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Hey guys, I'm swapping my ss instrument cluster for an hsv one. Does anyone know what chip stores the odometer reading and if I'll still get my hsv welcoming. I'll repost any success and failures for future reference, thanks

Oh ok. Thanks for that, it has no wiring connected to it anyway so I won't worry too much about it. Out of curiosity though where is the extra cable meant to go for it though? It's just sitting under the engine bay not doing anything, may hook it up properly in the future

Hi all, I've recently upgraded to a VY, well a VX which has had a full VY conversion done to it. I noticed the cruise control wasn't working, opened the engine covers to see the cables aren't even connected, then I got confused to find there are 3 cables for it. Does anyone know where they all...

I had that in my VT, pretty sure it was something in the trans itself, it happened after someone took my trans cooler out and didn't tell me so all my trans fluid came out lol. Kind of hard to tell exactly from the video but it sounds very similar. I drove with it for 6 months with no problems...

I know mine has the alarm, when my battery used to go flat i'd know all about it every time i connected up the charged battery with my face right next to the horn >:( Maybe I'll just tell them it's a 4 star alarm and go with that

Not safer than any other VT but I'm sure it's safer than an old VN etc. They try putting me down for no alarm since I don't know the star rating :(

Does anyone know the official star rating for the standard alarm on a VT berlina and the VT acclaim? If anybody knows you could decrease my insurance excess, and I'd really appreciate that =D

didn't make my day when the battery was flat lol

That's a great idea, shame super cheap auto didn't have any

No timing circuit, just 20 mississippi's lol. Seems rough but at least i can get my 4WD started. Except yesterday when my woman left the glow plugs on all night! Grr

caas, after looking at the wiring diagrams i managed to put in a switch for them, all sorted. chur guys

he said his woman left the glow plug on and the switch burnt out, that's what the wire's for. My woman can't really put a live wire on the car every time she wants to start it (being a woman and all). I am good with electrics, just not diesels. Can anyone go over the details of a switch for me

Got my first diesel, mitsubishi pajero. First car that's not a commodore. Can't start it now, he mentioned something about the glow plug. There's a stray wire coming out of this coil looking thing, he said to attach it on to something to start it on a cold day. I forgot what it was and would...

Aw 12L/100KM =( haha, just like normal. Oh well

Ah, that explains how i've done 200k's when i've actually only gone up the road a couple of times lol, i'm going to use the thing you just sent me to get it all calibrated accurately and see if i'm actually a guzzler or not, from what you just said it might only be a few litres per 100k out, so...

Ok the fuel flow calibration was in the 500's, the distance calibration was in the 700's. I put them both to 625 so we'll see what happens

Dam, really? I was hoping i had some awesome low consuming holden =(

Those figures are according to the guages in the dash, being a berlina. Average is 7.7L/100KM. At times it actually goes down to 3 with my foot slightly on the accelerator going 80. Think it is running lean, but i'm not complaining! I can actually afford to drive it. That's mainly city driving...

Haha, yea it doesn't do very much. I actually don't care about the supercharger, what I want to know is what's with my fuel economy!

One there of the intake pipe, the other is the end of the supercharger

So after spending the last 2 hours here searching without finding anything i decided to start a new thread. I have a supercharged Holden Berlina, which a previous owner installed. It's a V6. It has a tiny little pipe going from the TB to the charger, then nothing in front of the charger. I'm...

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lol ok thanks guys, i'll try act cool in the V6 like i do in the V8

I'm curious to know what the differences are between the V6's and V8's. Not minding the engines, I've had a V6 and V8 VN, V6 and V8 VS and a V6 and V8 VT. With each of these models I could just feel something different about them, without turning the engines on. The V8's always seemed like they...

How does one test a fuel injector?

Thanks guys for all your replies. Done 180,000k's and is ready for a service. Fuel economy is way off, 7 litres per hour while idling according to dash. Thanks for ensuring me about the smoke, glad that's not a biggie. Doesn't stop missing after 30 seconds. Does getting new injectors seem like a...

Also would like to add, oil is coming through the intake, LOTS of oil. So much that it was dripping out of the throttle. Gave it a good clean and pulled out PCV, didn't seem blocked up at all, just cleaned it and put it back in so not sure if that's leaking anymore. Maybe that could give someone...

Lol tried degreaser and scrub, helped a little bit. Reversed the car a bit further back for now

Lol I'll try. If no one knows what's wrong with the car, does anyone know at least how to remove the black stuff on the wall before mum finds it D=

As title states, my VT starts with a bad miss, i let it run for half a minute and all that crap ended up on my wall. As per photo. Smoke seems to pour out around exhaust manifold on cylinder 6 =( what's going on here? Not having much luck with my holdens lately, dare i convert to ford

I replaced the PCV and one of the hoses already, and sprayed WD40 round the injectors ='( still no go. Valve seems to be the only thing left

Chur, i'll give those a try

Thanks you two. The injecters did slide in and out very easily i noticed, but no petrol leaking out them. Hope it's not a valve. Are we agreeing that it's definitely not the rocker cover gaskets then?

This how to, I just don't understand

Hey fellas, been hunting my vacuum leak for a few months now. Have checked all hoses and replaced all that looked damaged in the slightest. Replaced intake manifold gasket too. Was wondering if the rocker cover gaskets leak enough would it cause a vacuum leak? They're definitely leaking oil, i'm...

Ok took the throttle body off the other car and put it on but still no good. Plenty of power now but still idles bad and stalls when i put it in reverse or drive. Gr. Any other suggestions mate

Ok maybe not. Just a coincidence that it worked when i replaced the fuel pump, did it again months later and was found to be the key

Thank you very much for that, it was helpful until i checked my codes again and 36 is gone and won't come back! I'm thinking the new inlet manifold gasket dealt with the vacuum leak and now am still having trouble with the TPS. I'll change that around in the weekend and see how i go

Thanks for your reply. It's an auto, don't have harsh gear changes but will try taxing the TPS off my other car and see if that does anything. Codes come up saying vacuum leak though =( but i'm hopeful

Hello Got a VS V8 now after ditching my V6 and it has a terrible idle. Codes come up with a vacuum leak. I've replaced inlet manifold gaskets. I hear a horrid noise coming near the front of the engine AFTER replacing the gaskets. High pitched scream. Have tried blocking all the vaccuum lines...