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ive seen that i can get some genuine GM plugs via ebay or would again is it a dodgy sorta thing? the seller i am talking about is currently selling quite alot of new GM NOS products. for cars. ive attached a link to the seller for the coils/plugs an intake gaskets...

thanks guys. i ended up going to the wreckers an got one for 25 bucks it was practically brand new now the next thing is, coil an plugs, any recommendations? ebay from OZ car parts any decent?

hey guys. it seems that my heavy hand has broken the factory pcv pipes. i made a dodgy one up with vaccum hoses,but im not sure if its leaking or not as its making a sucking noise an if i pinch that hose off it stops the noise its the one that connects to the orfice tube in the driver rocker...

considering servicing my transmission today, got ramps an all that good stuff. was going to suck the transmissions oil out with an 1.5L oil syringe. drop the pan an then let it drain again over night so it can get our as much as i can. using valvoline max life

hey everybody. currently looking at doing a transmission service on a VZ 4l60E any tips an tricks on doing the service? an best place to cut the transmission lines? ( i couldnt find the required barbs to fit onto the transmission lines so i thought cutting them is next best option) i have a...

anyody know anybody in the sydney area that isnt 2k+?

do you still use it? i can get it from my work for a very decent price

hey @Fu Manchu been looking at getting one of the ratcheting screw drivers as you have posted above. have had no luck in finding that exact one. only found few that were average looking. ive ordered a vaccum pump/brake bleeder of ebay so i can test the vaccum solenoid. an find out which one is...

hey @Fu Manchu thanks so much for that. i am currently looking to source the easiest to replace actuators from the wreckers as he said that the car as to be assembled to test it, i have searched for the past few hours i saw a process on the best way to test them out of the car, but cannot find...

do you think its possible to attack the intake actuator via under the dash? or just replace both under the Hvac system

hey guys apprichate all the help so far. was having a look today, up under passenger side dash i saw the single? stage actuator that people have been saying that its a dash out job, i reckon if i could get the black box out vaccum box? thats under it i could get it it. the demister one...

hey mate yes it is i had searched after i had posted this topic. navigating that thingomajigo isnt to bad. still trying to find out where the infomation for the climate control is . i was watching another video on youtube where he replaced one, of them an it seemed to work pretty good. i have...

thanks so much fu manchu. its actually a berlina. so it has the climate control. i have found the two of the actuators above the transmission tunnel. was a little dodgy on going to the wreckers. but it seems to be the best option. ive had some weird pricing. one fella wanted 120 bucks for a...

which one do you recommend doing?

do you know anybody in the newcastle/sydney area who does it ?

hey guys any update on this? currently having the issue of, no recirculate working, aircon works able to select every other mode but still diverts to windscreen under vaccum/accel but goes back to normal when cruising

hey all. long time since ive been on the forums. recently brought myself a low km vz v6 berlina currenntly having 2 issues with it 1. being a rough idle at cold start (able to see the tacho bouching ever so slightly (have attached HP tuners to do some logging an its bouching around 100rpm but...

hey mate, cars all running :) would it be ok to run a semi synthetic for 5000? the gulf western im thinking... or would you take it back and get a nulon/penrite/shell

i just grabbed some gulf western its on special atm for 14 bucks for 5 litres of semi synthetic so i grabbed 2 of them, i dont think it will hurt for 10-15mins of idling, then just going to chuck the penrite HPR10 everyday back in :) i just grabbed nulon since i didnt know it was any good

thanks for that guys, so would using calibe coolant be ok from supercheap auto? its a concentrate Calibre Anti-Freeze/Anti-Boil Concentrate - 5 Litre - Supercheap Auto Australia im also thinking of running a mineral oil for the that first "run in ( it only needs to go upto operation temp...

somebody decided to do the close clamp up on the most retarded angle its actually turned up towards the fans are.. some bloody twat has done that -.- where can i buy a drain tray? and wheres an appropriate place to tip it? would the garden be ok?

thanks for that turtl3. im going to put the heads on, start it "run" the valve springs in upto operating temp and then drop the oil after do that and also filter. and also coolant, with the coolant lines what hose do i need to drop to get all the coolant of of the block?

Thanks mate, what i have clean off so far i have let down the holes :/ so i think ill go giving them a good vac with the wet and dry. I was having a good talk to a friend and he said that it may of compromised that cylinder so im a bit scared. Its all so confusing. I grabed a oil stone...

my car decided to pop a comp 918 valve spring, sitting at a set of lights taking off and my car spluttered and farted and died, i just made it to some where i could pull over thank god!! so got it towed home pulled the heads off and wadda you know. the bit** decided to kiss the piston, fast...

can you change it back to stock tune? if you can, try that i had a mate with a skyline that was missing at 4000 revs and he pretty much changed everything on his car that he could. to find out that it was actually the computer was fryed

awesome!! thank you heaps tinsnips! when i get my new car, i think i might need to take a trip to sydney( see you) and get you to give my car a once over

hi vy calais, no oil leaks at all. the under carrage looks like its brand new.. but its so confusing trying to find out where its going. i think it could be the valve stem seals. As there is carbon bulid up in my exhaust. my nans vs commodore that has probs aroune 195,000 on it hasnt been...

it came with a crap load of books and such. so i actually went looking thought them last night and found it was a fleet car. so im assuming the fleet car has been thrashed off its guts. inside the rocker cover is smick it looks brand new not one bit of build up of sludge. i just think 15,000 is...

thank you for the infomation tinsnips. i actually went F##ck it. and actually went to town on it today, and behold it actually came up really well, it does have swirl marks i just took my time working in pretty small areas, now all i need to do it get meguiars M205 you said, but you are right...

sorry i just googled it, lower intake manifold gasket. i think they might need to be replaced as when i first got it, there was quite a bit of oil in the vallery

well.. the inside of the plenum was bloody flithy.. wish i had taken a photo it looked like somebody had got sludgy arse oil in there and left it to bake.. i claned it up and it was running a whole lot better, but never thought where the oil was going. where in the LIM gasket

Thanks for the response tinsnips. I did use to have a finishing polish 3M something or other. Tho its gone missing do you suggest any? ts pretty hard to get a photo and the right lighting when you only have a camera phone, im going to say its water marks and it looks all. Nice. And shiny...

hey all, not sure if 100% in right forum but. on thurday i washed,clay bared, polished and waxed my car. i then noticed it has some crazy arse either oxdised paint or bad water marks. the colour is turban grey i think so im wondering if i can buff it to get those marks out or will it require...

hey guys, i was also wondering.. if maybe i use some nulon worn engine treatment would that help? or is it just BS?

thanks for the reply everybody. ive changed the oil to 20-50 i think its slowed it down a little bit to a manageable rate it just seems highway seems to eat it up. i have my blacks coming up in February. so i think i may be switching cars or putting a new motor in the beast. shes a lovely car...

no leaks at all, looks like it came from the factory! nothing in coolant and leaking into cylinders is possible.. not sure its pretty bloody annoying!!

hey guys, just an update i did a service the oil was black for 4,500 kms. so i chucked 20/50 nulon high km mineral oil in it. and it just seems to be chewing it up again, ive gone 500kms since the last service and its used about 300ml. may aswell chuck some diff oil in there and be gone with...

thanks savvyVY :) ill certainly been taking that into account 1500km to the next service :D

bump i need some help people please :)

hey guys brought a 2004 vy commodore the other week. with 218000kms it needed an oil change since that i have done aroud 3000kms and i put in 10/40 and its used about 1.5 litres i think thats a bit excessive. would 20/50 be ok or do the newer ecotecs prefer the thiner oil? it also has a knock at...