Engine codes 32, 46/49.

[ephect]

I believe it's now time to change the CAS.

All your symptoms are exactly what I had.. It kept dying roughly 10mins into the drive, I could restart it after approx 30sec even whilst still rolling along.

It's a pain to do initially but once done you'll fell a hellava lot more comfortable when it happens again.

 

[Daniel.IRL]

I believe it's now time to change the CAS.

All your symptoms are exactly what I had.. It kept dying roughly 10mins into the drive, I could restart it after approx 30sec even whilst still rolling along.

It's a pain to do initially but once done you'll fell a hellava lot more comfortable when it happens again.

yeah I’m thinking the same thing, sometimes it starts after 30 seconds or so, sometimes it just cranks and cranks.

 

[mirrabucca]

After all these years, can't believe you fogot the basics... (Just joking here).
When it dies (second, permanent time) pour some cold water around the CAS area. Car will start - you may then drive home.
It happened to me a few years ago. I was cruising along at about 100 k's. Turned off on an exit. Stopped at some lights - car died first time ever. Engine light on. Restarted ok. Next time it was a few days later. Codes indicated CAS. Next time it happend I had stopped at the shops. Tried to start it about 5 mins later - no go. I remembered the cold water trick. worked. I was able to drive home, check codes and fit a new CAS.
My advice - buy a genuine one. Save a LOT of head scratching. Those Ripco/Ebay copies can get some wierd and seemingly unrelated faults. I know...
Bought an ebay one first. It worked ok, but a short while later I was giving the car a bootful and it died at about 4500 revs. Then as revs came back down it worked. This was intermittent. So I went to Ripco and bought a new one - when I opened the box, it was the same brand as the ebay one.
That one started ok but the engine wouldn't run (X18 pulses missing). So I went to HOLDEN and bought one. All done. Fixed.

 

[Daniel.IRL]

I tried the water trick and it didn’t work, more then once.

But update, did get a new CAS from Holden, and it fixed the issue, 3 hours of driving and the car never missed a beat!

Appreciate the advice of everyone!

 

[mirrabucca]

That's great news.
And thanks for letting us know.
It's good because not only lets us know to stop wracking our brains, but in future anyone searching this forum will benefit.

 

[Daniel.IRL]

That's great news.
And thanks for letting us know.
It's good because not only lets us know to stop wracking our brains, but in future anyone searching this forum will benefit.

I feel like I would have a better chance at letting people know, I had issues with the balancer but got there in the end with no damage, it’s a lot of work for such a simple thing but it fixed my issue so I feel more comfortable knowing people might need/find this information useful and happy to allow anyone to know my issue was solved by changing it

 

[mirrabucca]

Yeah, the balancer can be a bit hard to get off. I bough a puller and made a tool to hold the balancer so I could tighten the bolt.
Then I had to do it a few times (see earlier), so it gets easier each time.

 

[VT2Commie]

After all these years, can't believe you fogot the basics... (Just joking here).
When it dies (second, permanent time) pour some cold water around the CAS area. Car will start - you may then drive home.
It happened to me a few years ago. I was cruising along at about 100 k's. Turned off on an exit. Stopped at some lights - car died first time ever. Engine light on. Restarted ok. Next time it was a few days later. Codes indicated CAS. Next time it happend I had stopped at the shops. Tried to start it about 5 mins later - no go. I remembered the cold water trick. worked. I was able to drive home, check codes and fit a new CAS.
My advice - buy a genuine one. Save a LOT of head scratching. Those Ripco/Ebay copies can get some wierd and seemingly unrelated faults. I know...
Bought an ebay one first. It worked ok, but a short while later I was giving the car a bootful and it died at about 4500 revs. Then as revs came back down it worked. This was intermittent. So I went to Ripco and bought a new one - when I opened the box, it was the same brand as the ebay one.
That one started ok but the engine wouldn't run (X18 pulses missing). So I went to HOLDEN and bought one. All done. Fixed.

What ?? you mean genuine parts, fancy that.

 

[mirrabucca]

Yeah. Had to skulk into a FORD spare parts division to get it though!