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Hi there,
I'm a newbie to this stuff, so please forgive my vagueness. I drive a '91 vq statesman and it has recently started to stop running while I am driving it. Everything is fine, until all of a sudden the car stops - it takes me a couple of goes to get it running then the idle is jumpy for a minute (running between 1100 and the normal 750).
I plan to take it to a mechanic but being female, it helps if I have an idea of what to tell them. Does anyone have any ideas on what could be causing this? Happy to give more info if you need it:)
Thanks, Em
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Take it to a Holden dealer or a mechanic with a VN/VQ diagnostic tool. They will be able to tell pretty quickly what is broken. |
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Thanks for the tip - I'm taking it in this week end :) Em
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Sounds like a fuel pump on its way out, but as Byron says, your best bet is to get it diagnosed by a Holden Dealer.
As an initial check.....Can you hear a faint hum when you turn the ignition key on (before you actually start the car)?
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I had it checked out and the diag tool found nothing wrong with the car - the service team couldn't even get the problem to re-appear for them - so that's a no go...
I will check out the fuel pump situation next, thanks for the tip Taz2 :) Em
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On this same topic... can anyone tell me if a VQ V8 statesman has a crank-angle sensor? I have been told by a 'tech' that teh V8s don't have one. Em
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Hi Guys.
The VN -VS Holden V8s do have a crank sensor. It's a Hall Effect unit & is mounted in the distributor.
You can no longer buy the sensor itself as a part from Holden, But I sell a complete exchange reco dissy for $250-00 with 12 months warra |
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Hmmmm, this leads to a new query.
If the V8s have the crank angle sensor in the distributor (I didn't know that!), then why does HSV include a knock sensor on their V8s?
I suppose I'm assuming the 2 sensors do similar/same things.....??? |
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Hi Taz2.
No, they are 2 totally different sensors.
The crank sensor, does basically what the points used to do. They determine the base point for engine timing. The main difference between an old points & distributor type set-up is the old fashion d |
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Thanks for the info.
I guess this is one reason why the V6's go so well.
No distrib, crank angle sensor, knock sensor and coil packs!
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Hi everyone,
Thanks for the tips - still hunting down the cause. I got the computer (if you can call it that) reset - as the dealer found no problems, and all was well for almost two weeks. The engine light is coming on again now (at least the engine isn
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JUst a quick point. I own a 1992 VQ V6 Statesman and had the same problem. Engine cutting out had to wait 5 or ten minutes before it would start. I dis everything, changed plugs, leads, air and fuel filters etc, in the end it was the crank angle senso
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also the alarm switch in the glovebox can be faulty and no test will find that,can cause engin to cutout and run rough
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