The mystery oil leak: If it's at the back of the engine and dripping onto the drive way? Well...sounds like a rear main seal. Join the club mate. Almost EVERY VN out there has a bit of a leak from the rear main.

yep been there,

also had a dead ecu... it told me my oxy sensor, and crack angle were dead

[Fully]

well atm my car has been traveling pretty well, oil leak was fixed ( timing cover seal $150) and ecu was replaced. only thing is it feels like a slug cus i took out foamys chip as i was using too much petrol! i just need to give my tb a clean as it is idling kinda average. oh and i just put my 6x9 in!

cheeers

[foammedia]

But the chip was just stock with a bit more timing, it can't use more fuel unless your foot was heavier , just thinking, maybe I sent you two? if I did try the less radical one

[Fully]

yeah i think it was my foot, it was so fun! i only tried one didnt get around to using the RF chip? or watever it was. but it diffinatly did give me some gains. i want to get my car running A1 before i put the chip back in. btw i was getting on average 15-18 ltrs per 100kms :/

cheers for the chip though

[[JUDGE]]

It's behind the harmonic balancer. Mine wasn't broken, just got it changed because the car had done enough ks that it could have gone at any time. The harmonic balancer let go soon afterwards anyway so might aswell have waited for that

hey yea mine is ****ed too, do u kno how much it costs to get replaced, mine shits its self after i cruise around for a long time with mates. damn thing wont start, i gotta tip some water over it and bam starts up with ease.