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All right ladies and gentlemen, I'm at wits end.
Two years ago my wife wrote off our trusty and reliable 1993 VP wagon, so I quickly had to buy another family wagon. I bought a Holden VR (1993)Berlina Wagon with a 3.8 injected V6 and 4 spd auto and put it onto LPG (Gas). I bought it off a company called FluidDrive. At this time they were supplying autos for GMH. Apparently this car was a company car that they used to 'upgrade' the automatic trans software. The car had spent two years in Michigan USA. The shifts were sweeeeet and it ran like a dream (all I had to do was disconnect some testing wiring that they had installed).
The issue began that summer, the engine started overheating, so I did the usual things - had the radiator cleaned, replaced the coolant, changed the thermostat (ended up putting in 3 new ones in the end), replaced all hoses and radiator cap. I bled all the air from the system. I checked the headgasket, no leak. It doesn't leak coolant. Winter arrived and the car seemed to run at normal temp. Last summer, the overheating returned so I replaced the: water pump, radiator fans, temp gauge sender, instrument cluster, ECU, ENGINE (I'm getting desperate by now). Anyhow, winter is approaching and it's not overheating BUT when I put it under load up hills or with a trailer, it tends to get hotter than it should. I don't think I've solved it but what else is there? Any ideas welcome.
Two years ago my wife wrote off our trusty and reliable 1993 VP wagon, so I quickly had to buy another family wagon. I bought a Holden VR (1993)Berlina Wagon with a 3.8 injected V6 and 4 spd auto and put it onto LPG (Gas). I bought it off a company called FluidDrive. At this time they were supplying autos for GMH. Apparently this car was a company car that they used to 'upgrade' the automatic trans software. The car had spent two years in Michigan USA. The shifts were sweeeeet and it ran like a dream (all I had to do was disconnect some testing wiring that they had installed).
The issue began that summer, the engine started overheating, so I did the usual things - had the radiator cleaned, replaced the coolant, changed the thermostat (ended up putting in 3 new ones in the end), replaced all hoses and radiator cap. I bled all the air from the system. I checked the headgasket, no leak. It doesn't leak coolant. Winter arrived and the car seemed to run at normal temp. Last summer, the overheating returned so I replaced the: water pump, radiator fans, temp gauge sender, instrument cluster, ECU, ENGINE (I'm getting desperate by now). Anyhow, winter is approaching and it's not overheating BUT when I put it under load up hills or with a trailer, it tends to get hotter than it should. I don't think I've solved it but what else is there? Any ideas welcome.
