Larry wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 02, 2020 6:52 pm

Sounds like a good job, got any pics??

No, sorry. I can't get photo bucket or imgur to work

I recently lifted my 2.4 auto GV and thought I'd share my experience. I bought new 2" lift rear springs from Jimny Bits and new front springs from the local motor factors (oem because the old ones were tired). I also bought a set of 2" lift strut top spacers from Jimny Bits. The front anit...

Apparently, she requires semi synthetic ASW.

Hi all, I'm replacing the rad on my 2008, 2.4 auto GV2. The rad has an in-built trans cooler so some fluid was lost. What flavour trans fluid should I use? I'm struggling to find much solid info on this model. I may do all the fluids while I'm at it, just don't knownwhat she takes :hmm: Thanks in ad...

I traced a horrible damn smell to the carpet in my GV. I removed the seats, centre console and trims, pulled out the carpets and blasted them with TFR and a steam cleaner. I line dried the carpet for a few days before reinstalling the whole lot and enjoying a car that didn't smell. It was wonderful....

I think the smell gets noticeably worse when I'm driving and switch off the air-conditioning. I wonder if the drain might be blocked.
Anybody able to shed any light on where the drain underneath the car might be....?

Tar.

I hadn't thought of that, haha!

It's gotta be worth a look. I'll check it out.

So, just before Christmas 2018 I bought this beautiful black Grand Vitara. It was beautiful. Everything just worked! It was quiet, comfortable, reliable AND robust! Just to qualify my gushing, my last car was a 130,000 mile td4 Freelander1 - which I also loved, when it worked. Anyway, it soon became...

I've had my NGV SZ5 since December and love it.... Mostly.....

Anyways, just thought I'd say hi on my way to finding the right place to comaon about my stinkin vitara.

Craig.