werid problems with my VS

[darcycammo]

ok so i went for a drive in the car today it started fine everything was normal went to the petrol station got some gas and petrol and went to start the car and there was no power left in the battery ?
we got someone to jump start the car took it home and turned it off for ten minutes and it was fine went out a couple of hours later it was fine turned it on for 5 minutes and then turned it off then on and it was flat again got a bettery meter and it was saying the battery was charging (while the car was on) and when the car was turned off it was full so it looks like there isnt enough power getting to the motor? what could it be and why has it just started doing it?

[HOTVE]

sounds like itll be your alternator, gotto the auto lecs and get them to check your alternator.

[MX_Leigh]

sounds like itll be your alternator, gotto the auto lecs and get them to check your alternator.

wow never thought it would have anything to do with an alternator haha. so that would stop it from shifting properly and make it play up with the idle?

[Vee-ard]

wow never thought it would have anything to do with an alternator haha. so that would stop it from shifting properly and make it play up with the idle?

what? where did he mention idle and shifting? are you in the wrong thread?

[BottleFedVS]

possibly a collapsed cell in the battery.
get the auto elecy to load test the battery, or if you take the battery out of the car, after charging it i think repco can test the batterys on a load test machine.
I hope that helps.

[My Vs Commodore]

Dude i had the same prob, took it to a auto electrition and they said it was the battery connection leads, so i had them change and has been fine ever since, i had that done about a year and a half ago.

[humpty1]

another idea is to put a relay on the starter motor.....it gives that extra bit off power when starting

[ephect]

how can putting a relay on the starter motor give it more power? do you know how a relay works?

i would say your brushes in the alternator are gone, easy to check and easy to change. there is a black module on the back of the alt held in by 2 screws, remove this and check the length of the 2 brushes if they are really short 5mm change them and it should fix the charging issue. will cost around $90.

you can check the leads as "My Vs Commmodore" mentioned by checking resistance with a mutlimeter.

[Andrew426]

Start by checking your battery terminals are clean and free of corrosion. if one is cracked or corroded away, replace it.

[darcycammo]

ok took out the brushes in the alternator and there not to bad put it back in and now its not charging at all is there a special way you have to put them back in?

[darcycammo]

mmmm ok so i got bored and took them out again to find that one has snapped off and while i was doing that i knocked the fuel injector right behind it and now that leaking petrol damn damn damn i really need help

[hako]

how can putting a relay on the starter motor give it more power?

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Surprisingly it can work on certain cars, but not in a Commodore as it already has a start relay! XD XE and XF Falcons which had starter motor problems were fixed by fitting a relay to the starter solenoid - without the relay, power to the starter solenoid was sometimes insufficient to actuate the solenoid especially in hot weather. Fitting a relay enabled the solenoid to get fresh power from the battery. If the solenoid is a bit sluggish in operation, it may not have sufficient force to close the heavy duty contacts in the solenoid.

[ephect]

mmmm ok so i got bored and took them out again to find that one has snapped off and while i was doing that i knocked the fuel injector right behind it and now that leaking petrol damn damn damn i really need help

Well looks like you've found your problem it may have been just held on and movement has shown you the breakage.

for us to help you u need to give us more info.. when you say u knocked it, knocked as in bumped or knocked as in cracked it? wheres it leaking, manifold end or fuel rail end, or in the middle?

[ephect]

Surprisingly it can work on certain cars, but not in a Commodore as it already has a start relay! XD XE and XF Falcons which had starter motor problems were fixed by fitting a relay to the starter solenoid - without the relay, power to the starter solenoid was sometimes insufficient to actuate the solenoid especially in hot weather. Fitting a relay enabled the solenoid to get fresh power from the battery. If the solenoid is a bit sluggish in operation, it may not have sufficient force to close the heavy duty contacts in the solenoid.

agreed but i was thinking how can it work on a VS as they have them already. I did this 'mod' to my first car, my XE. Was a good tank back in the day

[darcycammo]

Well looks like you've found your problem it may have been just held on and movement has shown you the breakage.

for us to help you u need to give us more info.. when you say u knocked it, knocked as in bumped or knocked as in cracked it? wheres it leaking, manifold end or fuel rail end, or in the middle?

ok well its coming out of the top of the fuel injector and when i was taking out the brushes from the alternater i had to turn the fuel injector and i knocked it a little bit nothing hard :\ sorry if thats not what your asking as this is my first car and im still learning what everything does and is called

[ephect]

ok well its coming out of the top of the fuel injector and when i was taking out the brushes from the alternater i had to turn the fuel injector and i knocked it a little bit nothing hard :\ sorry if thats not what your asking as this is my first car and im still learning what everything does and is called

i would say that the O-rings in your injectors are all screwed, but by turning the injector you've dislodged/unstuck it from where its lived all its life and now its not sealed. i hope that makes sense.

i know its now one thing after another, but ur slowing replacing everything thats now due! there might be a how-to on the injector replacement, if not it is fairly simple to do.

[darcycammo]

i would say that the O-rings in your injectors are all screwed, but by turning the injector you've dislodged/unstuck it from where its lived all its life and now its not sealed. i hope that makes sense.

i know its now one thing after another, but ur slowing replacing everything thats now due! there might be a how-to on the injector replacement, if not it is fairly simple to do.

OK some how i managed to get the fuel injector out it's a bit dirty but the top rubber seems to be fine but the bottom plastic has broken but i can't work out how is it leaking from the top then?