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Thread revive... So all my local exhaust shops are quoting 600-650 for new cats + install. I feel this is a little steep as for some reason I set the bar at $400 in my mind before looking. Would this be reasonable? I guess the next question is what size the current pipes the cats are on so I...

Hi All, Been researching for a while now and can't seem to find an answer to what replacement cats to buy. Car is a VY Calais S2 L67, is a twin system with oxygen sensors only on the extractor side, 15 year old cats need replacing and I'm looking for a direct bolt in solution to factory...

hello all, just wanting some information as im not too sure what to do story goes was driving and hit a pothole (great qld roads) and the abs off light turned on on my vs stato. its been temprementally on and off for the past month so I checked the error coded and it throws a 31 and 33...

gday all, I have a supercharged vs statesman and the tentioner assembly has failed, it's making that lovely knocking sound so it needs to be replaced, I've done this before on my old vs n/a ecotec so I know how to do it but I just want to clarify that the tentioner assembly off a n/a ecotec is...

Sorry to revive an old thread. Any luck on what this was I've been searching and this is the closest thing I've found to my problem, exactly the same but in a vs stato, was there a resolution at the end?

Bit the bullet, got the old coil out, mounted the new where the old was, bam starts, cheers everyone for the help :)

Sorry to extend this thread into something that's been covered, I changed my coil today and I'm sorta stumped, there is a red wire to positive and a brown to the negative, now on the old coil there was also a black wire on the positive but with the new spot where I mounted the coil it can't...

Haha coils on a diet lol dieing*

Cheers gts, funnily enough, that's the exact diagram I used off another thread :), been doin a bit of research and under load my car would stutter at about 2500rpm, I figured this was the leads or sparkies but upon further research the coil can also cause this ie: simptoms of it dieting, I got 1...

I can't check ATM Brett I towed the thing to the mechanics, sorta my daily driver do I need it fixed ASAP, sorta ripped the fiberglass bumper off while towing it ( all the pedestrians wouldn't have noticed but I'm pretty sure my cursing let NZ know about it lol), I'll check it tomorrow when at...

MAP sensor wouldn't stop the spark would it? From what I understood it was a pressure sensor for the inside of the motor, and thanks for the price check, very much apriciated

Yeah tried for error codes, flashed 12 5 times before I turned it off so that's all in the clear, went to repco and they recon do the coil befor ign module ( I asked if they do coils like windscreen wiper blades and I got a giggle out of them lol), I'm gonna tow it to the mechanics and get him...

Haha yeh there not cheap :), I live on a hill so a push start fail would leave my car at the bottom :), I tried jumping it to no avail, also just went through all the fuses and there all good, no spark is the problem at hand ATM so I think its a job for old mate mechanic, who knew leads and...

Yeah I went through all hoses, just double checked the map sensor again and it connected to the back of the engine and the map, thing that gets me is it started yesterday which makes me think it's not the dizzy or coil, unfortunately none of my mates have 5l is there another ignition module on...

Haha now no spark, thanks as well VSBest, coil and rotor button next I suppose *sigh* unless there's another plan of action someone might have, also how common is the points goin in th 5l dizzy and should I replace those as well

Lol I could imagine, plug 8 proved to be a 15 min job on its own, I think I'll let a mech do it haha Ok so now all leads and plugs are changed, all giving spark, getting fuel ( can smell itin engine bay), did a diagnostics test (flashed 12 5 times and bat hasn't been dc so it's accurate) and...

Hey all, brought a VS 5L ute 10000ks ago so i decided its service time figured id start with the easy stuff namely the spark plugs and leads.....or so i thought so i changes all the plugs on the passenger side without a hitch and proceeded to the drivers side only to find all the leads...

yep, welsh plugs $600 later, cars running cool again, now thats crap for a $3 part

its had coolant in it its whole life that ive had it, minus 4 weeks, changed the radiator and got a second hand 1 so it had a weaker mix of coolant for 2 weeks and when i brought the new radiator i made a mix of coolant but it had water in it for another 2 weeks cos the radiator blew again, got...

i just jacked the car up and there's a small hole in the metal casing in front of the transmission sump, this is where the water is leaking out of, was that hole ment to be there (sorry im a fair noob i only know how to service the car :) ) and does this help with the diagnosis

Hey All, i got a 97 VS Commodore V6 and it is leaking coolant from the back of the motor, the only signs i can see is coolant dripping from the front of the transmission sump, im lost to what this could be because the only thing i can think of is the heater box but from memory that would leak...