dodgey vn

[h0Ld3n`VN]

after this week of driving.. my cars leaking heaps oil sounds like a piston or bearing or pully is gonna fly off.. has very low idle smells like transmission oil is burning u can smell it inside the car.. even though this is happening its still like a rocket with very good fuel econamy i dont get it its just reached 250,xxx ks how long would this motor/trans last me?

[Ozzie]

most likely its gunna keep goin,
stuff payin for topups on oil all the time though

[88GreenVN]

Most likely issue with the oil smell is a power steering leak. Check the connections wipe em clean and see if you get fresh oil.

The rattle can be harmonic balancer about to fail (clicky type sound) - look for cracks in the rubber, timming chain tensioner (hollow alloy type sound) or idler pully on the front belt.

[pow3rslave]

i had a power steering leak, it stinks and i couldn't find out where from. greasy headers and a gross driver side engine rail later it turned out to just be the washer at the base of the resevoir

[LUMPY 8]

after this week of driving.. my cars leaking heaps oil sounds like a piston or bearing or pully is gonna fly off.. has very low idle smells like transmission oil is burning u can smell it inside the car.. even though this is happening its still like a rocket with very good fuel econamy i dont get it its just reached 250,xxx ks how long would this motor/trans last me?

ages yet m8 my vp has done over 370000 ks and still goin hard aslong as u look after it it should b good 4 a while yet.

[h0Ld3n`VN]

88greenvn, what you wrote is exactly true
the powersteering is over flowing lol..
no cracks on harmonic balancer.
the idler pulley was allready stuffing up but the alloy sound thing happens when i accelarate.. or when i push down brake n give it gas to 1,100 rpm it sounds like theres a baked bean can rattling inside the engine bay

oh and theres oil leaks ill put piks up tomorow.. where can it be leaking from any ideas?

[PaRaDoX]

i like your style, cars running crappy so to make sure its ok you give it a flogging :P

if you had "rod knock" you'd know about it... (ie a spun or ****ed bearing)

you'd be going clackity clack clack clack all the way till the rod took a visit out of the motor... just ask hozy... he did this once :P

ive spun a bearing before and it gets very bad very quick, ie i just made it home

[ucwepn]

could be the timing chain doing its "death rattle"

[88GreenVN]

88greenvn, what you wrote is exactly true
the powersteering is over flowing lol..
no cracks on harmonic balancer.
the idler pulley was allready stuffing up but the alloy sound thing happens when i accelarate.. or when i push down brake n give it gas to 1,100 rpm it sounds like theres a baked bean can rattling inside the engine bay

oh and theres oil leaks ill put piks up tomorow.. where can it be leaking from any ideas?

Timming chain tensioner makes the hollow alloy type sound when its had its time.

[h0Ld3n`VN]

i fixed the rattle problem.. it wass the gay oxygen sensor that was loose grr.
now theres a new problem thats happened.. wen u stand infront of the engine bay the RIGHT side of the motor just next to the manifold but behind the motor .. this is leaking u can even see water squirting!! did I stuff sumthing up?? ? :'(

[h0Ld3n`VN]

and another thing

it made 160ks from 20litres of petrol? fully flooring it heavy footed badly.. whys the economay so good?

[slingshot76]

looks like one of your welsh plugs leaking there in that picture.........as for the good fuel economy i have no idea

[88GreenVN]

Welsh plugs are a MUST FIX NOW type problem - else you will cook the old girl in no time.

Good fuel economy - just lucky

[jas98]

why good fuel??? dunno but i wouldn't be complaining with prices these days lol

[h0Ld3n`VN]

how do i fix the welsh plug or do i need to take it to a mechanic..?

[88GreenVN]

how do i fix the welsh plug or do i need to take it to a mechanic..?

If you can get to them - its knock em out with a screwdriver and put the new ones in using a socket and hammer to tap them into place. Refill car with coolant.

Also when 1 is gone west the others may soon follow. There is 6 in the main block 2 each side and 2 at the rear (greabox out job) and you have 2 in each head from memory.

[h0Ld3n`VN]

yeaaa i did sum searches since i didnt know what it was at the start.. i might just use gasket maker and stuff it in there for temp fix haha.. the motors gonna be changed only if it lasted me a few months moree

[88GreenVN]

yeaaa i did sum searches since i didnt know what it was at the start.. i might just use gasket maker and stuff it in there for temp fix haha.. the motors gonna be changed only if it lasted me a few months moree

Good luck. You may just need it.

[h0Ld3n`VN]

thanks man .. if no go within a week of the gasketmaker stuff.. then i hav to fix it

[slingshot76]

id try that nead it stuff or the quick steel ,,just mix it together and stick it on, make sure the area is clean though i fixed and inlet manifold on a sigma with that stuff and its still holding a year later ...it had water leaks everywhere....good luck mate

[89 vn]

Man VNs trip me out some VNs are so problematic and others run almost magically

my VNa Coilpack was ****ed but I didnt know all I knew is it kept stalling on me randomly quite often, finally I got it looked at and the original part got pulled out which was factory (89) and my mechanic told me that cos of all my restarting the car my starter motor was so ****ed it _shouldnt_ of started ever and it shouldnt of even been able to drive down the road without stalling as the CAS wires werent even connected anymore but lo and behold it would get me to work everyday and start always first go in the morning lol
GO THE VNS

[h0Ld3n`VN]

lol i agree with you.. my mates get ****ed off on how bad i thrash it its still going so so good? well except the fact i gotta change the welsh plugs, its like an animal its not slow either

=o]

[Vg-ute-mad]

lol i agree with you.. my mates get ****ed off on how bad i thrash it its still going so so good? well except the fact i gotta change the welsh plugs, its like an animal its not slow either

=o]

I would be wrong if I didn't say that I was once like you, but you will start to realise that thrashing cost $$$. Meaning wear and tear on your engine, gear box, drive shaft, diff, and wear on your tyres. Plus you will even get even more fuel economy if you ease off the peddle It's up to you, but its a very expensive hobby!