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Further to my recent post i thought i would post an update. I picked up the car late in the evening last week and headed south from Brisbane to our home in Tenterfield. Things werent great from the off as the 3 things that these muppets had the car for were all still evident, vibration 2200rpm, clunk from rear going from coast to power and low speed knocking from front suspension on rough surfaces. I had already decided at this point that i would sort the problems out myself, and hope that the car dealer would reimberse me after. However, when i arrived in Warwick something did not feel right so pulled over to have a butchers underneath. I discovered that two of the bolts and lower half of the bushes which support the transmission were missing. Anyway, managed to limp back home and only the following day did i discover that the two remaining bolts were hanging by a thread so to speak. Further investigation found all four threads stripped from the floor. The ensuing conversation with the dealer shall not be repeated, but he did agree to me sorting all of the problems myself, which is good because 1) It will save me a fortune in petrol and 2) It will now get fixed properly.
I have sorted the stripped threads in the floor, bought myself some stock standard bushes to modify for the rear diff front mounts.( $635.00 from Mitsy $44.00 and half an hour on the lathe from repco) Done the same for the horribly expensive rear trailing arm bushes and i think i have pinpointed the front low speed knocking down to the front shocks which are uprated Monroes. Anyone else come across this problem by the way?
So, i thought we were getting sorted and i noticed what seemed to be a slight exhaust blow from the left hand bank manifold. After much swearing and burning of hands, had to do it hot to get some heat into heat shield bolts, i discover my worst fears and find a crack. My suspicion is that the time driving the car with gearbox only supported by half has stressed the whole exhaust system and thus my new problem.
Firstly, has anyone else had problems with cracked manifolds? And secondly has anyone got a second hand one? I fear that Mr Dealer is not going to wear this one.
This brings me to my final point and that is fuel consumption. I am only getting 32 km to the gallon which equates to 7km per litre. i am sure i used to get a far better return than this. 99% of the driving is done cruising at 100kph. Obviously the cracked manifold will be sucking in air and thus dicking around with the oxygen sensor, thus sending info to the ECU to inject more fuel.
So there it is, my Saturday afternoon is complete aside from refitting the heat shield!
Cheers
Kev
Ps I can get 86 litres in my tank as of today, but have only ever managed 80 before. Really low on fuel? Or sneaky petrol station pump readers? Hmm . . .
I have sorted the stripped threads in the floor, bought myself some stock standard bushes to modify for the rear diff front mounts.( $635.00 from Mitsy $44.00 and half an hour on the lathe from repco) Done the same for the horribly expensive rear trailing arm bushes and i think i have pinpointed the front low speed knocking down to the front shocks which are uprated Monroes. Anyone else come across this problem by the way?
So, i thought we were getting sorted and i noticed what seemed to be a slight exhaust blow from the left hand bank manifold. After much swearing and burning of hands, had to do it hot to get some heat into heat shield bolts, i discover my worst fears and find a crack. My suspicion is that the time driving the car with gearbox only supported by half has stressed the whole exhaust system and thus my new problem.
Firstly, has anyone else had problems with cracked manifolds? And secondly has anyone got a second hand one? I fear that Mr Dealer is not going to wear this one.
This brings me to my final point and that is fuel consumption. I am only getting 32 km to the gallon which equates to 7km per litre. i am sure i used to get a far better return than this. 99% of the driving is done cruising at 100kph. Obviously the cracked manifold will be sucking in air and thus dicking around with the oxygen sensor, thus sending info to the ECU to inject more fuel.
So there it is, my Saturday afternoon is complete aside from refitting the heat shield!
Cheers
Kev
Ps I can get 86 litres in my tank as of today, but have only ever managed 80 before. Really low on fuel? Or sneaky petrol station pump readers? Hmm . . .
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