Vy ss a lemon??

[gonnaenodathat]

i am calm, and sorry, i wasnt having a go neither, you never said what you had done hence me not reading you checked oil and water etc and thats fundamental...

i still dont see how it takes for an engine to come apart to see a hole in the sump ? oil would be everywhere on your driveway unless you hit something and it dumped its guts out on the road while driving ! then it would seize !
oil light would be on on dash constantly unless broken, engine would rattle like hell till bottom end dried up and seized, woudl overheat and lots more...
If you've hit a stone/speed bump or something then thats **** luck to have holed the sump.. they just don't hole by themselves unless holden has a fault with them which i doubt .

and a sticky injector would cost pennies to change out ! prevention is better than cure !

hope it doesnt cost ya too much to fix !

 

[carlz04]

we already got the motor fixed, we spent 3k on a new 1 well 2nd hand 1.
f knows what happened with it 2 b honest with u my partner nor myself hit anything, no oil leaks or nothing.
thats wat we said to the mechanic when he said theres a hole in the sump, bcoz when it left us it wasnt turning over without sounding like it was firing wrong and there was NO oil leaking!!
but my partner went down n had a look and there was a big mass arse hole in the bottom of the sump. and injectors had never been done, god knows wat the mechanics actually replaced when the previous owners got their services??? but im pretty sure it had something to do with the conrod so what would cause that? as i was in hospital then 2 days later it blew up?? so my partner was driving it
so now the new thing is the diff whine, its getting looked at 2moro or tues

 

[gonnaenodathat]

well there's the old chinese proverb....."if its got tits or wheels, its gonna cost ya ! "

hope it turns out well for you !

 

[Chrisvyss]

geelong diffs will give you a truthful fair assesment of whats wrong if anything and do a good job in the process ask for andrew 52781132

 

[VZ_SS]

I'm a bit confused, the car was running then died, then the mechanic ended up lunching the motor?That sux mate, one piece of advice i would give u is not to return to that mechanic. Injector has blown a hole in the sump? Yeah, right next to the flux capacitor.

 

[TMM]

Commodores use clutch type LSD. As the clutches wear they pollute the oil with particles of clutch material, however if you can see it in the oil then it's been left too long (imho). That is why you need to change the diff oil on a regular basis unless you want it to make bad noises and cause premature wear. Eventually the clutches will wear down enough that the LSD just operates like an open diff.
What you can do is get the diff "shimmed" to get the clutches working again.

The car wasn't involved in burnouts prior to the noise was it? Because that is a big NO for a standard LSD unless you want the clutches to wear down faster then you can say holy **** and need to replace the oil everytime you fill up with petrol... I know people who have gone through 3-4 LSDs and they don't do burnouts or even drive their Commodores that hard.

 

[rydogz]

The story about the injector and the hole in the sump doesnt make sense.

I agree, how does an injector problem = a new motor? Running rich blowing a hole in the sump? Black smoke and running rough, maybe you flood it and it stalls. But no hole in the sump. Combustion is still limited by o2 and not going to wreck the bottom end with to much fuel. I would ask the mechanic WTF BEFORE i bought another motor.

But you need to move forward so:

Perhaps the diff oil needs to be changed BEFORE you buy another one? Was it low? I am not familiar with the diff itself so other than silver oil I will leave that to someone else. But it's possible its stock oil, did it smell?

Your OP was suggesting your alternator wasn't charging and after you mentioned the battery I you buy a multimeter and apply it the the battery terminals to see if it is charging (you should get at least 14v) or you'll soon need another battery.

The "have to have 1/2 tank" thing is odd. Perhaps the fuel tank is full of crap seeing as it "worked" with a large volume of fuel. Open it check the pump and filters too.

 

[F1carbonuk]

On ething I have noticed with my SS is that the engine management light comes on if teh battery terminals are not quite tight enough. My car makes the jet noise you are talking about, maybe time to change the diff oil for some autoshock or something. Basically thicker oil. My engine has done 220000kms and still going strong. I also can't help turning the traction control off and going sideways round corners, but hey, I expect it to go wrong then, but having fun at the same time.

 

[monaro87]

My monaro had a similar thing, my engine light came on all the time and it was slow and sliggish my cousins vs 5L clubsport flogged me lol. All it ended up being was the knock sensors, overnight stay at the auto electricians and it was all good. Sounds like you got screwed to me

 

[HotHouseVYss]

Just thought you should know. GM did a recall on a run of this model for a faulty fuel gauge so this my explain the failure mid freeway.
I have owned my car VY-SS Auto Sedan since new and have over 132,000 kms (and over 70,000 kms of that with a Sprint-GAS injection system). It has been to WA and Back towing a trailer and now it drives me from Berwick to Sandringham and back every day for work plus several trips to rural VIC and besides getting the front end struts done (TTF @ 626 South Road Moorabbin were the only place that could get this right) my old girl has not missed a beat. I gave up on getting GMH to service it (to $$$ and way to dopey - One service they tried to charged me for 6 Spark plugs - its a V8 fella's!!!) and have started to do it myself.
I think you should be right after you get that diff seen to but if it due to some "hard acceleration" in its history the it may pay to have the complete drive train looked at (universal Joint and the like) as the whole lot may be about to let go.
Did the car have a Tow-bar when you took ownership? A friend of mine with an old 5.0 ltr Kingswood as a tow vehicle for his Ski Boat (worth more than his car at the time) had an issue with his LSD after it was "Serviced" and the Diff Specialist cleared the "Breather" valve and allowed the lake water in the next time he backed the boat trailer in - just a thought!
There is a lady at work with a AU XR6 that has had Diff Wine for most of it life - known issue and there is special oil and additives from Ford to stop it.

Good luck - Had our Second baby on the 13 Nov BTW to Congrads