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General => General discussion => Non-Golf gallery => Topic started by: Seanl on 11 September 2013, 22:03
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Had one in 2.0t form a few years back and I loved it tbh. Daily duties were being done by an early 1.4 Fabia MPI 8v, which although gave us absolutely no trouble what so ever, was desperately slow, and a touch small with another addition to the family.
Decided we needed something bigger, and after scouring various online car sales websites etc, I couldn't believe how little these were going for. Found one locally which had high mileage, but was a good price for an awful lot of car!
Along I went to a dealer who had taken it in as a PX, had a test drive, handed over a grand, and away I drove.
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1.9 TID Vector Sport, so high spec, but its only the 120 bhp version to keep insurance low thanks to her indoors! It actually cost almost exactly the same as the Fabia to insure, and the reason we bought that was because it was so much less to insure than anything else!
The 150bhp types were also surprisingly cheap to insure as well, but this one was local and too cheap to say no to.
In summary; late 2005 (55 plate) 134k, FDSH, Cambelt replaced 2k and 6 months before, Half Leather, Cruise, Dual Climate with ice cold AC, Parking Sensors, 4 almost new tyres, etc etc......
Easily the most comfortable car I've ever sat in, and was originally registered in Northern Ireland, hence the plate.
Had it about 3 months now and put 6k on it, and in that time a few things have started to go a bit wrong.........
When car gets up to temp, the clutch bite point drops very low.
Water pumps are prone to go and should be replaced with cambelt, but there is no history whatsoever of it ever being replaced............
DMF has got extremely noisy, tend to keep my foot on the clutch at idle to mask the noise. :grin:
Turbo is noisy on over run, and a bit more smokey than a diseasel should be.
Oh well, I'll run it til it dies for what I paid for it. I'm not spending any money on it, although the MOT is due beginning of next month. If it passes, great. If not, I'll break it for parts. Only thing that would give cause for concern though is emissions as its very solid and having had it on the ramps, everything is as it should be.
This funny thing has been flashing on the infotainment screen for about a month, as well as binging at me in an aircraft tone too. Something about Service due now. :huh: :lipsrsealed:
Meh, its a diesel, the oil is always that black.............. :whistle:
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you bought a vectra b/c mongrel ........................................ :whistle:
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you bought a vectra b/c mongrel ........................................ :whistle:
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1 of the reasons they went bust :whistle:
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I did PM someone who may be in the know, but unfortunately he was playing happy campers and couldnt get back to me in time.......... :rolleyes:
Its not a mongrel either, its not as ugly as its half sister. More like a Pedigree Chuff........I mean Chum. :grin:
Like I said though, its extremely doubtful I could have found a more comfortable and well equipped car for the money. :wink:
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aye they are a comfy old smoker alright, and thankfully parts are still readily available ...............
from your friendly Vauxhall Dealer :grin:
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Washed it.
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Well it was supposed to go for MOT today. Alas, it didn't make it. On wednesday on the way back from work, I noticed it bucking a little whilst cruising. I put it down to the flywheel getting worse, and just mentioned it to the missus when I got home. She said it had been doing it the day before. She then went shopping, and on the way back the engine warning light came on, and the car went into limp mode.
I cleaned the egr valve and MAF to no avail. It then started belching black smoke, and sounded like it was misfiring. Managed to get it to a specialist not too far away, but it was getting worse and worse all the way there. Sounds like a bag of spanners in a washing machine! He got it on diagnostics, and it came up with a faulty fuel pump. According to the specialist, the pump contains the fpr and an ecu too. A new one is in the region of £800!!! :sick: He said it can possibly be refirbed much cheaper, and pointed me in the direction of a place that can test fuel pressure etc.
May get it checked, may get one off a scrapper, may just break it for parts early. :rolleyes:
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Got one of the local lads from the Saab forum to come round and read the codes and it was coming up with codes for low fuel pressure, and egr valve out of tolerance. Cleared the codes and none came back, but its still running like a fat bloke with asthma. He then asked if it had been refuelled before it happened. I wasn't aware it had, but then the missus went, "oh yeah I did as I was leaving asda, it started doing it just after that actually!" She obviously thought she had helped pinpoint the problem!
Diesel engines trying to run on petrol doesn't work..................... :rolleyes:
Draining £50 worth of contaminated fuel and the hassle of changing the filter tomorrow, then hopefully it should be well. :undecided: She tried to say that she wouldn't do that, "I know diesel is the Green one!" Needless to say, she's acting very sheepish now. :embarrassed:
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Drained the fuel today. There is nowhere to physically drain it from underneath, so had to disconnect the inlet to the filter on the bulkhead, and keep priming the engine to get it all out. Took the filter out which took me about an hour and a half just to get the housing out of the bracket, and then about 3 hours to try and get the cap off the housing. Even took it to a local garage to see if they could help, but with their big ass set of grips it wasnt shifting. Bought it back home and trapped it in the vice to almost the point of breaking, and managed to finally get it off. Got a new filter from ECP and chucked that in, but by this time the battery was flat anyway so I'll top it up with DIESEL tomorrow, and give it a run through. Fingers crossed there is no lasting damage.
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Fixed. Although I think the battery my be goosed now. Gonna leave it on charge for a couple of days first, then book it back in for MOT.
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Well the battery was goosed after such heavy discharge I think, so new cheap halfrauds one bought. Sent it for MOT and if failed on a few things.
