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Radiator was blocked pretty bad but still doing its job until it was driven long periods then couldnt cool it quick enough in stop start driving , alot of scale in there blocking the cores $440 removed old refit brand new and bled total cost ! If you can do it yourself would be cheaper...

Quick stop at the radiator shop on the way to work and he feels up and down the core = Blockage in the radiator. Hot at the top / cold at the bottom New one going in wednesday

Well after a coffee , think , bit of a brain flutter it dawned on me that there was a 1ltr nulon concentrate bottle in the parts bag that came back to me Im guessing the 1ltr is not gonna make a decent 50/50 mix and maybe the cause of my issues ! Pretty sure these ecotecs are a bastard if...

91 deg thermo Fans are cutting in at 104 Might just bite the bullet and chuck a new radiator at it to eliminate that as the problem Low speed fan cuts in at 104 High at 117

Intakes done New hoses and there firm at running temp No leaks or coolant loss Car does take abit to get up to running temp after sitting all night . NFI were to go next

Just changed the waterpump and thermostat 2 weeks ago as it was running abit warm after giving it abit of a spirited drive home , temp gauge was up over half and at 115 on the dash All was good till today ? 40min run on the highway all was good , stopped for 10 mins at a shop then was...

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Bloke at works vt done that , would random leak after short 5 min trips , never after 1/2 drive on freeway to work . Waterpump was changed and it was cactus internally I'd swap it out for piece of mind , do the thermostat aswell ( $20 with gasket genuine from Holden )

For $10k you wouldn't have a lot after buying everything , a spray booth hire is pretty exy . Or you can spray at home , coat everything in your place and the neighbours withdust / overspray and end up with crap in the paint finish that peels within a yr and unhappy neighbours that want their...

All the Oil over floor comes from a few things , 1. Sump plug is missing 2. Oil pan is leaking like a sieve or copped a rock and holed 3. It's kicked a rod out ( giving it fired and didn't sound like a skeleton having a wank in a tin can ) I doubt this 4. The crank seals are completely...

A sedan and ute exhaust systems are different lengths from memory might pay to visit a muffler shop and ask what can be done to achieve your "note" you want . Could be a simple muffler swap in the system

A old 6" car door speaker magnet is good for holding bolts screws etc if you have one lying round

If they look like this then they are shot http://i399.photobucket.com/albums/pp74/trip01_photos/DSC03121.jpg Search sway bar link pins clunking , it has pics from mine and how the "washers" need to curved away

Link pins are cactus check the top especially bottom bush they magically dissapear after breaking

sounds like a dying waterpump , sticking thermostat issue , thermostat is cheap and easy to swap out

I'll go with the fusible link in the engine bay fuse panel has died Yellow I think , clear top 60A

A slight warp in the rotors will make that noise , did pads and rotors get changed or just pads on old rotors without machining ? Did the pads get the Tabs bent on them to stop the pads rattling in the calliper ( bendix had a packaging issue with front sets causing the tabs to flatten ) Lazy...

Driving shakes crap around , sitting in a garage doesn't . Try tapping the lights next time and see if it happens . Take the bulbs from right hand light and put in left one and left ones into right , if it still does it then it's the lights not the bulbs .

Their pretty tuff , got a set for the 26mm to undo the dirt bike rear . It gets tight and the hammer on the spanner trick hasn't broke yet

Engine is originally from a yank Buick , every bolt on the engine is imperial and the body work is metric bolts , If the bolts are finger tight then it's time to replace the inlet gaskets Look at the top of the inlet manifold near the bolts for pools of oil in the lower bits ( classic sign...

I understand the idea of it , but if it's cracked and leaking then I highly doubt the pressure in the cylinder will drop enough to show in the radiator neck without combustion . It would have to be a major leak and other signs would appear before hand Compression tests readings are fairly high...

This has me perplexed how removing a lead would somehow stop bubbles ? It's not like the leads off and piston stops in that cylinder ? It will still cycle but won't ignite the fuel Back to your issue , if it's not getting hot and running crap then it more likely intakes are gone , get a...

Sounds like a hairline crack somewhere I'll take a stab and say it's a water jacket in the head beside one of the head bolts . Sounds like it's pushing water into a exhaust valve chamber Cheapest option is to remove the rocker covers and look for the milkshake . If it looks clean the heads...

It snapped , well physically twisted in half about 2 foot back from the box and dug the back half in , kicked the arse up enough for the front Bit to drop down still with the spline shaft connected in the box and dig in vertical as it came back down . Broke the back output shaft outta the box...

Reaction time is only Good for heads up racing More important is the weather and temps Cold dry air and your car will have more go / hot humid air will lessen it Did you let the auto shift or manually punch gears ? Find when the limiter cuts in and manually shift 200rpm below it to...

Best spanners ever , works on the flat edge Metrinch 10 Piece Spanner SET | eBay

Back of engine drivers side is the purge canister , it has a hose that goes to the throttle body the 90deg elbows come apart aswell with age If the hose isn't there then that's you problem . Massive air leak It sits from throttle body under the intake manifold runners to the purge...

Genuine or aftermarket eBay job ? If it wasn't genuine then don't rule it out , a lot of eBay jobs crap out quick

Vent selection for heater / air con selector works off vacuum so I'd start there Go to no.12 http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/attachments/vz-holden-commodore-2004-2006/152279d1352028680-anyone-has-diagram-port-heater-box-colored-vacuum-hoses-go-im-stuck-vz-hvac-15.jpg

Stick the multimeter probes in the terminals and start the car while watching it , if it drops to around 6v on cranking then the cells are shot in the battery

I'd be cleaning up the terminal on the horn and seeing if that stops it or check the theft horn relay isn't jamming up Mine doesn't beep locking or unlocking , indicators just flash

do the old bit of wood stethoscope on each rocker cover , or pull each plug and see what one is different colour Broken valve Spring might be your issue , what side is the guessing game above to pinpoint it if possible

Start with the fuses and relays All Fusible links and the 10A ?? Eng cont fuse in the engine bay

Vt -VX run 235 not 245 , and the offset is wrong to be that close to the strut What offset are they

So you took all the **** off your old car engine and put it in the new car and are still having problems ?? Is this the same set of MSD coils that after you tested stock ones and the symptoms were virtually gone but continue to use the MSD ones and wonder why it keeps running **** ?? Piss...

Dyno run under load hooked into a program may pick up what's going on , Iridiums may need re-gapping to 1.3 ? 02 sensor ? Knock sensor ? Collapsed cat ?

Did you replace all 3 coil packs or just the one that was dead ?

Look for 1 that looks stock as a rock , good paint still and no aftermarket stuff , they are the ones that are serviced , maintained and garaged usually . I got mine 4yr ago like this 160000 on the clock , added 17's and that's the mods done It just hit 207000 and all I've done in the 4 yrs...

LPG side of it sounds like it's not tuned properly , proberly the 02 sensors chucking the engine light on . You need to find someone good with LPG mixers and tuning before it kills your MAF sensor

Could be a sticking thermostat even though it's new , usually the lim gaskets don't overheat the car in a day or 2 , usually build up of gunk under rad cap kills the seal and it can't hold pressure or draw it back from overflow bottle when cooling . I drove mine for 4 hrs from bris > nsw border...