Few Q's on my AU

Cam · 09-01-2008, 12:37 PM

Greetings,

In the next Few weeks my daily will be back on the road and the AU will come off. I need to address a few problems. For those of you who dont know I have a AUII GHIA (non IRS) with a 347 stroker

I'm Just after some advice..

1. My diff is making not nice noises, apart from whining, when i am turning sharply (and when reversing) i get a kind of "squeeking" noice, i cant really explain it much better then that, it kinda squeeks...stops...then squeeks again. As if its doing it at a certain point each time the wheels turn. As its a stock diff i am worried that it's possibly the axles, would this be the case? Also my LSD is dead and now only single spinning, would i be better off buying a full diff (XR8 non IRS?) and taking my gears (3.7's) and putting then into a new diff? Or rebuild the one i have?

Once again i have steering issues, previously i had issues with a knocking in the front end, turned out to be a loose sway bar. This time i have a similar knocking noise when turning hard into corners, it only seems to do it when turning left. What could this be? I also have issues with a virbrating when turning but i have been told thats just air in the lines.. correct?

My gearbox was rebuilt 10 000k's ago, but as its sitting behind a 347 stroker I dont trust it too much. Its stock with a 2900 high stall and big cooler, i would like to beef up the internals, what's it gonna set me back to get it beefed up with kevlar clutches etc?

I also have what seems to be a constant lifter tick, should i just take them out and inspect them? On top of this I have a knocking on startup, lasts about 25seconds, or until oil pressure builds, should i be at all worried?

And one more quick Q, is there any way of disabling the DTE warning beep on startup? With a stroker and around town economy of about 23L/100 when i am over a 1/4 of a tank it will still beep, lol. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance!

RG · 09-01-2008, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Cam

Greetings,

In the next Few weeks my daily will be back on the road and the AU will come off. I need to address a few problems. For those of you who dont know I have a AUII GHIA (non IRS) with a 347 stroker

I'm Just after some advice..

1. My diff is making not nice noises, apart from whining, when i am turning sharply (and when reversing) i get a kind of "squeeking" noice, i cant really explain it much better then that, it kinda squeeks...stops...then squeeks again. As if its doing it at a certain point each time the wheels turn. As its a stock diff i am worried that it's possibly the axles, would this be the case? Also my LSD is dead and now only single spinning, would i be better off buying a full diff (XR8 non IRS?) and taking my gears (3.7's) and putting then into a new diff? Or rebuild the one i have?

Once again i have steering issues, previously i had issues with a knocking in the front end, turned out to be a loose sway bar. This time i have a similar knocking noise when turning hard into corners, it only seems to do it when turning left. What could this be? I also have issues with a virbrating when turning but i have been told thats just air in the lines.. correct?

My gearbox was rebuilt 10 000k's ago, but as its sitting behind a 347 stroker I dont trust it too much. Its stock with a 2900 high stall and big cooler, i would like to beef up the internals, what's it gonna set me back to get it beefed up with kevlar clutches etc?

I also have what seems to be a constant lifter tick, should i just take them out and inspect them? On top of this I have a knocking on startup, lasts about 25seconds, or until oil pressure builds, should i be at all worried?

And one more quick Q, is there any way of disabling the DTE warning beep on startup? With a stroker and around town economy of about 23L/100 when i am over a 1/4 of a tank it will still beep, lol. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance!

Squeaking may be handbrake
All XR8's had IRS IIRC
Gearbox would be 3-3.5k I think
Try a Z89a oil filter instead of the Z9, stubby version of the Z9 it is. Fixed my knock.
If you find a way to turn off that beeping let me know. :evil3:

MNM96 · 09-01-2008, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by RedXR347

If you find a way to turn off that beeping let me know. :evil3:

Fill her up!

Do I win a prize??

:

Crash Lander · 09-01-2008, 10:08 PM

The beeping only comes on when it calculates you have 80km or less to go.

Cam · 09-01-2008, 10:11 PM

THanks for the replies so far..

I am aware that it only comes on with 80km or less to go, but with shocking fuel economy it comes on before my car gets to 1/4 of a tank as it "calculates" that i only have 80km or less to drive

TE50 027 · 09-01-2008, 10:20 PM

Just hit the reset button below the DTE readout. Will shut it up til you have 60km to go. Don't think you can really disable it.

GK · 10-01-2008, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by RedXR347

Try a Z89a oil filter instead of the Z9, stubby version of the Z9 it is. Fixed my knock.

I've wondered about this a bit lately. Why did you go the stubby filter?

GK

RG · 11-01-2008, 01:43 AM

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Originally Posted by GK

I've wondered about this a bit lately. Why did you go the stubby filter?

GK

Firstly because it is the specified one for the AUII XR8 w/oil cooler. I was using the Z9 but had a slight rattle at start up so it was suggested to me to try the stubby Z89a as it builds oil pressure quicker. Tried it, it worked and I have continued using them. For what it's worth I only ever use Purolater or Fram oil filters.