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VL SERIES
SERVICEMANUALSUPPLEMENT
FOREWORD
A mult -volumeapproach has been adopted in presentins
VOLUMENo.1
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contained in the previously reteased.,V , Series Service
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P a l tn u m b e r[ 4 3 8 1 4 5 .
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Supplement: Parr number tV|38265.
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Rear Axle Supplement: Part number tvt393t3.
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Specificationsfor vehicle componentsare provided at the
endof eachSectionwhereappropriate. i D eunpenaaas
Summariesof Special Service Toots, where requir€d, are
alsolncludedat the end of Sections.
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in this Volume are basedon the tatestproduct informarion
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rese.vedto make changesat any time without notice.
ISSUED DECEMBER,1986.
SERVICEMANUAL NO, M39434A
LS.8.N. 0 868:t6 041 4
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GENERALMOTORS_HOLDEN'S
SALES PTY.LIMITED
SERVICEDEPARTMENT
C O P Y R I G H T G E N E R A LM O T O B S _ H O L D E N 'SSA L E S P T Y ,L T O
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GENERALINFORMATION
SECTIONOA
GENERAL
INFORMATION
INDEX
R€f. Subjecl Page Ref. Subject Page
l. GEitERALNFORUATTOla.....,,........,........,....
0A-1 7.6 ENGtt{ESEBTALNUM8E8............................ 0A-7
MOOELAVAILABILITY& BASE 7.7 MANUALTBANSMISSIOT{ SERIAL
EOUrPMEitT....,................. 0A-1 OA-8
NUM8ER......................................,..........,..........
3. POWERTRA|NCOMB|I{AT|OS.............,...0A-2 7.4 AUTOMATIC TRAI{SMISSION SEBIAL
TBANSMISSIORATIOS 04.2 NUM8ER............................................................
0A-8
Et{Gt}tEDATA.................. oA-2 7.9 REARAXLE tDEl{TtFtCATtON..........,,......... OA-8
6. EXTENIOR DIMENSIONS 0A-3 L ADDITIO}{ALGENERALINFOBMATION.... OA-9
7, sERlaL t{uMBERS......,... 0a-3 8.1 ELECTBICAL TBANSIENTS AND BADIO
7.1 LOCATIO OF IDENTIFICATION PL,ITES 04.4 FREOUENCy rNTERFERENCE..................... 0A-9
7.2 SAFETYCOMPL|Ai{CE PLATE....................
0a-4 ElectricalTransients.............................
0A-9
7.3 BODY& OPTtOt{ tDEt{TtFtCATtOtl RadioFrequencylnterfer€nce........... 0a-9
P141E.........,,.................,... 0A-4 OA-10
8.2 STAT|CELECTRtCtTY.,.,................................
7.4 VEHICLEIDENTIFICATIO ]{UMAERITIG 8.3 PUSHOR TOW STAAT1NG........................... 0A-10
sYsTEM....,.....,......,........,,, 0A-6
vEHtcLESERTALU11BEF......,.....,".,........,. 0A-7
1. GENERALINFORMATION
The'VL'Seiesis a Jacelifto{ the 'VK' s€riesincoDorating exterior,inte or and mechanicalchanges.
Featured in the 'VL' Seriesare new fiont end sheetmetal,headlamps and a new lronl bumperbar assembly.
The'VL'Seies includeswo ditfor€ntbody styles:the 19 Style,which is a six windowsedanand the 35 Slyle stalion
wagon,
A 3.0 lilre 16, multi"point Juel injectedovefiead cam enginewith an electoniccombustioncontrolsystem(ECCS)is
slandard on all models.
Then€wengineand changesto other mechanicalcomponents, enableVL Seriesvehiclesto meet the requirements ol
Auslralian DesignRule37 for VehicleEmissionControl.
I{OTE:VL Sefiesvehiclesmustbe operatedonly on unleadedfuel with a minimumresearchoctaneratingof 91.
The followingchartsprovidemodel availabiliiy, powertrain combinations, transmission
ratios,enginedata and exterior
dimensions for 'VL' Seies Models.
A fivespeedmanuallransmission is standardon 'SL' models.On Berlinaand Calaismodels,a four speedautomatic
lransmission leaturinga converterclutchand electfoniccontrolis standard.This automatictransmission is an optionon
'SL'rnodels.
