pleasee help!!!! my engine is goneeeeee

[Troyziee]

can anyone help me out, atm i am sh*ttin myself
drivin home 2dai my car was farting and spattering all ova tha joint, revs were flucuating and there was jak **** drive (but it only happened sumtimes)

i duno wats wrong with it, im praying its a bloked injector or gasket.......

any ideas wat it could b?????? plzzzzzzzzz

[AirStrike]

First of all do a fault code test, check all the hoses are still connected along with the ignition leads.

[Troyziee]

i wouldnt have tha slightest clue on a fault code test,

and i cant hear it standing under tha engine bay, but u can hear it listning at tha exhaust tip

[-UNKNOWN-]

Id check coil pack or leads.

[88GreenVN]

Could be Fuel pump, Crank Angle Sensor, coils/DFI unit, The CAS is the best place to start.

[Joey_21]

wats CAS 88 green vn

[Joey_21]

as my old mans car has same problem
wood like 2 help him fix it

[JD]

wats CAS 88 green vn

Crank angle sensor

[HoZy]

take ur leads off an spray some wd40/rp7 in them.... have u washed ur motor recently? gotten water in somewhere...

[Joey_21]

oh yeh soz didnt read it properly
cheers boys

[Troyziee]

nop no water, only thing that woulda got in there is dust from drivin

[Troyziee]

how do u check tha CAS
if u cant already tell i dont no much in terms of mechanics, so forgive my ignorance

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

Have a read of this T-ROY Checking your Computer for Faults (VN - VP)

[Troyziee]

ye i duno about shuvin a paper clip in there
were can i get tha error code **** read properly........... holden dealer or?

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

Easy to do and its free, getting Holden to do it would be about $40 - $60 depending on what mood they are in. Click the link in the second post, there is even a pic of where to put the paper clip.

[AirStrike]

ye i duno about shuvin a paper clip in there
were can i get tha error code **** read properly........... holden dealer or?

I use a piece of solder to check the SS and the BT1

[Troyziee]

ok took it for a drive with my old man last night, and of course it didnt happen when he was there, it was after id jus pressed all tha leads on, so i thought that it was just that, but then this morning sure enough it started again!!!

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

Earth to T-ROY.....check your codes.

[Troyziee]

ye alright alright, im just not too keen about shovin a conductor into the ECM circuit

and im also not entirley sure about how 2 read tha error codes when they flash up

[dmitch]

ye alright alright, im just not too keen about shovin a conductor into the ECM circuit

and im also not entirley sure about how 2 read tha error codes when they flash up

its safe nearly every1 on the forum does it.. and ive never heard of it causin damage.. but if u dont want 2 ur just gonna have 2 take it 2 holden

[VNexecutive]

when it starts spluttering and whatnot, throw water over the CAS and if it stops spluttering and drives normaly, then its that. other than that i have no idea. sorry.

[Joey_21]

my car kept stallin 2day every time it idled or at low revs it wood stall me and T-roy tryd 2 get it goin i turned it on reved kept popping and spluttering then tryd put i9n in drive and stalled
finally got it home sumhow chucked my pod and pipe back on runs fina atm

[Troyziee]

lets hope this was a false alarm
it hasnt done it since tuesdai morning, and i put a bottle of injector cleaner in 2dai (id still like 2 get new injectors instead of that **** but) so see how she goes, knock-wood it doesnt happen again

but thanks for every1s help and suggestions, cheers

[Joey_21]

yep me 2 bought me self good bottle of injector cleaner seems 2 be running all good now i hope

[antycore]

Hey

I am havinga similar problem on my own VN. I had just done a 500km trip, smooth as. However, the next morning it took ages to start, barely started, then ran rough as guts. Tried to take off as I thought it might work the kinks out and it stalled. It refused to start once it has stalled.

The same thing happened the next morning.

I have checked the leads and plugs.
I don't have a fault, (reads 12)
The fuel pump is noisy and has been taking a while to stop after the car was running, I thought it might be that, but I am not sure.
Can I check the coil pack by pulling off the lead, letting it sit there while someone else turns the motor? Then if there is spark from all of the terminal it is ok?

I had the crank sensor and DFI/coil pack all replaced about 14 months ago, costing about $480. At uni now so I really don't want to spend money if I don't have to, currently relying on my gf's littly Hundai to get me around.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Cheers
Rob