A few things

[Ralph1]

Hi all,

I'm back online after a 3 month break due to work. I took my sleeper on a road trip from Townsville to Adelaide and return via Sydney. Whilst in ADL I got bored and visited the drags and made 5 runs down the black stuff.......good fun. :D
I also got the 70k service done and they diagnosed the dreaded piston slap, what I want to know is people's experiences with getting this fixed under warranty, good or bad.

I also accidentally put the foot to the floor :p around Broken Hill and found out nearly how fast my sleeper will go. Those 20km long straights just get the better of you. Are the VY's speed limited?

I ended up doing 7600 odd ks all up with an average of 10.2 lt per 100, taken from bowser. Best of 9.2, and worst of 13.8 around town.

cheers

[OzMystic]

Mark from PT told me that Holden have tightened right up in respect to engine rebuilds due to excessive noise from piston slap/gudgeon rattle. He suggested that if I approached Holden on the basis of excessive oil usage that I would have more of a chance of getting a rebuild. I am now on a 5000 kilometer 'test' to see if in fact the motor is using excessive oil. Holden did tell me that anything under 2 1/2 liters per 10,000ks was not considered excessive and that Holden would be unlikely to do anything about it. I told them we sould see about that.... :box:

[ITROCS]

Hey Ralph1, what was your top speed? :confused:

[Rod]

Hey Ralph1, what was your top speed? :confused:
110kph of course :cool:

[Ralph1]

110kph of course :cool:
I went via the NT so it was legal :lol: I did 120..............120 over the limit of 110. With some left as I backed off.

[ITROCS]

Nice one, and being legal to :lol:
Credit where credits due..