2. MODELAVAILABILITY& BASE EQUIPMENT
TRANSMISSION
BOOY M O D E L N O .O F
STYLE MODEI. NAME oooFs ENGINE SHIFI lllHEEr-S
8VK19
8VK35 5 P1a5/
8VL19 3 . 0E F t
avu5 5
P2051 6.oJJx l5
65HF15
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3. POWERTRAIN COMBINATIONS
REARAXLE RATIO: 1
ENGINE TRANSMISSION MOOEL FIRSTGEAR
TYPE AVAILABILITY RATIO: 1 BASE
5 SpeedManual SL Sedan
3.0litre 3.321
SL Station Wagon
6 cylinder
EFI BerlinaSedan 3.45
BeninaStationWagon 2.454
Calais
4, TRANSMISSION
RATIOS
5 SPEEDMANUAL 4 SPEEDAUTOMATIC
1ST 3 . 3 2 1: 1 2.458: 1
2ND 1.902: 1 1.458: 1
3RD 1 . 3 0 8r l 1 . 0 0 0r l
4TH 1.000: 1 0.686: I
5TH 0.759: 1
REV 3.382: 1 2.142:1
5. ENGINEDATA
ENGINEDESIGNATION 3.0 LITREEFI
PISTON DISPLACEIVENT
NOlt. - cc 2962
COIVPRESSION
FATIOi 1 9.0
NUIV]BER
OF CYLINDERS 6
BOREx STROKE-mm 86.0x 85.0
TAXABLEH.P.RACor SAE 27.5
POWERK.W.DIN @RPI\iI 114kw @5200
TOROUENm DIN @RPM 247Nm @3600
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GENERAL]NFORMATION
6. EXTERIORDIMENSIONS
SODY S E D A NM O D E L S STATION WAGON IVIODELS
DIMENSIONS 8V135
8VK19 8V119 8VX19 8VK35
VEHICLE
LENGTH 4166 4766 4766 4763 4163
VEHICLE
WIDTH 1722 't722 1722 1722 1722
V E H I C LHEE I G H T 1367 t366 1389 1385
WHEELBASE 2688 26AA 2688 2688 2688
OVERHANG FBONT 972 972 972 972 972
_ REAR 1122 1122
'n22
OVERHANG 1t25 1125
TREAD_ FRONT r451 1451 1451 1451 1451
TREAD_ REAR 1433 1433 1438 I433 1433
7. SERIALNUMBERS
The comDletevehicle and various comDonentsof the
vehicle are idenlified by number plates or numbers V E H I C L EI O E N T I F I C A T I O P
NL A T E
slampedinlo the part. ll is essentiallhat when compiling
wanantyclaims or product and field reporls,that the
number'VlN'is quotedin conjunc-
vehicleidentificalion
(la lion with the identilicalionnumber oi the component
affecled,
C O M P L I A N CP
EL A T €
B O O Y& O P T I O N
IOENTIFICATIOP NL A T E
ale
0A.6 GENERALINFORMATION
7.4 VEHICLEIDENTIFICATION
NUMBERING
SYSTEM
VEHICLEIDET{TIFICATION NUMBERING SYSTEM
The Vehicle ldentificationNumberingSystem (V.l.N) is based on the uniform Car Model
DesignationSystem.The reason lor this is to identifythe vehicle in one coded series of
cnaracters.
The significanceol these charactersor blocks of charactersis explainedbelow using as an
exampleidentificationnumber 8 L 19 6F J6 00025L.
G E I { E 8 AMLO T O R S - I ] O L O LEINM' S
ITEO
"8L196F
I/|ODELDESIGNATION
Divlslon
Degreeot Luxury
BodyStyleCode
ENGINECODE
MODELYEARCODE
ASSEMBLYPLANTCODE
SERIAL(Sequence)NUMBER
SERIESCODE
i,ODEL OESIGNATION
Olvlsion- 1st Character- 8 - StandardNumerata ocatedto GMH Limited
Oegreeol LuxuJy- 2nd Character- L :-
VL SERIES
K - COMI\,IODORE 'SL" L - COMMODORE "BERLINA' X - CALAIS
Body Style Code - 3rd & 4th Character- t9 i
19 - Sedan 35 , StationWaoon
ENGINECODE
sth Character- 6 - Engineldentification Code.16sisnifies
3.0Eengine)
T,ODELYEARCOOE
6th Character- F - ldentifiesl\rodetYear.
This Letter changes 1st Septembereach year & relates to GI\, Internal
OperalionsOnly:-
F- 1986 c- 1987 H-1988etc.
ASSEMBLYPLANTCODE
7th & 8th Characters- J6 - AustralianAssemblyptant tdentification
Code:-
Jl thru Jg - Melbourne(Dandenong)
Ll thru Lg - Adelaide(Etizabeth)
SERIAL(Sequenc€)NUMBER
gth to 13thCharacter- 00025 - Sequentiat productionSeriatNumber.
