Thunder Child
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- 94 VR Commodore Executive II Auto (Ecotec)
Hi Guys,
Now before I start, I'd just like to say that I am not that knowledgeable on how cars work entirely, i'm pretty handy and have been replacing parts and fixing parts from following DIY vids on youtube and also what you guys have been saying on here, so forgive me if I own a car and not know everything about it.
Now comes the dumb part
I bough a 94 VR Commodore Auto Ecotec last year for around 2600. About half way through the year, I notice it has trouble accelerating and sounds as if these isnt enough fuel or mixture to burn, so anyway, I have done a million little things to the car and along the way, found the fuel injector O rings weren't sealing properly, which I solved with some rubber grease.
Thing is that it has gotten worse, to the point where it almost and sometimes does stall when sitting in idle or even worse when I try to reverse.
Though if I let it sit in neutral, the car doesn't have a problem in the world, runs fine, even if I rev the engine while its in neutral, no symptoms occur.
Also, the gearbox seems to be having a little trouble changing gears. The gear change from N to D is delayed by about 4 seconds and when it finally does kick in, its slightly abrupt.
When driving, the gears change but for some reason, the engine starts to revs heaps before finally changing.
When I go to use the air con, while the car is running, it stalls it, but not when the fan is running, it just seems to be the air con that pushes it over the edge. Is this an electrical prob? Battery?
I put it in for a service yesterday and the guy said there was a heavy miss in the engine and admitted it runs like a bag of shite in its condition
I want to get this repaired, but I was unsure what would need to be repaired as I obviously dont want to pay more for the car than its worth. Im just unsure whether the problem is the gearbox in conjuction with a bad battery or whether the engine is just misfiring bad.
I fix alot of things I own myself and while I may not try to fix this, Id like to see if anyone could identify what it might be and a solution/price?
Now before I start, I'd just like to say that I am not that knowledgeable on how cars work entirely, i'm pretty handy and have been replacing parts and fixing parts from following DIY vids on youtube and also what you guys have been saying on here, so forgive me if I own a car and not know everything about it.
Now comes the dumb part
I bough a 94 VR Commodore Auto Ecotec last year for around 2600. About half way through the year, I notice it has trouble accelerating and sounds as if these isnt enough fuel or mixture to burn, so anyway, I have done a million little things to the car and along the way, found the fuel injector O rings weren't sealing properly, which I solved with some rubber grease.
Thing is that it has gotten worse, to the point where it almost and sometimes does stall when sitting in idle or even worse when I try to reverse.
Though if I let it sit in neutral, the car doesn't have a problem in the world, runs fine, even if I rev the engine while its in neutral, no symptoms occur.
Also, the gearbox seems to be having a little trouble changing gears. The gear change from N to D is delayed by about 4 seconds and when it finally does kick in, its slightly abrupt.
When driving, the gears change but for some reason, the engine starts to revs heaps before finally changing.
When I go to use the air con, while the car is running, it stalls it, but not when the fan is running, it just seems to be the air con that pushes it over the edge. Is this an electrical prob? Battery?
I put it in for a service yesterday and the guy said there was a heavy miss in the engine and admitted it runs like a bag of shite in its condition
I want to get this repaired, but I was unsure what would need to be repaired as I obviously dont want to pay more for the car than its worth. Im just unsure whether the problem is the gearbox in conjuction with a bad battery or whether the engine is just misfiring bad.
I fix alot of things I own myself and while I may not try to fix this, Id like to see if anyone could identify what it might be and a solution/price?