need help with car issues

brockfordsrule · 10-10-2005, 03:55 PM

hey guys any help with au1 drivers door lock any ideas as to why the door lock wont lock or release via the remote but all other doors(the door works fine by key or inside door handle) anyone with suggestions as to the cause could you please post here also any ways to fix the problem

cheers

mattsAU1 · 10-10-2005, 04:40 PM

im not %100 sure but i had a rear passenger one go and it was the actuator
i had to have it replaced at a cost of about $300 :(
that was a Rex Gorell price though?
dunno if it is much help?

10-10-2005, 06:54 PM

fellaz, have an au2 2001 model. finding it hard to put petrol in believe it or not. tried moving the nozzel and all that stuff but the trigger keeps clicking. takes me ages to fill up... does anyone know the cause or how to fix the issue.

JC · 10-10-2005, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by brockfordsrule

hey guys any help with au1 drivers door lock any ideas as to why the door lock wont lock or release via the remote but all other doors(the door works fine by key or inside door handle) anyone with suggestions as to the cause could you please post here also any ways to fix the problem

cheers

Sounds like an actuator to me. About $75 from FTG Auto salvage (site sponsor), or $300 odd from Ford.

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Originally Posted by studz007

fellaz, have an au2 2001 model. finding it hard to put petrol in believe it or not. tried moving the nozzel and all that stuff but the trigger keeps clicking. takes me ages to fill up... does anyone know the cause or how to fix the issue.

Do you always fill up at the same servo and experience this problem? If so, try a different servo. If it happens at all servos, then you just have to wiggle the nozzle until you find a position that it likes. The reason the flow stops is that the fuel filler nozzle detects pressure in the tank etc and stops pumping, so it's usually a problem with the style of nozzle, not the car. Unless you have a rag or something stuffed down the fuel filler pipe.

mattsAU1 · 10-10-2005, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by studz007

fellaz, have an au2 2001 model. finding it hard to put petrol in believe it or not. tried moving the nozzel and all that stuff but the trigger keeps clicking. takes me ages to fill up... does anyone know the cause or how to fix the issue.

i think there is an air release hole in the neck of the filler nozle on your car somewhere if it is blocked the air cant get out as the fuel goes in and the fuel splashes back up the nozle and clicks off
try maybe finding it and make sure it isnt blocked
i jerked juice so to spaek for bout 5years or so and used to have the problem fairly regularly but most of the time it was with cars that ran on leaded petrol?

10-10-2005, 08:43 PM

cheers ladz,

it happens at every servo i go to so i don't think that it a certain type of servo that causes it. how do i possible find the hole that you are talking about. also i put on a new airpod the other day. to me it seems that it has lacked a bit of power since i put it on. Or do u think that i am just getting use to the power?

GK · 12-10-2005, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by studz007

cheers ladz,

it happens at every servo i go to so i don't think that it a certain type of servo that causes it.

Have you tried pulling out the nozzle a little, say 2 cm? Works for me.

GK

13-10-2005, 04:31 PM

i'll give it ago

OldManGhia · 18-10-2005, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by brockfordsrule

hey guys any help with au1 drivers door lock any ideas as to why the door lock wont lock or release via the remote but all other doors(the door works fine by key or inside door handle) anyone with suggestions as to the cause could you please post here also any ways to fix the problem

cheers

The door actuator has to be replaced. My auto electrician friend did mine for $150. These door locks stuff up if the door is closed to hard. I know, thats what happened to mine.

HLC · 18-10-2005, 06:16 PM

also Studz, that same thing happens to me a woolworths servo's some times. ive found if you partially squeeze the trigger it stops clicking, and then you just graduallly squeeze the trigger to full open position it works fine again.

i got the sh1ts one day and drove off with only half a tank of fuel lol (i paid of course hahaha)

18-10-2005, 06:45 PM

cheers mate, it worked fine the other day at shell... got me buggard why. just have to fill up shells more often. Also got driving lights (spotties) in my front bumber. The were there when i bought the car a couple of weeks ago. Im finding it hard to see if they are connected. How do i find out?

21-10-2005, 02:44 PM

Hi hope you guys canhelp me out.

I have just purchased an AU2 XR8 ute (11/2001) is there anyway of telling how many kilowats it has. From the stuff I have found on the net any AU2 XR8 ute made 11/01 could have either the 200kw or the 220kw. The ute only has 45000 kays on it and the dealer seems to think it has been Tickford enhanced, is there any way of telling that out aswell ??

JC · 21-10-2005, 03:33 PM

Check the Throttle body. If it is a 2 part TB and EGR spacer, then it's the 200kw motor. If it has a one piece TB with the Tickford Wings etched into it, it is likely to be 220kw.

The other way to tell is on a dyno. 200fwkw should be around 150 rwkw, while 220fwkw should yield around 165rwkw.

21-10-2005, 06:00 PM

Cheers thanks for the info I will have a look as soon as I can.