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Well, this may well be good bye, I have sold my commodore to a dude down in Hamilton. With the baby a V8 lowered, noisy and bumpy commodore that burnt too much petrol was not the right car. I got a 2015 Mazda6 a month ago and love the quiet easy of the car, so does the Mrs and Little Miss. I...

So for the last 6 weeks, or possibly longer my car has had a rattle, dad thought it was an exhaust leak so he replaced the manifold gasket, however this did not fix the issue and it has now gotten worse. Performance is fine just car is noisy. Here are a couple of videos of the issues.

So I read a thread on here recently about a 304 build where the user was planning on building a stroked 304, this got me thinking about my VX's future. Currently I have 260,000km on the clock and little bits and pieces are letting go. The power steering cooling pipe is leaking, and possibly...

Last night my car started to make a metallic rattly noise when I accelerate and the torque converter unlocks, in drive when accelerating moderately there is no noise, however there may be a vibration, there is no loss of power or drive and gears change as expected. Does this sound like it could...

So I had my CEL come one and plugged in the OBDII reader to Dash Command, error code was reported and showed the oil pressure sensor was showing high voltage, i.e. toast! So I ordered one from eBay which arrived a week later and was sitting in my car until yesterday, I replaced in once I...

Hi All, I have the standard 3.08 LSD diff in my wagon at the moment, there is a 3.46 diff for sale quite cheap that I am considering. My current diff has the Harrop cover on it and fairly new oil so is the gain worth it to replace my 3.08 with the 3.46? I was pulling 13.5 easily on the...

Well I found a VZ ute rear end on trade me, the seller had advertised it as having a harrop diff and cover, so i thought stuff it, two birds with one stone, I'll get the rear end and swap it all over while I am on holidays. Well the first stuff up was the freight company couldn't reconsile...

Ok, so on my list of things to do I have always had to change the brakes to the HSV Harrop 343mm and 315mm combo. Until a recent career change it has simply been out of the question financially to do this. So I have been searching for a while for a set at a reasonable price, there was a...

Well I ordered one of these from Freeway in Dandenong as these have yet to be released here in NZ. Hopefully it will arrive this week and my car comes back to me :) Has anyone used this unit? I couldn't see much with Carplay at this kind of price, and to include the option to connect my...

Hi All, I have broken my tail shaft and need some help! The part that is broken is on the tail shaft itself where it bolts up to the yoke on the back of the trans. What I really need to know is does anyone know which part of the drive shaft is different for the sedan vs. wagon? the...

Hi All, I have searched but can't find a specific thread with answers on lean cruise, only reference to it. My question, mainly for the tuners on here is, can lean cruise be set up/ turned of/ tuned for any LS1 engine car? i.e. VX, VY or is it specific to a certain model? Can any...

On the weekend I changed over my knock sensors and the loom. The sensors looked brand new, but the loom had a cracked plug on it, the rear one. So I have had the check engine light coming on in my car regular as clock work. Every morning just as the engine gets up to operating temperature the...

Hi All I have been offered some SS-V rims from a VE, I know you have to bore out the centre of them, but does anyone know if they will fit a VX with 245/40/19 tyres? Anyone have this on their car, did you have to roll the guards, use spacers or anything of the like? Also do brembo's fit...

I placed an order on Summit racing yesterday for some parts to give my car a birthday before it goes in to be tunes. Irridium Spark plugs Knock sensors (mine has been playing up since I got the car) Knock sensor wire Inlet manifold gasket kit O2 sensors Idler pulley Was going to get...

Hi All, Since I got my car in Sept last year I have been tracking my fuel usage, at the same time I have been trying different fuels. What I have found is interesting and I recommend that people try it for themselves. My driving is 90% motorway and 8% 100km/h country roads and 2% urban, my...

Hey All, I have just discovered that some c u n t has badged my car, taken the bonnet badge. I am going to replace it, but I am thinking should I get a HSV badge or is that too much wank factor for a Berlina? Both are the same cost. I know my car isn't a HSV and never will be! So far...

Just posting up incase anyone else finds it helpful. I have had a boot rattle in my VX Wagon since I got it, first I thought it was the tools for changing the tyres, so I wrapped them up tight and put them back, then I thought spare tyre, wiper motor, boot cover etc. Checked all of them...

I have a constant error coming up from the PCM, it is trans temp sensor high voltage reading. From what I can tell high voltage would actually mean low temparature, if i understand correctly, or a buggered sensor. Does anyone else see this code regularly? I have a trans cooler fitted and...

I have had me VX for just over 2 months, and it seems to have an issue every now and then. I pull in to a gas station, or to get something from the shops, say stopped for around 5 min or so, when I get back out and go to start the car it doesn't fire easily. I turns over fine, but it tries...

This is my VX Berlina LS1. 2001 Berlina wagon LS1 4 into 1 stainless extractors into catless twin 2.5in pipes to 2 small coby mufflers into 3 inch and read straight thru muffler TSW 17inch rims FE2 Suspension Tints all round ***LSD diff now... Factory approved towbar! Added since this post...

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I recently adopted a 2001 VX Berlina LS1, this is going to be used to tow my horse float and also as my daily driver. When cruising along I have noticed the check engine light comes on at random, then a few minutes later turns off, reading the forums it seems like this could be a number of...