danwatt

Just an update on the progress of the somokey M35. Driving home from work I saw my old friend the smoke once the car was warm, realising that I was probably up for a little mor cash I decided to give her a little punishment for letting me down. Got home parked the car and there didnt seem to be any smoke. Anyway I let it cool down as I wanted to check out a few things. I pulled off the exhaust dump housing off and everything looked ok in there, Some carbon but no oil or anything (not that you probably could see anything anyway) but there was was no shaft play so I put it back together. I also checked the compressor side pipe and again no oil. I checked the turbo drain and egr valve all good. I came to the conclusion that the turbo was actually ok as power was strong and there was no strange noises or anything. What I did do was check my engine oil level and it was low (Below the low mark on the dipstick) Thre was about 1.6L of oild missing. I replaced the oil and filter. There hasnt been any smoke since I have no idea what caused my problem but it seems fine at the moment. I will monitor my oild comsumption over the next few weeks and see how it goes.

I wasnt getting any smoke at start up just after the car was warm With running higher boost do you have a piggyback computer for the fuel ?

i dont want to be dropping the engine out just to check out the turbo, i will give it my best try to get it out without doing that.

i dont know what is wrong but in to last couple of days i have been getting alot of white oily smoke when i decelerate or sit at the lights. the turbo is not noisy and spools up as usual but i think it may be the exhaust housing seal. i am going to check it out tomorrow if i get time. the motor has only done 60k and there was no oily residue on the inlet pipe or the cooler so im a little unsure what is wrong, but the smoke is a little worring.

From what I have found out they are a real ugly looking thing and not similar to the RD25's, There is a workshop in NSW that can modify the turbo and hi-flow it but they can not build a replacement due to the standard configuration and installation issues, I looks pretty tight and hard to remove.

Does anyone know of a replacement turbo that can be used on the VQ25DET engine for a streight swap? Has Anyone had the standard turbo re-sealed or hi-flowed and by whome and how much ? Any info would be appreciated

Thanks for you help but neither of these methods are working for me. I think your right that the it would be reset through the port. I will see what happens when I disconnect the battery overnight.

Cant wait will be good to catch up with some more Stagea fans here in town, Have any of you guys got a M35 Stagea??

Does anyone know how to reset an engine error code that is coming up on the screen and the dash cluster ? I was doing some work on my car today and started it without the airflow meter wires connected and now I have a error that is coming up on the display. I tried disconnecting the battery for several hours but the computer seems to have memor and I cant clear the errors. The car is working fine which is good Please help

I tried disconnecting the battery for about 6 hours and it didnt seem to do anything, From what I have read about the V35's the computer has memory and needs to reset. I will see what they have to say on the V35 forum.

Cheers, I know how I got the error, I was working on the boost solenoid and had the air flow meter wires disconnected when I started the car and thats how I got the error, The only problem now is that I cant reset the computer as it seems to have memory. I need to find out how to reset the errors.

Hi Guys, I have an error message on my display and was wondering if anyone knows what the error is and how to reset the computer. The car seems to be working fine with the exception of the error message and a similar symbol on the instrument panel

Have we got a summary of the people coming ??

I want to set up a PAL dvd to work on the M35 NTSC screen and was thinking that a signal converter would work. Has anyone had any experience with these ? Which brands are the best and how much do they cost ?? Does anyone know if there is a PAL DVD player that can output a NTSC signal ?

I dont know if this will help but have a look at the attached.

I will check out the setting on my screen and let you know, both the TV button Screen and the display button Screen

R you sure that its not a setting through the display menu and the TV menu on the car ?

You driving an M35 ? My car's screen works whilst driving and Im positive that there is no Over-ride unit installed. I think I have had all the interior in pieces looking for various wires/faults.

What is the R-spec over ride ? Sounds cool

My cars a stocker also, + Ill have my wife and 10 week old daughter with me (she likes the car) so relaxed is all im in for. Im good for the 25th and Ikea sounds like a good spot.

I checked some information about the V35/M35 speed signal and the signal is transmitted form the VDC/TCS/ABS control unit and received by the Combination meters and then re-transmitted by the Combination Meters (Dash Cluster) to the ECM (Engine Control) and the TCM (Transmission control) as well as the BCM (Body control). IF you were to correct the signal for the speedo you would have to do it before the speedo but who know how this will affect the operation of the ECM & TCM with a modified signal. I dont know why the speed signal is out it doesnt make sense. Probably the easiest way to correct the signal is with larger diameter wheels (~3% greater diameter) I can confirm the the M35 has the same problem.

I live down South, Marion, The city, Glenelg it doesnt really matter to me.

yea, i would be keen, would be good to catch up with a few stagea owners here in Adeliaide. Ant idea when and where we should go ??

That could have been me, Went to the crown for lunch with the family, Was it a silver M35 Stagea ??

I have a M35 Stage and arount town I get about 14L / 100 and on the highway I average 10L / 100