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Old 11-11-2005, 11:11 PM   #31
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yeah Doug :P I bet your EA spanks his sik NAPOWR. : give his car 14 years and see how it goes then. I enjoy fixing my cars these days, i thought it was funny when chunks of metal flew out the side of my motor. My EA is pretty damn reliable anyways for the K's it's done, and I deffinately havn't replaced anything twice. ermm, fix your car Adam.
thats like me, my engine had the big failure, and at the end of the day it was just a matter of some money (and not heaps either) and some time and it was fixed, always good for a laugh.
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Old 11-11-2005, 11:31 PM   #32
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yeah my ED has seemed to hold up well, not to many problems, most of the things i change are voluntry like performance mods or if it looks cruddy change it. etc. only thing ****ing me off with my car at the moment is the brakes, put in new pads and it feels worse...LOL time for new rotors and better pads!
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Old 12-11-2005, 02:17 AM   #33
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I feel your pain sir. I too am looking to part with my EF to move onto an AU or a BA.
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Old 12-11-2005, 02:55 AM   #34
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had mine for 8 years only had radiator, altiater,powerstear pump and revers gear go. _2 idea big waity im thinking of doing that too. maybe AU monty v8 or something like that. :hihi:
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Old 12-11-2005, 03:09 AM   #35
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Old 12-11-2005, 03:39 AM   #36
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was this > < close to trading in my ef for a mk2 xr6t yesterday but then part of me never wants to part with the ef
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Old 12-11-2005, 07:37 AM   #37
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was this > < close to trading in my ef for a mk2 xr6t yesterday but then part of me never wants to part with the ef
Its a very tempting thought .
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Old 12-11-2005, 01:05 PM   #38
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You cant really compare a 2002 model commodore to a EA LOL

LOL I guess ;) But my point is that reliability is becoming a hell of a lot more important to me than mucking around doing mods.
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Old 12-11-2005, 05:59 PM   #39
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LOL I guess ;) But my point is that reliability is becoming a hell of a lot more important to me than mucking around doing mods.
Your car is probably just going through a cycle of things f#cking up. All cars seem to go through it after they reach a certain age. I wouldn't want to own your mates VX in 5 years, if you go cheap on maintenance now you'll definately pay for it later on down the road.

When my ED was my daily I went through the same thing, after a while you just replace all the things that wear out and you get some reliability out of the thing.

Once had the clutch and accelerator cable break in a 24 hour period, talk about engineering something to a lifespan. Actually I tried to drive it home with the throttle tied on WOT when the accel cable broke, interesting drive home, ended up towing it.

Some of your grief is self inflicted though, as soon as you start modifying a car and things are being used in a way that they were never designed your bound to have dramas :(.

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Old 12-11-2005, 08:25 PM   #40
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mate i came back from cairns in the lane, power steer pump shat itself, diff is ed, needed a major service, new shocks etc etc and all replaced but now that everything bar the diff has been done i have never been happier.
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Old 12-11-2005, 08:32 PM   #41
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Old 14-11-2005, 08:34 AM   #42
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ok update to this situation, the car came back from the auto elec on staurday (dad picked it up as i dont have my licence back till march) and it still has the same problems, they replaced ecu and a few sensors etc. and its still running like and driving in limp home mode.

it has them stumped

it wouldnt be anything stupid like s5 solonoid would it (i have electronic shift kit)
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Old 14-11-2005, 08:35 AM   #43
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big dog i find them great but i need braided hoses as i still get brake fade form time to time.
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