Thread: More Holden Trouble

Originally Posted by banjo

OK now you have me stumped what is that & where do i find it to check,i don't have to pull any parts off do to check it...
I dont remember seeing anything on the sump or the front cover..

Read all about it here, Jason

Thanks drifter i will read it all tomoz see if it says what to clean them with as i have 2 of them..

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

I would just monitor the oil consumption.
My guess is you have dilution in the sump(moisture/unburnt fuel etc) and as you have just done a heap more work shifting you have burnt the dilution off(NORMAL).
Remeber,a holden 6 sump is marginal capacity wise in a Series and holden 6s always use oil.
As mentioned give her an oilchange and upgrade to a better spec oil,try Penrite HPR30 for winter,Penrite HPR50 for summer.
Look into the plug length,judging by the carbon on the threads they look to be too long,cant be too far from hitting the pistons
Andrew

Andrew, Holden's use oil, like most engines, only if they are badly worn. I managed fleets where Holden sixes routinely did 300,000-400,000 k's within a four lease period and were not using unacceptable amounts of oil when traded in. In my GM-H days I was service rep. responsible for the Sydney taxi industry. Well maintained cabs did 200,000 miles in two years and were not burning oil when sold off at that point, as was common then. Transmissions & clutches were the most common repairs as would be expected from high mileage stop/start use in city traffic. As an aside, taxi owners (meanest creatures you would find anywhere) reported that drum brakes had a significantly lower cost per mile and lesser down time than discs. They used to ask me if GM-H would provide a heavy duty drum brake option.

I suspect that most Holden transplants into Land Rovers are done on the cheap because the transplanter can't afford to properly rebuild the existing engine. They usually find a cheap, worn, engine from a wrecker or the Trading Post/ Weekend Shopper which gets (or has had) a kerosene brush or spray gun overhaul. To rebuild and properly modify the Holden for a quite different application will cost as much, if not more, than rebuilding the original engine.

The transplant if done properly results in a much improved vehicle, more economical and better performing.

Mine was an origanal landy 6cyl but when i got it it already had a holden red 6cyl in it that had water leaking throught the rear cylinder so i put the blue 202 in it, was reported to have had a rebuild only a couple of years before i got it ,& when we changed a few things you could tell that all the bearings where good & i only changed them as there was a large loud knock in it once we got it started & it turned out to be the crank hitting the oil pickup pipe bracket pistons where all good & it had been rebored to 30thow .I just think when that was all done They didn't bother to do the head other wise it would of been done to take the unleaded fuel.So i am going to check & thoroughly clean the PCV s for now & i have to check to see if its my water pump or my power steering pump thats making a noise .I use the screwdriver to ear technique hope thats good enuff..
Do you thing i am looking at big trouble Brian with the oil consuption,mind you i know i hadn't checked it for some time...

Brian
Jason mentioned a suden use of oil.He has just been busy shifting houses,making the old lazy landy do some work for a change.Dilution of the oil.I bet that old girl hardly ever sees warp speed hey Banjo????,unless Fatty is in one hell of a mood
Holden 6s work real hard in a Landy,highway speed is close on their redline.
I will assure Jason the Penrite oils I mention will correct his oil consumption,he sure aint burning it by the look of the plugs!!!!
In all your experience Brian,looking at the pics,has that holden 6 got the correct sparkplugs???
Andrew

If you are running the original fuel pump check that the pump diaphragm isn't failed. Petrol going to the sump will cause oil burning and other running issues!

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

Brian
Jason mentioned a suden use of oil.He has just been busy shifting houses,making the old lazy landy do some work for a change.Dilution of the oil.I bet that old girl hardly ever sees warp speed hey Banjo????,unless Fatty is in one hell of a mood
Holden 6s work real hard in a Landy,highway speed is close on their redline.
I will assure Jason the Penrite oils I mention will correct his oil consumption,he sure aint burning it by the look of the plugs!!!!
In all your experience Brian,looking at the pics,has that holden 6 got the correct sparkplugs???
Andrew

Thanks Andrew i will be getting some of that oil as soon as we can afford it (payday thursdy )mite have enuff change.
With the sparkplugs should i measure the depth of the thread hole in the head then look for the right type of plug (heat rating excetra) them make sure its no longer in the thread than the hole in the head i think thats what you mean ???

Na it doesn't even get upto highway speeds.fatty said she only hovers around 60ish....if that helps..