nabed4t
New Member
- Joined
- Mar 13, 2005
- Messages
- 147
- Reaction score
- 1
- Points
- 0
- Age
- 37
- Location
- Briagolong
- Members Ride
- 98 VT Commodore V6
Hey everyone,
I've been having some issues with my 98 VT S Commodore and I am in need of some input and advice.
Problem 1 - Occurs mainly when the car is cold. When driving the car out of the driveway and going over the gutter onto the road there is a clunk coming from the left hand front wheel. When turning right onto the road from the driveway and straightening up the steering there is another clunk from the same wheel. The clunk occurs again when braking and turning a corner and straightening the steering results in another clunk. After the clunk caused by braking has occurred, subsequent braking doesn't result in any clunks until the turning clunks have happened. It seems like something needs to reset for the clunks to happen.
I have changed the tie rod ends and the front shocks, struts and bearings with no improvement.
While changing the shocks I checked the front bushes and everything seemed okay. Any suggestions or advice would be much appreciated.
Problem 2 - there is a scrubbing/scraping noise coming from the right front wheel when turning left or applying the brake. I'm not sure if it's the shifting weight while braking that's causing the scrubbing/scraping but it happens when completing a slow left turn and disappears when driving straight. I have changed the front brake pads with no change.
Problem 3 - Recently the car has had trouble starting. It turns over fine but takes a few seconds of cranking for her to start. Turning the ignition to accessories I can hear the fuel pump prime. If I switch the ignition from off to accessories 2-3 times to prime the pump the car starts fine - I've done some reading that it could be a pressure issues but any suggestions about how to diagnose this problem would be very much appreciated.
Any suggestions to these problems would be amazing.
Thanks heaps.
Dan
I've been having some issues with my 98 VT S Commodore and I am in need of some input and advice.
Problem 1 - Occurs mainly when the car is cold. When driving the car out of the driveway and going over the gutter onto the road there is a clunk coming from the left hand front wheel. When turning right onto the road from the driveway and straightening up the steering there is another clunk from the same wheel. The clunk occurs again when braking and turning a corner and straightening the steering results in another clunk. After the clunk caused by braking has occurred, subsequent braking doesn't result in any clunks until the turning clunks have happened. It seems like something needs to reset for the clunks to happen.
I have changed the tie rod ends and the front shocks, struts and bearings with no improvement.
While changing the shocks I checked the front bushes and everything seemed okay. Any suggestions or advice would be much appreciated.
Problem 2 - there is a scrubbing/scraping noise coming from the right front wheel when turning left or applying the brake. I'm not sure if it's the shifting weight while braking that's causing the scrubbing/scraping but it happens when completing a slow left turn and disappears when driving straight. I have changed the front brake pads with no change.
Problem 3 - Recently the car has had trouble starting. It turns over fine but takes a few seconds of cranking for her to start. Turning the ignition to accessories I can hear the fuel pump prime. If I switch the ignition from off to accessories 2-3 times to prime the pump the car starts fine - I've done some reading that it could be a pressure issues but any suggestions about how to diagnose this problem would be very much appreciated.
Any suggestions to these problems would be amazing.
Thanks heaps.
Dan