Nikki johnston
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- VX series 1 3.8L V6
I have a 3.8L VX commodore.
Had my car running extremely rough a couple of weeks ago. I put injection cleaner in when i put fuel in on the Wednesday, drove it thursday with no issues only to have my car running extremely rough friday. Although not completely, it gradually got better and wasn't running so rough. Replaced spark plugs, checked coil packs in which all were fine, checked leads in which again, were all fine, checked air filter in which yet again, was fine.
A couple of days later, i noticed it was making a loud ticking noise that got faster and louder as rpms went up.
Got mechanic to look at it. Taking in everything i told him and what he heard for himself, he suspected possibility of a faulty fuel injector. He also considered a possibility of a slight blockage and suggested to give a chance for injection cleaner to do its job.
Now, it has an extremely rough idle.
When in idle, the rpms are constantly going from 1 to just before stalling point instead of sitting at a certain point.
Occasionally, the ticking noise is still there.
The initial start up for the day, it sounds really sick (sounds like it wants to stall). After the initial start up for the day, no issues at all with start up.
The last few days, occassionally whilst driving, it initially feels like it has no power when i accelerate to then feeling likevit has a massive surge of power.
Mechanic now is thinking its the idle control valve.
Does anyone have any suggestions on what could be causing these issues.
Its been a good reliable car, well looked after. Serviced every 6 - 12 months without fail.
Had my car running extremely rough a couple of weeks ago. I put injection cleaner in when i put fuel in on the Wednesday, drove it thursday with no issues only to have my car running extremely rough friday. Although not completely, it gradually got better and wasn't running so rough. Replaced spark plugs, checked coil packs in which all were fine, checked leads in which again, were all fine, checked air filter in which yet again, was fine.
A couple of days later, i noticed it was making a loud ticking noise that got faster and louder as rpms went up.
Got mechanic to look at it. Taking in everything i told him and what he heard for himself, he suspected possibility of a faulty fuel injector. He also considered a possibility of a slight blockage and suggested to give a chance for injection cleaner to do its job.
Now, it has an extremely rough idle.
When in idle, the rpms are constantly going from 1 to just before stalling point instead of sitting at a certain point.
Occasionally, the ticking noise is still there.
The initial start up for the day, it sounds really sick (sounds like it wants to stall). After the initial start up for the day, no issues at all with start up.
The last few days, occassionally whilst driving, it initially feels like it has no power when i accelerate to then feeling likevit has a massive surge of power.
Mechanic now is thinking its the idle control valve.
Does anyone have any suggestions on what could be causing these issues.
Its been a good reliable car, well looked after. Serviced every 6 - 12 months without fail.