SpiceyP
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New to site, limited knowledge on cars in general so please bear with me:
I've got a 2011 VE Sv6 auto ute, about 220 thousand on the clock. I've had it a few years.
Stuff I've done to it in the past 12 months:
- O2 sensors last year
- Brake master cylinder resevoir replaced (mid 2022) for 1.7k (did I get shafted on this? I completely forgot about it just looking at the service docs)
- New battery (misdiagnosis by old mechanics, turned out to be starter motor as I thought)
- New starter motor
- New coils + plugs
- New radiator + service + tyres (this week)
Probably some other smaller things as well, as well as general servicing every 10,000km which I guess doesn't really count as 'done to it' the way the other stuff does.
It's also had an intermittent, singular clunking, sometimes on a straight, sometimes on a corner, usually in 2nd but not always. Lots of fun diagnosing that one, issue's been present about 18 months intermittently but nobody can really find a fault. Had it yesterday accelerating around a corner up a hill, from the lights (normal acceleration, I don't flog it). Kicked the back end out a little, like really the smallest amount but still made me jump. I couldn't replicate it, tried a few times on the same spot - the road's been redone there recently so no potholes or anything - really felt exactly like something heavy / unrestrained had rolled around in the tray (which was empty).
In the last 6(ish) months it's been a bit sluggish on acceleration. It runs a lot smoother since changing the O2 sensors and a ton smoother since doing the coils + plugs, and hasn't thrown a code since. Just feels a bit lacklustre.
It (very rarely) surges in first for a second or two. I don't know the right name for this phenomenon but I guess it's linked, and only when it's cold. It's overdue for a transmission service but money has been pretty tight over the last year and a half, so I haven't had it done, I guess that's probably come back to bite me.
The car's always had the slightest hesitation between 2nd and 3rd. I only run 98 in it. It's also got a bit of a rough idle (worse with the A/C on), but no codes, and it doesn't feel like it's missing so much as it's just regular rough.
My thoughts are possibly engine mounts or, (what feels maybe more likely), transmission mounts. The car also 'lurches' forward a little when you put it in park and has done so as far back as I can remember. About 3 years ago I tried putting it in reverse, wouldn't go, tried again, there was a pop and it went in. Had the transmission serviced right after, he didn't see anything out of the ordinary, and it's never really acted up since so I never chased it up.
Anyway I know these are two separate issues, I'm wanting to get a service done on the transmission and I'd be open to anyone's recommendations for Brisbane region.
I'd appreciate any advice
I absolutely love it to bits, it's my dream car, but **** me it's been chewing up money lately lol. I'd consider getting a newer model but I'm dead picky about the style, colour, exhaust etc so, I don't know. I'd like to be able to do more stuff to it myself, I just have kind of a **** setup for it at the moment (tiny tight garage with no power, plus I have almost no experience actually doing anything to cars so afraid of cocking it up).
I've got a 2011 VE Sv6 auto ute, about 220 thousand on the clock. I've had it a few years.
Stuff I've done to it in the past 12 months:
- O2 sensors last year
- Brake master cylinder resevoir replaced (mid 2022) for 1.7k (did I get shafted on this? I completely forgot about it just looking at the service docs)
- New battery (misdiagnosis by old mechanics, turned out to be starter motor as I thought)
- New starter motor
- New coils + plugs
- New radiator + service + tyres (this week)
Probably some other smaller things as well, as well as general servicing every 10,000km which I guess doesn't really count as 'done to it' the way the other stuff does.
It's also had an intermittent, singular clunking, sometimes on a straight, sometimes on a corner, usually in 2nd but not always. Lots of fun diagnosing that one, issue's been present about 18 months intermittently but nobody can really find a fault. Had it yesterday accelerating around a corner up a hill, from the lights (normal acceleration, I don't flog it). Kicked the back end out a little, like really the smallest amount but still made me jump. I couldn't replicate it, tried a few times on the same spot - the road's been redone there recently so no potholes or anything - really felt exactly like something heavy / unrestrained had rolled around in the tray (which was empty).
In the last 6(ish) months it's been a bit sluggish on acceleration. It runs a lot smoother since changing the O2 sensors and a ton smoother since doing the coils + plugs, and hasn't thrown a code since. Just feels a bit lacklustre.
It (very rarely) surges in first for a second or two. I don't know the right name for this phenomenon but I guess it's linked, and only when it's cold. It's overdue for a transmission service but money has been pretty tight over the last year and a half, so I haven't had it done, I guess that's probably come back to bite me.
The car's always had the slightest hesitation between 2nd and 3rd. I only run 98 in it. It's also got a bit of a rough idle (worse with the A/C on), but no codes, and it doesn't feel like it's missing so much as it's just regular rough.
My thoughts are possibly engine mounts or, (what feels maybe more likely), transmission mounts. The car also 'lurches' forward a little when you put it in park and has done so as far back as I can remember. About 3 years ago I tried putting it in reverse, wouldn't go, tried again, there was a pop and it went in. Had the transmission serviced right after, he didn't see anything out of the ordinary, and it's never really acted up since so I never chased it up.
Anyway I know these are two separate issues, I'm wanting to get a service done on the transmission and I'd be open to anyone's recommendations for Brisbane region.
I'd appreciate any advice
I absolutely love it to bits, it's my dream car, but **** me it's been chewing up money lately lol. I'd consider getting a newer model but I'm dead picky about the style, colour, exhaust etc so, I don't know. I'd like to be able to do more stuff to it myself, I just have kind of a **** setup for it at the moment (tiny tight garage with no power, plus I have almost no experience actually doing anything to cars so afraid of cocking it up).
