Recent content by Johnathan1111

Hey guys finished my 6l it’s going good now I’m on another car I just bought with these bearings, would this cause a loud knock ? There was 2.5l more oil in it than there was supposed to be and started to knock about 1000km after no noise when I first got it so I pulled the bearing out and found...

Hey guys I need a good cylinder head resurfacing place in Sydney that might be open for drop off and pick up during lockdown, anyone know any machine shops ??

Hi guys, I just fixed a head gasket on my 2006 Holden ve alloytech, ran good until it heated up over halfway but not all the way then started misfiring on one side, I changed the cam sensors and spark plugs and coils then it runs good but it still gets hot but doe sent misfire anymore, I checked...

Hi guys, I just fixed a head gasket on my 2006 Holden ve alloytech, ran good until it heated up over halfway but not all the way then started misfiring on one side, I changed the cam sensors and spark plugs and coils then it runs good but it still gets hot but doe sent misfire anymore, I checked...

Thanks guys yeah I’m trying to get it on but it’s just very hard I’m doing the last on on the water pump and it’s not flexing enough maybe 1cm more would do it, I put a breaker bar on the tensioner and still nothing it’s so weird but ile try again today

Hey, I have a Holden berlina v6 alloytech and I can’t get the fan belt on, I have tried the old belt didn’t fit and a new one, the belt tensioner moves okay I follow the diagrams but I can’t get it on what could it be ? I did a timing chain on it could it be one of the pulleys is not right ?

Hey guys I just changed both head gaskets on my 2006 be 3.6l because it had white smoke from the exhaust and water in the oil, it didn’t fix the problem I bought the head testing tool and tested the level of the head and it was perfect, the smallest feeler gauge didn’t slide under on any part of...

Hey I’m doing a head gasket on a ve 3.6l there is milky sludge on the oil cap and white smoke. I took the heads off and it looks like the heads are in great condition no warp and the head gaskets look like they are in great condition, what I found was one bolt missing in the back one of the...

One thing that does confuse me is the camshaft alignment tool that mace sells, from the last timing chain I did on a sv6 I didn’t have a problem lining up the marks on the chain to the cams, is the tool for keeping them still while taking the head off or something, I can’t find much information...

Ju I just got the cover off and the chain is in good condition, good tension looks like they have done it with a good chain, looking at the amount of gunk on the head I’m surprised it could breath through the crank case and didnt mess with the oil pressure and chain, it is allot harder than the...

I did a timing chain on my sv6 a while ago so I’m confident with that

Yeah I was assuming the timing chain had allot to do with it, cams off to get to the head bolts and to retime I’m assuming the front timing cover needs to come off right

Hey guys just bought a project ve Berlina for very cheap ($700) with good ks and very good condition exterior and interior, Suspected blown head gasket, I bought it as a project to keep me busy for a while, just wanted to see if anyone has done this job before and any advice on things that...

Okay so I bought a transmission fluid kit from my parts store took out the old fluid and measured that there was only 4l that cam out, on the other parts of the forum I have been reading that most people have 6 litres come out regularly, so I topped it up with 6 litres of transmission fluid...

No the engine was not taken out, I did but it only happens in gear when moving so can’t really do that I might try with someone else