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Good afternoon all, Took the beast out for a bit of a spin today. When cruising on the freeway I noticed the CEL illuminated. I more than likely didn't hear the beeps from the alarm as I had the radio a tad too loud. Anyway, I continued to cruise as the car wasn't misfiring, acting abnormally...

I replaced the maf with a stock, used (however known to be perfect) swap over. She's been run on nothing but 98ron from factory. It was a one owner car before I got it and the only mod was a Remus cat back. Cheers.

Furthermore, could a faulty TPS play havoc? I ran a scan tool over it with the ignition on the on position (engine off), slowly revving up and the voltage went up smoothly. I read somewhere though that they can only show issues when hot? I'm reading more and more about it and think that this...

Hey, I've got a very similar setup... Pacey Tri Y's into twin 100cell bullet cats into twin 2.5" manta catback with no resi. Sounds fantastic (lumpy like a 5L thanks to the H pipe rather than the shitty X) however I do get a fair little whack of drone between 95 to 100kms/hr. Opening up on a...

Hey all, Sorry for the delayed response. Three years on, still no luck! Ok list is as follows: - Plugs - Leads - Full exhaust - cats, headers and cat back - Air, fuel, oil filters - o2 sensors - Maf - Fuel pump and sender - Fuel pump relay/fuse - Injectors - Cleaned out TB and IAC...

G'day guys, Quick question. I have a VT LS1 Auto with Tri-y paceys, twin 2.5" bullet cats to twin 2.5" manta mild system with straight through rear pipes. Would this be too loud in terms of cop attention and breaching EPA noise pollution levels in VIC? Cheers.

Yep already have tri y paceys and twin bullet style 2.5" cats but it still doesn't have enough bark for me. the worry is, if I remove either the mid or rear muffler, it's not going to be deep and I'm getting some restriction from the undersized pipes.

Afternoon all, I have a conundrum, I thought I had a 2.5" twin Remus exhaust on my ls1 and went out and picked up straight through pipes for her however the system is twin 2.25". It's far too quiet for my liking so I'm thinking of replacing the cat back with a twin 2.5" xforce. Quick...

DESCRIPTION: Wanted to Buy ITEM: G'day guys and gals. I've currently got a twin 2.5" Remus system on my LS1 however the rear resi was designed strictly for performance, meaning it sounds pretty much stock and it's really annoying me! I'm after a twin straight through rear section with chrome...

Howdy all. Sorry for the late response Thorby, been away. Will pm you this arvo.... It was off a VY SS. So the manifold setup is different to the vt ls1? What parts were upgraded? Cheers.

Howdy all. Got an ls1 complete inlet manifold with injectors, rail, throttle body, tps, iac and fuel pressure regulator etc in second hand condition. What would be the expected price for the complete setup? Cheers.

Howdy all, Having some issues with the SS and I need to change over my injectors. Now I've managed to obtain an almost new change over set that have been ultrasonically cleaned but now I need to get them fitted. Just wondering what sort of money I can expect to be paying for labor only at a...

Ok all so i'm starting to think i've found the vibration noise! My power steering fluid resevoir has a leak and the fluid levels were REALLY low so i topped it up and i haven't heard the noise since. As for the lack of power, i'm leaning towards either dirty injectors, a dead lead or a dead...

It's a 2000 SS with 107,000kms on her (original). I asked the previous owner if he had the engine change over and he said no and he never had any issues with it. It's not losing any oil and there's no other noises apart from the typical cold start up noises you get with alloy engines, once she's...

Howdy all, Just wondering if what i'm experiencing is piston slap on my LS1. First thing on a cold morning on my way to work, I take off gently and am presented with a wierd vibration noise from the front of the engine. I don't hear the noise when at idle, when the car has warmed up, or...

Hey mate, yeah I did reset the computer but after that, started and it was still stuttering. Funny you mention the throttle body though, I had to take it off to fit the tps seeing as it was located in a bitch of a spot. Just want to know that I'm not doing anything specifically wrong before I...

Howdy all, Just wondering whether you have to adjust the TPS sensor after a new one has been installed? The reason I ask is I replaced it yesterday on my LS1 and upon starting the car, it coughed and spluttered, when I accelerated it wouldn't rev and eventually stalled. I tried 3 or 4 times...

Just topped up the tank with ultimate again and put in a dose of injector cleaner so we'll see how it runs in the next few tanks. The car has just clicked over 100,000kms but i just had the major of all major services that Holden offer and that's the 160,000kms one so they replaced the air and...

I've running nothing but premium in the car since I've had it. The problem first showed it's head after I topped up with Shell vpower. I've run nothing but bp ultimate ever since hoping the problem would go away but it's been to no avail thus far. I'll top up tonight and put in a bottle of the...

