sk2304
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- VS Commodore 'S' pack.
Hi there,
Got hold of an 2000 VS V6 Ute a bit over a year ago. A mates son had been tinkering on it (creating more issues!) before it ran out of rego and he removed on with another car.
I cleaned and changed all the usual things oil, gaskets, plugs, etc and it goes really well.
No error codes.
But when I had the plenum off to do the LIM gaskets I found that 2 of the 5 bolts that hold down the plenum chamber to the inlet manifold will not tighten. They will just keep turning.
So got them as tight as I could. Spoke with local holden spare parts who said they didn't stock the bolts.
My main question is would any leak there affect fuel economy? I found it is using a bit over 3L/100km more fuel on the highway than my 'S' pack sedan. Even more around town.
I recently replaced the o2 sensors. No difference.
(Lucky I work in auto parts industry!)
Any advice? Thanks in advance.
Got hold of an 2000 VS V6 Ute a bit over a year ago. A mates son had been tinkering on it (creating more issues!) before it ran out of rego and he removed on with another car.
I cleaned and changed all the usual things oil, gaskets, plugs, etc and it goes really well.
No error codes.
But when I had the plenum off to do the LIM gaskets I found that 2 of the 5 bolts that hold down the plenum chamber to the inlet manifold will not tighten. They will just keep turning.
So got them as tight as I could. Spoke with local holden spare parts who said they didn't stock the bolts.
My main question is would any leak there affect fuel economy? I found it is using a bit over 3L/100km more fuel on the highway than my 'S' pack sedan. Even more around town.
I recently replaced the o2 sensors. No difference.
(Lucky I work in auto parts industry!)
Any advice? Thanks in advance.