NOTE: Ihis desrgnatesthe Seiat lJnit Numberdt each Vehbte ptant, startingat
(00001) and continues in Numbeical Sequence rcgatdless ol vehicle
type.
SERIESCODE
14thCharacter- L - cMH LimiledCodeDesignation for each
ModelProgramme. e.g. 'VL .
GENERALINFORMATION
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7.5 VEHICLESERIALNUMBER
The vehicleserialnumberis stampedon ihe top ot the
lett handside slrul lower - Reter Fig. 0A-5.
1. DESIGNRULECOMPLIANCE
2. VEHICLE
3. ASSEMBLY
4. ASSEMBLY
SERIES'VL',
PLANTSERIALNUMBER.
LETTER.
PLANTIDENTIFICATION'A' ADELAIDE,
.o
'M' I\,IELBOURNE.
5. REQUIFEMENTIN EVENT OF SERIAL NO.
DUPLICATION.
6. REOUIREMENTIN EVENT OF SECOND OR
FURTHER SERIALNO. DUPLICATION.
titEt F]
TT
l_r_. T
AVL ooooolA
Flgur€oA-s
7.6 ENGINESERIALNUMBER
Theenginenumberfor the 3,0E engineis stampedon a
pad belowthe ight enginemounlingboss,as illustrated
in Fig.0A-6.
Flgure0A{
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7.7 MANUALTRANSMISSION
SERIAL
NUIIBER
The msnuallransmissionserial numberis locatedon a
labl€ adheredto lhe dght side of th€ bell housing.as
in Fig. 0A-7.
itlustrated
o664723
7.8 AUTOMATICTRANSMISSION
SERIALNUMBER
The automatictransmiss;on sedal numberis slampedon
a bollon plaie localed on the righl side of the
transmission,adiacent to the inhibitor switch/selecior
leveras illuslraledin Fio. 0A-8.
IVODELX 8079
No.5934967
7.9 REARAXLE IDENTIFICATION
An identificationtag is attached to lhe rear axle housing
cover, reler Fig. oA-9-
The lag canies the GMH pan number lor the axle
ass€mbly,lhe final d ve ratio and the serial numberof
ldenlificationof a rear axle assembly,fitted with produc"
lion oplion G80, Umit€d Slip Differential,is by a
red/browncolouredliller plug,itted inlo the axle housing
r€arcov€r,reler Fig, oA-10.
GENERALINFORMATION
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8. ADDITIONALGENERALINFORMATION
8.1 ELECTRICALTRANSIENTSAND
IO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE
circrritsare used in VL Se es Models to
a number of functions associaledelectronic
contol,electronicengineand transmission control
etc, These circuits can b€ damagedor mallunc-
a fesull of electricattransients or excessiveradio
(RD radialion.
TRANSIENTS
lransienls are high vonage spikes produced by
)n swilchingor interruption of electdc cufients.
styleliminglightsand batterychargerscan proouce
s lrgnsienls,hence,it is importanlto use ontygood
equipmenl suitable tor use with ete;fonic
also good praclice to ensure that the battery is
lnectedbelore using a batt€ry charger.
ciminatefittingof solenoids,indicatorsor relayscan
c€usetansienls,
FREOUENCY
INTERFERENCE
lhe chi€f sourc€s of RF interference is the
aryst€m.
Oth€rsourcesincludeCB radioand radio
Th€ followingare nolmallyused to suppress
R$istolse.g.hightensioncabtesand connectoE.
and chokecoils.
braid lor screoning leads or suppression
madeffom conduclivemat€rialrcr screenrng
pment,
nt damageto equipment:
Do not replaceinterference
suppressedhioh rengon
igniton cables or connectorswith un.s-uooressed
typ€s.
Do not removeor reposition interterencesupprsssion
or capacitors.
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A D O I T I O N A LS O U R C EO F I N T E R F E R E N C E
P O O RE L E C I B I C A LC O N N E C T I O N S
SETWEEN T H E V A B I O U SM E T A LP A F T S
O F T H E V E H I C L E{ O . 9B. E T W E E N
THE
E N G I N EA N D O A S HP A N E L J
Figure0A-11
8.2 STATIC ELECTBICITY
Care should be exercised when handling eteclronic
equipmente.g.the Electronic
ControtUnit (ECU),to avoid
touchingthe terminalsunnecessarily. Static electriciv,
which is presenton everyperson,can causedamageto
someeleclroniccomponents.
8.3 PUSHOR TOW STARTING
Do not push or tow start VL Seriesvehjcle.pusn or row
startingcan resultIn unburnedtuet passingthroughthe
exnaustlo the catatyticconve'tercaus,ngdamageto the
