Recent content by LeighC

My early VE V6 does the vibration at 74 KMH & only happens a couple of times a year, I just manually pull it back to 3rd gear (4 speed auto). Used to be a bit worrying because it feels like a tyre is delaminating. Thanks for the info, I will try switching the AC next time it happens. Cheers - Leigh

The original seats are crap to start with will be soft after being cut & will leave the new valves to low. Get the best known LPG inserts fitted at an auto engineering shop. I reckon my original valves were too long allowing the lifters to bottom out. Get them to loosely fit the cams & check...

My LW2 did not have very good inserts on the exhausts for LPG, seats got very wide & the valves lost their clearance & rode & cut slots in two of them. I got diamond inserts & late model nitrided valves fitted to original heads, going OK so far. Beware lifters can bottom out & make valves ride &...

Yes, I have had to replace the press. temp sensor on my rail some time back. Please search (LPG VE Dual Fuel) - there is heaps of stuff to read through including where to buy. Leigh

Try manually dropping a gear & see if this helps

I thought bank 1 sensor 1 was the right-hand front (wideband 6 wire plug) sitting in the seat. Most engines number 1 cyl is the bank furtherest forward.

You can get a decent wage in the mines but most of it comes from doing a lot of hours & some can find it fairly lonely. Heavy Diesel helps but there is some light vehicle work. You need a basic automotive mechanic ticket first. Specialising in diesel & hydraulics will get you in the door. Good...

I did the work myself so can't tell the labour but it was quite a big job, probably might be easier to drop the engine out, would save the aching back some. Mongrel bolts at the back & not much room. I fitted diamond inserts & latest nitrided ex valves, watch out lifters can run out of travel...

Have you had a compression test or cylinder leakage test done? How many K/M have you done? Mine had 2 burnt out exhaust valves, but it was a LW2 engine. Idle was terrible. Cheers - Leigh

I think they would be the same, I have Berlina's & they have plenty of spare plugs for different accessories & auto trans ETC Series 2 were only luxury/ trim updates, weren't they? Later VL's did away with the reverse polarity relay near the battery. The wiring diagrams cover all options & a...

Has the compression test been done yet?

It happened to me once & it was the starter, the brushes wore completely out & it open circuited. What milage has it done & has it done a lot of short trips? Also try starting in neutral & wiggle the gear lever a bit it may be the auto trans neutral start switch. Cheers - Leigh

Had a mate that had a lot of problems with his Astra about your model & he chased fault codes for years to no avail. The car would slow down & presumed to go into limp mode with heaps of check engine lights & codes, we would cancel the codes OK (they were none active) & they always came back...

My noises come & go from the struts. An acquaintance of mine narrowed it down to small stones and gravel between the top of the coil spring & the bearing hat. I jacked mine up & blew it out with air & it helped a lot & now I haven't heard any noise for a long time. I have only done 160,000K/m...

Might pay to do a compression test, that brought up my problem.