1st day owning Ve and towtrucked home

[losh1971]

This, I bought a genuine kit from RevHigh a few months ago for about $600 which I thought was very reasonable.

Yeah I bought some PAC Racing springs off them, cheaper than anyone else. Being PAC they are far better quality too than the more commonly sold Crow ones that have issues with snapping.

 

[Simso1]

Talk to Rev High they will probably be cheaper than most but will be good quality.

520 starting price, thats a fantastic price, thanks for the link

 

[losh1971]

I'll try to scan the pages tomorrow at work. I'll PM you as I will need an email address to send the PDF to you.

 

[Simso1]

What are the visual differences between the Ly7 and other variants, want to make sure i get the right set.

its a 2010 ute, will go hunting for the serial number tomorrow on the block, the rego papers show the engine number starting with ly7, but its one of thise things i never did check

 

[Fu Manchu]

LY7 will have a motor on the back of the inlet plenum that varies air flow.

On the front of the LY7 motor is two cam sensors each side. Two cam actuators each side.

 

[blackvxss]

This, I bought a genuine kit from RevHigh a few months ago for about $600 which I thought was very reasonable.

always wonder why do people want a genuine kit when the GM chains are so **** to start with? Have they changed the chain or something?

 

[blackvxss]

Oh dear. I was hoping you would be lucky and not see sludge like that but at least you know what's going on now.
I've just hit 300k in mine and never pulled the covers off. The suspense is killing me wondering if my hard work and clean oil has kept it clean or would it still look like yours..

like a few others just keep driving and hope its good.

 

[Mickcc]

Been a long time since this engine has seen some love

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OMG is there any way with a borescope you can check if this is happening to your engine
like when doing the next oil change to have a look in the sump or the oil cap
this is scary stuff

 

[uglyoldfatbastard]

OMG is there any way with a borescope you can check if this is happening to your engine
like when doing the next oil change to have a look in the sump or the oil cap
this is scary stuff

Drain the sump stick a borescope up and see how clogged the pickup is that will give you some indication. But if you have been doing 15,000km oil changes, using the wrong oil and skipped some oil changes "because the oil looked ok" then chances are high yours won't look much different.

 

[Mickcc]

Drain the sump stick a borescope up and see how clogged the pickup is that will give you some indication. But if you have been doing 15,000km oil changes, using the wrong oil and skipped some oil changes "because the oil looked ok" then chances are high yours won't look much different.

Thanks uglyoldfatbastard

Ha Ha gotta laugh at that name
The service books tells me oil change has been done every 5000 kms
so will have a look then
have 3000 kms to go