endlesshysteria
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Gday guys,
Had my VT for the last 2 years now and she has had a good life. Currently sitting on around the 230k mark but now having some issues and haven't had a chance to get it to the mechies.
Heading down the freeway Tuesday just gone she started making a ticking noise when accelerating which I thought was odd so whacked on the cruise control and no noise. Took it off cruise and accelerated and there it was again, put the cruise on and the noise started. Then I lost all power, managed to get it to the side of the road where she stopped. :cry:
Got her towed home and now trying to work out whats going on. Turn her over and she fires after a lot of effort, need to have foot flat to get it to start. When it does start its very rough and nearly shakes the car to bits. Give it some stick and it sounds even more rough, hard to explain but I am sure someone has heard it before :whistling Bang it into reverse and lose all power, need to keep the revs up in both drive and reverse to keep the engine turning over.
When she stopped I smelt a little burning oil but nothing extreme. Anyway I am thinking I am looking at a new engine and need to get her to the mechies for a full inspection but am away all week and wanted to see if anyone seen something similar or can confirm my worse expectations? Think this engine might be :rip:
Cheers fellas.
Had my VT for the last 2 years now and she has had a good life. Currently sitting on around the 230k mark but now having some issues and haven't had a chance to get it to the mechies.
Heading down the freeway Tuesday just gone she started making a ticking noise when accelerating which I thought was odd so whacked on the cruise control and no noise. Took it off cruise and accelerated and there it was again, put the cruise on and the noise started. Then I lost all power, managed to get it to the side of the road where she stopped. :cry:
Got her towed home and now trying to work out whats going on. Turn her over and she fires after a lot of effort, need to have foot flat to get it to start. When it does start its very rough and nearly shakes the car to bits. Give it some stick and it sounds even more rough, hard to explain but I am sure someone has heard it before :whistling Bang it into reverse and lose all power, need to keep the revs up in both drive and reverse to keep the engine turning over.
When she stopped I smelt a little burning oil but nothing extreme. Anyway I am thinking I am looking at a new engine and need to get her to the mechies for a full inspection but am away all week and wanted to see if anyone seen something similar or can confirm my worse expectations? Think this engine might be :rip:
Cheers fellas.