Good evening to you all, I'm having an acceleration issue with a VT SS Gen 3. It has recently clocked up 100,000kms and went into Holden for a major service (the 160,000kms one, air, oil, fuel filters, platinum plugs etc). I explained that I was experiencing average acceleration when planting...

Good afternoon to you all, Well it's been a long time since i posted anything and a lot has changed! I have upgraded, from a VS V6 exec to a VT II SS. Now it's time to mod the beast! She's already been fitted with a twin 2.5'' remus catback exhaust which i must say is quite quiet until the...

Unfortunately i don't have the confidence to start ripping the motor apart myself for 2 main reasons... a) I lose patience very quickly!!! Haha and b) Not that mechanically minded. Cheers,

Always have topped up the radiator and overflow bottle with coolant, never water. The entire fuel system has been tested and all sensors tested to see if the fuel mix is too strong, definately not that. Apparently when the mechanic had a look (at the last service) he noticed an oil leak in there...

Howdy all, Just wondering how common it is for an Inlet Manifold Gasket to go on the ecotec? I say this only because it has been a diagnosed problem for both my VS as well as the old man's VT. My VS has an annoying gushing of water under the dash, no matter how many times i bleed the...

Howdy all, Been a veerryyyy long time since my last post! Sorta been preoccupied with full time employment and just left the car on the backburner, she's been running well! Anyways, upon recent completion of my last 10,000km service it was made to my attention that the Inlet Manifold/gasket...

Replace the fuel filter and run Nulon's total fuel system cleaner through it for one tank and see if it improves. Cheers, Boojakz.

Hissing is definately there ONLY when aircon is on. Exhaust system is all brand new (as stated in prior quote) and all bolts were tightened up after one month to ensure there was a pressure tight seal at all joins. I've always had the problem with it not wanting to kick down the comp never pulls...

Howdy all, I have exactly the same problem. When the aircon's running on a hot day and i'm cruising along she's fine but as soon as i boot it to overtake it will either do 1 of 2 things: 1) Drop down a gear and scream passed like a bat out of hell (When the aircon is disengaged) 2) Rev...

Yep, fuel filter definately been done. Changed every service for a couple of years. Will get the fuel system pressure tested i think and that'll tell us if there's something amiss there! I'm sure there's a big fuel delivery issue though! Cheers, Boojakz

Injectors have been removed and professionally rebuilt, new filters, pintel caps etc, and flow tested, definately not the problem.

Howdy all, In the passed few weeks i have noticed a large oil leak from my VS ecotec. The last service i had the rocker cover gasket replaced so i'm praying to god it's not the other big one in the rear main seal! I haven't jacked the car up to check exactly where it's coming from, but i've...

Howdy all and welcome back, it's good to have the site back up! Just a quick one regarding my ongoing power/economy issues. Now for those of you that have not read any of my earlier threads from way back when, i have experience a fair bit of power loss in my ecotec VS sedan. I've been through...

I decided to go HM's for 3 main reasons: a) As part of a group buy on Justcommodores got them at a ripper deal b) Has the y-pipe included in the sale c) Stainless Steel When getting them fitted, i had a word with the mechanic and he reckoned they were the best fitting extractors he's ever...

Haha that expensive is it?!?!

Howdy all. Just thought i'd play with some emotions again and see if anyone's given this fuel saver a go. http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150118870721&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:middle:au Read all the feedback comments, not one negative, all pretty...

I'm leaning more and more towards the torque converter everyday with my sluggish car/fuel economy!!! When i got my recent tranny service conducted, the guy thought i had already had it rebuilt, he reckoned it was one of the cleanest and well maintained tranny he had seen for the age and amount...

Lol what many of you are forgetting at the moment is if you have a 'sole button start', meaning no key into barrel, a 'kill switch' would also have to created, would be quite humurous if you start her up bypassing the barrel etc go for a cruise thinkin "hell yeah i'm awesome", get back up your...

Hmm that could get costly!!! I don't know about coil pack...i mean if it were that, shouldn't it be missing when accelerating and throwing out black smoke when hard accelerating too? With this is only happens when the car starts with a snap. It's becoming intermittant. Sometimes does the snap...

Could be one of the cogs. Mine started like that and then started to do it while at traffic lights, idling and went away with a bit of a push on the accelerator pedal. I tracked the problem cog down and WD40'd her up and i haven't heard a peep since. Lubricate the cogs at the front of ur engine...

Injectors have been done, Service has been quite recent (including fuel filter)...Basically the only things that haven't been replaced for a while are plugs and air filter. Fuel tank i reckon is full of crud and no amount of injector cleaner is going to get rid of that. How much would it cost to...