First was headlight beam too low. Pretty sure that was down to them as there are four settings on the switch to raise and lower the beam for weight in the back, so thats a non issue.
Second was ESP light displaying fault. No, the ESP was turned off so the light will be on dumbass!
Third was a numberplate light out. Was fine the day before but checked and changed out.
Last was a brake imbalance across the rear beam (o/s slow) whatever that means. Theres a receipt in the history for the rear o/s being stripped and refirbed by the monkeys at Halford autocentre less than two years ago. Had the calipers off and the o/s had a split piston seal, so just got another pagid one from ecp for the sake of £44. N/S looks good so hoping that will sort it.
Its a good thing that MOT testers are diligent imo, however putting things on the advisory list like undertrays fitted, plastic sill covers fitted, and child seat fitted are just daft imo.
I'll get it back in for retest next week so hopefully thats it then. Plans in the pipeline should it pass are a good service which is sorely needed, then around xmas (bad time money wise but only time I can get off work long enough) its time for the GB to come off. DMF, clutch, slave cylinder and release bearing change. Hopefully it'll be good for a fair few miles from then on.
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Now passed the MOT, which means I actually have to spend some money on it. :rolleyes:
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Just spent £500 on parts from Neo Brothers :huh:
DMF, Clutch, Slave cylinder, Cambelt, Waterpump, and service items.
Looks like its here for a while then. :shocked:
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Clutch, CNC and DMF replaced this w.end. Sooo much easier to actually change gear and drive the thing now, not to mention the reduction in noise at idle. :shocked:
Exhaust needs a new flexi but its not too bad tbh, that can wait a few months until it starts getting a bit noisy too...............
I kinda wish it would just die now though. I never had any problems with my old petrol one, but this one is sh!te and been nothing but trouble. Begs the question why Saab went bust in the first place. :rolleyes:
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cos they are all vauxhalls bits you are changing :lipsrsealed:
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cos they are all vauxhalls bits you are changing :lipsrsealed:
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The new ones will be goosed in a month or so then? :whistle:
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oh i dont know. I stuck LUK stuff in mine, identical to Vauxhall stuff.
34k and 2 years and mines coping well, even with towing duties. :lipsrsealed:
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swenip :smiley:
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oh i dont know. I stuck LUK stuff in mine, identical to Vauxhall stuff.
34k and 2 years and mines coping well, even with towing duties. :lipsrsealed:
Yeah they were all LUK items so decent quality. Cambelt and waterpump next. Cambelt was done less than 20k ago but it was done by the monkeys at Halfords autocentre and no mention of Waterpump being done at the same time, which is a biggie on these lumps. Its the waterpump seizing and snapping the belt that is usually the problem. :rolleyes: 70 odd K since the history suggests it was changed out with intervals of 60k. Meh, whats the worst that could happen....................
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Bloody alternator gone now! Old one removed today and new one should arrive tomorrow along with a replacement thermostat which I've also notice the last few weeks seems duff. May as well do Cambelt and water pump whilst I'm at it which I have been putting off for a while now. Pain as I'd planned to spend the day on the Rado Saturday which I doubt I'll have time for now. :angry:
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Bloody hell, not going well with this one so far. :shocked:
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I blame the owner!!
What happened to the Storm?
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Bloody hell, not going well with this one so far. :shocked:
No it's pissing me off no end! Been ok since, although a pain in the arse to start if the temperature is really low.
I blame the owner!!
What happened to the Storm?
Your not qualified to comment! Do you even own a VW!? :tongue:
Yeah still got the Storm. Really need to update my thread but just need to sit down for a bit a go through everything and all the pics etc. I've forgotten what I've done!
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you were told about the GM content :lipsrsealed:
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Your not qualified to comment! Do you even own a VW!? :tongue:
As of Saturday, yes I do.. :wink:
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Well I sh!t you not, she did it again yesterday. Filled up with f**king petrol! Spent last night draining it all, replacing the fuel filter, and filling up with 40 litres of DIESEL and a litre of 2 stroke for good measure.
I don't give a toss about the car, it's the cost of the bloody petrol she's wasting I'm more pissed off about!
I've got 20 litres in containers, and two open buckets full of fuel in my shed now!
Twice in a matter of months. Give me strength!
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Thanks for the sympathy Chuff!
I forgot to mention, it was pissing down with rain whilst I was doing it all too. A few harsh words were spoken afterward. :angry:
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thats why my cars are MANUAL and hers is an Auto :whistle:
She cant drive mine :evil:
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It is her car. It's just me that has to sort it every time she or or the Vauxhall in drag decides to break something! She's not allowed to drive my Corrado! :rolleyes:
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After plumes of black smoke on over run, serious difficulty starting when cold, and finally both keys self destructing, it was time for the stupid car to go. So yesterday, we chopped it in getting a grand total of £350 in px (I couldn't be arsed to clean it for a private sale as it was gopping!), and took delivery of this. :smiley:
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118d M Sport. Nice car, if a little lacking in options tbh. The missus needs a reliable car for work, so we've payed for that. Just looking forward to the occasional clean, service, and drive without having to tear it apart fixing things for a while! 2 year warranty with an 11k parts and labour limit means I'm not touching the bloody thing this time!
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Bet that wont like a tank of petrol putting in it :grin:
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Never say never, but it says Diesel on the filler cap so fingers crossed, it won't happen again! :lipsrsealed:
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I read somewhere that opening the doors on new/keyless BMW's primes the fueling system :lipsrsealed: