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dr_pack
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Hi all,
I have a 2001 VX sedan its nearly at the 100,000 km factory warranty end point. The car features ABS, electric driver's seat, dual fuel (LPG & Unleaded), cruise control, blah, blah, blah...
Whilst in Adelaide I got the Adealide City Holden Dealer to perform a 100,000km service at 97,000km as I thought that they knew what they were doing. (Bad assumption by me)
Any way, on driving back from Adelaide to my house in Stanhope (Country Victoria) there was a loud sound similar to running over a fox or rabbit and a sudden pull on the steering wheel at about 100km from home. The same thing happened 10km from home on the same trip. No splatter road kill mess. Puzzling.
A few days later I poped the hood and inspected the engine bay. The airbox had a huge hole in it and it was cracked to buggery. The local Holden dealer has ordered a spare as a warranty repair. however the car is getting worse. I believe that the LPG fuel and air box don't like each other.
What solutions are there so I can run the car on LPG without having a store room of replacement airboxes?
Does Holden know of the problem and alerted its mecahnics and dealers?
BTW: I could run the car exclusively on unleaded, but then I have a ruddy great waste on space in the boot with the LPG bottle, and living in the country I do lots of km's, dual fuel gives me a longer travelling range.
I have a 2001 VX sedan its nearly at the 100,000 km factory warranty end point. The car features ABS, electric driver's seat, dual fuel (LPG & Unleaded), cruise control, blah, blah, blah...
Whilst in Adelaide I got the Adealide City Holden Dealer to perform a 100,000km service at 97,000km as I thought that they knew what they were doing. (Bad assumption by me)
Any way, on driving back from Adelaide to my house in Stanhope (Country Victoria) there was a loud sound similar to running over a fox or rabbit and a sudden pull on the steering wheel at about 100km from home. The same thing happened 10km from home on the same trip. No splatter road kill mess. Puzzling.
A few days later I poped the hood and inspected the engine bay. The airbox had a huge hole in it and it was cracked to buggery. The local Holden dealer has ordered a spare as a warranty repair. however the car is getting worse. I believe that the LPG fuel and air box don't like each other.
What solutions are there so I can run the car on LPG without having a store room of replacement airboxes?
Does Holden know of the problem and alerted its mecahnics and dealers?
BTW: I could run the car exclusively on unleaded, but then I have a ruddy great waste on space in the boot with the LPG bottle, and living in the country I do lots of km's, dual fuel gives me a longer travelling range.