I own a VE SV6, although other problems have arrised like other owners I now have one major problem I would like your opinions on, Recently after leaving my car overnight, the first start of the morning produces pulsing at very low speeds, the local holden dealer first thought it was ABS, this was everntually diagnosed as misfiring which they thought may be a crack in the block allowing coolant to enter the cilinders , they have since stated that the "Phantom Misfiring" is a symptom of using Premium unleaded.
I was quick to point out that my car ran fine on premium and unleaded for a year and a half before this problem started.
After hearing many false comments about my vehicle such as the loud knocking noises being normal I feel that this is just another excuse to palm off the problem. Me thinks your dealer should get a magary medal for that hand ball id say if you can take it somewhere to get a dyno run and get a full diagnostic that should point you in the right dirrection my guess may be a faulty lead or coil. Is the dealer on crack?! I wonder if there's an issue with fuel quality at the mo. I'd still start by checking the plugs, and if they look OK, the coils ;.
I run my alloytech on normal ULP because when i tried two different types of premium ULP 95 RON all it did was chew through more fuel and made my car smell as if it was running rich I'm switching to deisel!!! Don't you mean diesel? Now if you'll excuse me I'm off to put some "shit" E10 in my new Holden Coupe. Yes, thats right people. Also, don't drive south between am and am or your car will burst into flames. True story End of story. Personally i only use United 95 with Ethanol in my alloytech I put bp premium in the other week, and did less km's..
No issues for me on either premium or normal unleaded. Seek second opinion sounds like the dealer cant be bothered. Holden really does employ some morons at their dealerships don't they. I just spoke to Holden in adelaide and he also finds the given explanation unbelievable, he actually found it amusing. Totally un related to the unleaded fuel but look into a cracked spark plug. I replaced heaps of ignition gear on my old VT coils crank angle sensor ect ect before finding no 1 spark plug was split in 2 :confused: by the guys that fitted a 2nd hand wrecker motor after blowing up the 1st one.
