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  1. Posted

    i'm interested in this topic/possible thoughts  as well, got similar issues on an EB wagon...

    the temp gauge only goes so far up regardless of actual temp, and fuel gauge randomly works, but usually on empty

    I changed out the old dash for a NOS one, It worked for about 30 seconds, then blew an illumination globe, fuel gauge back to empty

    checked/changed the fuses, same problems so its wiring or senders for the wagon I assume

    needs to use up the fuel in the tank before I can drop the sender unit out to check that

  2. Posted

    48 minutes ago, Lankymanxg said:

    car troubles with no funds to fix it haha

     yeah not ideal, but there's heaps you can check and clean etc for little to no cost other than time... that's where I always start....

  3. Posted

    yeah on the Fairlane I just put my hand in the tank with a rag and wiped the base/sides, and came back soaked in fuel but also with the syrupy crap....plan to pull the tank out totally this weekend, and give a good clean out,

     

    the bad fuel may cause  idle issues, I would also check the usual easy stuff, battery and earth connections, spark plugs/leads and check for any vacuum leaks particularly on intake manifold gasket(s)

     

    is/was there any excessive water / condensation out the exhaust  on start up, might also pay to check head gasket leaks (oil in water/ water in oil, water in exhaust (my EF head gasket leaked into cylinder bore so would get rough idle (effectively 5 cylinders) until hot enough to evaporate the coolant in cylinder and then would run OK

  4. Posted

    the last few pumps I had die on me all just stopped,

     

    and usually once the car is running I cant hear the pumps over the engine/exhaust noise

     

    check for crap in the tank as well, my NL Fairlane has killed two pump, as the fuel was pretty stale and created some kind of syrup style stuff in the tank,

     

    I would at least go buy one and have it with you !

  5. Posted

    From reading the link provided (if im reading it right)

    the power increase (section only) without certification is extra 20% above that of any of the engine offered for the model ( 351cuin/ 149kw) need to double check the quoted V8 power figures

    Makes the KW max for an XE 178kw (149x1.2)

    So if i put in a green rocker cover gas barra which i think are quoted @ 156kw
    I should be ok power increase wise

    Now to read all the other sections !


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  8. Posted

    Hi all, i'm planning to repower my XE (originally 6 cylinder carby car)  with a BF barra 6 (non turbo) has anyone had real life experience with VicRoads on this topic, i.e. do I need an engineers report ? 

    I read/come across a lot of threads (other forums as well) but many are several years old now, and have a lot of conflicting information from back then.

     

    hoping to find some direction on here, as to date no one the engineers I have contact have responded.

     

    Thanks
    Warren

  10. Posted

    Gday, have you checked the Oxy sensors ? or replaced them ?

     

    my ELXR8, had the hesitation when foot planted (say doing 80 and you wanted to go to100+), was the  MAF changed it over, and its fine now, still unable to resolve the fuel starvation when the tank is low going around corners or you boot it, so I just fill up again at half tank !..

  12. Posted

    Thanks Dean
    Those are the some of the same pages i found

    After another full test and a call to my brother he concluded it was the starter motor as everything had power when it should etc

    Gave the starter a hit with hammer... Bingo fires straight up
    Flicked to gas switched over no problems so the car dying when i first put it gas could have been a red herring...and unrelated
    Started it ten more times and then let it get hot still starts but decided to
    Pull the starter as i had a new one here
    the old one is pretty oily/ black with dirt/ gunk
    Starts even quicker now
    Time will tell if the intermittent starting returns but for now its running !
    Fixed all the bodgey wires i found whilst i was under dash, coincidently the bcm already had a reco sticker from a company called Logicar so heres hoping its ok, otherwise i will look further into the wires or just buy the bypass box....as the price of a reco bcm even with trade discount is about $400.

    Cheers
    Warren


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  13. Posted

    Ok so checked everything again swapped all fuses for new ones and put in new relay...still the same
    Pressed / banged on the bcm and it fired up :)
    Turned it off and back on a few times was fine
    Tried again and it wont start again
    So reckon its the bcm


    Now need to work out which wires to join !


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  15. Posted

    Gday, read a heap of stuff but nothing definitive for the XH, can anyone advise the wires to join together to bypass the BCM smarklock starter cut?

    or does anyone have a XH BCM I can buy/borrow to prove if its actually the BCM, I assume I can plug in the brown or grey for testing purposes

     

    some background

    - my ute will not start, there is no cranking, only  a click from the starter relay,

    - previous owner used to bash the dash to get it to run (intermitant problem) but hadn't needed to since I got it (been running on petrol)

    - was running fine on petrol, I flicked it to gas, car died/ gas switch lost power, and wouldn't restart (no crank)

    - smartlock flashing on dash, goes out wen key is turned to "on",

    - the gas switch (set on petrol) gets power for about 3 seconds when key is put to "on",  the petrol fuel pump primes, then all the gas switch lights go out, (gas inline relay clicks)

    - the gas switch has 5 wires into the back (neg- pos+, SiG, GAS, PET) there is a inline relay (5 pin, with wires on 4 pins)  and what looks to be another gas switch box that has only 3 wires (gas, petrol,ground)

    - it has the grey coloured BCM above the accel pedal

    -I've checked all the fuses (fuse box and random other one on gas system, under dash

    - interior light has globe and works as designed

     

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