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    SV6 6 speed - giving real trouble now, anyone else??? :(

    Just to let you guys know. I'v had the same issues with the gearbox not selecting second and popping out and crunching etc etc. took it to holden twice in one week and they got the idea and changed the gearbox. Pitty they didnt change the clutch at the same time. Cars done nearly 40'000km's and...
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    VZ Fuel Gauge Problem

    Well some days i get about 150km from when the guage says 0kms to go. Then some other days i get 20 or so. I have run out twice so far. By the way got a new gearbox put in the other week. Nice to have second gear back. under warranty thankfully
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    clutch problems !!!!

    well i took my car in to my dealer yesteday (tuesday 8th) and well they rang today and said that i wont get it back till next friday(18th). i have a V6 M6 and the gearbox is, well broken. its no longer possible to get second gear. my dealer said they would take it to Holden so they can pull it...
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    cruise control = fugged?

    Happens to me too, only if i dont disnenage/turn cruise control off before turing the car off. ie, doing 100ish then pull into a servo on the side of a freeway turn car off. never remember to press the button.
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    same Getrag 6spd man in both V6 & V8?

    I'v got the jap spec 6 speed and its rubish. my car is about a year and half old, serviced when required etc. The other day i was changing from 1'st to second at less than say 2500rpm and it crunched big time. then agian when i changed from 3 to 2 at similar revs. and yes i know how to use a...
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    Post Pictures of your VZ here.

    This is the best pic i could find. My 2 toys. Now has a set Hella spotties on the front soory i duno how to make the pic smaller...
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    Air Intake Restriction on 190kw

    u can easily get fuel consumption down to 8.5L/100km. thats travelling from beaumaris to port melbourne in peak hour. bout 17km's
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    Air Intake Restriction on 190kw

    i bought the growler kit and i'v had it for say 20'000km's and well if it wasnt for that kit i would have sold my car a long time ago. 3.6L v6's sounds wofle when stock, adding the kit changed the cars whole characteristics. i'v never dynod the car but i know its responds quicker and uses a hell...
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    Dash Warning: "Service Engine Oil" - Anyone else had it?

    yeah my VZ came up with the same anoying warning at about 25'000km's, so about a week later i got around to having a look at the oil level. well it wasnt too pretty at all - just below minimum - Also i found it extrememly difficuly to purchase the recomended oil. something on the lines of 10-30...
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    VZ S-Pack Ute reversing sensor locations

    yeah i looked into this aswell. i'v heard that ute's r meant to have 2 rear sesors to sedans 4 sensors. maybe because of the shape of the rear bumper etc. dont quote me on it. hope it helps
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    Rear diff/axle noise

    Yes i also have the same rear diff/axle noise. put my car up on the jack today to change a flat (then found out i had two falsts) a found that the spair tyre was a tad loose. so when i left the traffic light etc (chnaged direction) it would make this creeking noise which was quite disturbing...
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    Home Made Cold Air Intake..

    just buy the induction kit and dont be cheap. i'v got it on my v6 and i made my old lady put a smilar product on her xr6T,and its worth it. i wouldnt stuff around with pipes etc when people have put time and money into developing a product to do just what u are after. Quick question for people...
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    getting a hole in a VZ ute firewall

    Have to tell u guys that the VZ ute is probably the easiers car i have put a sterio into. I'v done ford lasers mitsu magnas and my ute. there is a dirty big gromit under the dash on the far left of the passenger footwell. it is very high though. u'll need to pull the plastic covering that is...
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    What Kms to a tank of Juice

    My Fuel Guage prob appears to be fixed now. As i previously stated, i put a jerry can in the back of the ute and amed to run her till it ran completly dry. well i did it. I got 700km from the tank, but i only put 50L in. after i ran out of fuel i got 70.2L in the tank which was nice. well i...
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    What Kms to a tank of Juice

    i filled my ute up the other day when it said it was very low on fuel, i got 50.2L in the tank. I decided to drive as slowly as a could for a week and see how low i could get the avergage fuel consumption down too. Well it is now at 8.7Lper 100km from a 3.6L V6. Yes every corrolla on the road...
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    What Kms to a tank of Juice

    just filled my tank about 20min ago. got 450km from my tank (just on my average for 22'000km). The guage said 2km till empty, and also said the average for that tank was 11.5L per 100km/ i should have done at least 600 plus km from that tank. I on average i get between 50 and 60L into the tank...
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    unusual rear end wobble

    Hey guys, Having this problem atm. whenever i take a corner or even when going straight ahead, it feels like the back left wheel is loose/wobble. I jaked the car up and none of the wheels were loose. So now i'm a bit worried. once this porb is fixed i'll be organising a turbo or two and an lsd...
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    VZ Fuel Gauge Problem

    hey guys. My car has been back 3 times and is going back for the forth in about a week. had it 6 months. last week for the first time i got more than 45L in the tank (and i drive for about 10km past the Okm to go message before my nerve kicks in). i was filling it up and it stopped at about 45L...
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    SS Inductions

    The going price for one of these products is about 600 ish. i ordered it from autobarn in vic. In regards to there is not enough air flow behind the headlight, well i have been informed that this is not the case. When i first went to install my kit ii thought there must have been a pipe or...
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    SS Inductions

    i have a ss inductions big mouth induction kit in my VZ v6. i can catagorically say that it is worth every sent i paid. no i didnt dino my car before or after i put it in(takes about 15min). The power diffrence is noticable if u drive ur car as hard as me, sideways(i one a ute). But the BIG...
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    stereo

    Picked up my car on monday night from the central car radio in vic, put in Infinity 6.5" component speakers in the front wif tweeter. (90rms) put an Infinity 4 way amp behind the passenger seat just bellow the headrest (in a ute) Behind the driver seat there is a blaupunkt sub in a...
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    stereo

    unfortunatly u cant just add an amp to the standard head unit. u need some pre-amp converter thingy so that u can convert speaker wires into pre-amps. supposedly there is a contant hiss or sound throught the speakers doing it this way. if anyone knows about this could they let us know coz i...
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    Alloytech mods

    hey guys i drive a a VZ ute with VZ ss rims(17") and ut has been lowered. i'm also in the same boat as some of u, i need more power and torque. i'm seariously considering a twin turbo setup but insuance will kill me. is there any noticable power gains from a new cat back system. or similar...
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