vz v6 is still extremely sluggish

[glenny1988]

i posted this not long ago had a service done 2 times fuel filter and everything changed and checked and its still as sluggish as hell what could it be?

also my wheels sound like a woot woot sound like a howling sound when im driving i thought i t was wheel bearing but machanic said no what could it be...starting to think my mechanic is really not as good as i thought!!!

[RiCeY]

If its not wheel bearings cheap tyres will make that noise. What brand tyres you running?

As for being sluggish when did it start?

[ufo8mycow]

Sluggish and Sounds are two different things.

So is it Sluggish

and there is a sound coming from the front end?

Sluggish, throttle body? does it feel like u put ur foot down and dont get the reaction u were hoping?

Woot Woot, umm i would say tyres too.

[heyitsEnricoPallazzo]

If everything has been 'changed and checked' and your still not happy. I'd give your mechanic the flick and go elsewhere.

[bigdaddycool]

1. Unplug your cars battery for 30 minutes, hook it back up and see if it improves over a few days (so the ECU can recalibrate itself) ........... if you've never done it before. This usually helps.
2. Your car has issues........ *who knows* take it to a proper holden dealer who can plug in a proper diagnostic tool to see whats going on.

[Little Red VZ Go-Kart]

Some possibilities, but like the foregoing posts, how are we supposed to know without seeing the car??

Dirty MAF screen => Inspect (do not touch); clean as required with CRC MAF cleaner. The ECU will alter throttle response to any dirt or fouling on the MAF
Too many short runs => take on 100-110km/h highway-freeway run with a tank of premium unleaded. Stop excessive around town/short runs as it builds up deposits
Dirty injector(s) (usually notified by a trouble code) => 2-3 tanks of premium unleaded + in first tank, add injector cleaner
Spark plugs => (requires inlet manifold removal) inspect for deposits and correct gapping. When was the last change?
Fuel filter => past serviceable
Fuel pump => sluggish performance sometimes a precursor to failure of fuel pump; as it progresses, engine can stutter, be hard to start, stall in reverse or on low fuel.

I am not in favour of disconnecting the battery to clear the ECU, which can make diagnostic interrogation by techies difficult with no data to fall back on. Do a "soft reset": place car in idle, handbrake on. Slowly rev the engine to 3,500 and hold steady for 10 seconds to reset ECU. Release then drive.

Bigdaddycool made a good suggestion to have the car seen by Holden for tech2 interrogation. Otherwise it's a lot of guesswork without actually seeing the car and sitting in it. Problems that require service are notified by trouble or error codes that can be interrogated from the cluster; tracing/interpretation is best left to Holden, not DIY.

[wattles]

im gonna try and soft reset on my car see if it makes any difference cheers for the info

[glenny1988]

thanks for the posts all, iv had the terminals off for that long and still nothing,i run only on premium and every couple weeks i run injector cleaner through it,last service i had the fuel filter changed and still nothing its been doing it for about 6 months now maybe bit longer now with the sluggishness cold air pod style filter wouldnt change that would it? as for tyres i have gemstones and sounds like its coming from the front but as i stated before iv had the front wheel bearings looked at...

[heyitsEnricoPallazzo]

Is the air pod an oil impregnated type? May need to clean MAF sensor if it is.

[glenny1988]

nah its not an oil type based!

[glenny1988]

still cant fix it,as much as i trust Mace Engineering might take cold air out see if that fixes it if not got no idea what to do next

[heyitsEnricoPallazzo]

When did you last have a tranny service?

[glenny1988]

not that long ago...

[glenny1988]

all good,getting a good tune up done soon hope that fixes it!