Angry Ant
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- May 30, 2017
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- 33
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- Queensland
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- VX Commodore
Hi fellow commie life members, I’m having trouble with my sisters 2006 ve sv6 6 speed, it was overheating and when it did the battery would act like it’s dead but at first the battery was the only thing that was noticed, then it was figured out that it was actually overheating and then the battery would act like it’s dead and even try to slowly crank the motor although the battery was fine, so I changed the thermostat housing because I figured it must have had a bad thermostat, (I also fully cleaned the back of the motor were the housing bolts on and used gasket sealant) and it also got new coolant and top and bottom rad hoses, so it started up and we were trying to bleed the system with the radiator cap off and I seen a few bubbles pop out over around 10 or 15 minutes but then it kept overflowing instead of circulating so I put the cap on and went for the test drive, it had its power there but it was also shuddering and just not running/idling right, and then the temp gauge went up to half way while sitting (sis was in the shop) so we took it back and on the way back the temp did seem to move back down while it was driving but sitting in the driveway it went back up to halfway so we turned it off and to check the battery phenomenon tried to start it again and it only slowly cranked the motor like a fully dead battery but was all good beforehand, just really hoping that someone knows what’s going wrong and can point me in the right direction, it seems like all work that’s been done has not made a difference so it must be something else, starting to get desperate and thanks heaps in advance for any help