Recent content by johnonetrillion

Profile now updated – thanks!

Brunswick, Melbourne.

Hey everyone! I've got a few things happening under the bonnet – wonder if they are related? Recently I started hearing a high pitched whine. One of the mechanics at the local shop took a really quick look (while they were doing other cooling system stuff) and reckoned it was a vacuum leak –...

Good info and advice here – will work to this and report back. Btw, love the 'Italian tune' thing. ;)

Second set (as far as I remember – unless they were also swapped out as part of earlier dealer services). I remember the same mechanic bitched about how hard some of them were to get out – something about splitting the manifold and a special tool? But yes ... good idea trying jut this as a...

Hey there! Symptoms: Sometimes pinging at low revs (stop/start traffic), but that goes away when I accelerate a little. (Can sometimes give off a very slight ping at higher revs, but nothing like the rattle down low.) Using mostly 91, sometimes 95 – never ethanol. Recently noticed...

No ... I am headed back for a scan once the code pops up again.

So I took the car around to my regular local mechanic and, of course, the warning lights were not displaying nor was it pinging! And apparently there is no history of errors for the scan tool to read off. But, from what I described he was 100% sure it would be an oxygen sensor ... and to...

Getting my local guy to run his scanner tomorrow morning. Will come back with codes.

I have two things happening (ongoing) with our VE wagon. The check engine light comes on every now and again but always resets itself. Sometimes it can be on for a day ... either times just a short period. Same has happened in the past and my local mechanic has scanned and reset. (Would not be...

They just called back and said it had [actually only] taken 5 hours: 2 hours per front mount and another for the trans mount. At least their hourly rate is not too bad – $95 p/h plus GST. Still reckon I am getting stiffed on the time. Anyway, thanks for the tips – better to be in the know!

That's what I thought. The shop that has it is saying 6 hours. (And my regular mechanic estimates 3-4 hours.) I'll give hm a call.

Back to this. :P Turns out the rumble only disappeared for times when the engine was cold – as soon as it warmed up it was back to same. But the rumble felt different, so that part definitely had something to do with it. So ... I took it to a local mechanic and he said engine mounts. And the...

And I did. :) Helps to know about the tabs on the plugs that need releasing. But even knowing that I ended up removing the whole unit first – easy to get at that way. Now ... this has taken away about 80% of the rumble. Still it has a slight feeling of being under revs when at idle, not by...

Ja, that's what I am coming to realise. Ordered the part just before. I was mostly only hesitating in case there were other tuning/running issues at the same time. But doesn't hurt changing the part – I know it has been ticking (more than it should) for a few months now. Thanks.