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Exhaust smoking when engine warmed up, usually in traffic/parking, no real loss of power but using oil. possibly valve seals? expensive to replace? Also engine racing after warmed up, replaced damaged bend hose leading to throttle body, no ...

1998 1.8 Arctic
Posted: Jun 20, 2008
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GEARBOX ?

Can anyone help with the problem i have ? just driving home pulled up at a junction, tried to pull away no power, engine management warning light on, a car with a spanner through it, and traction warning light on, I could still drive but s...

2003 DIESEL HATCHBACK 2.2 DTi Elite 5dr Auto
Posted: Jun 20, 2008
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Knocking

I have got a vectra 2004 hatch i have had a knocking noise from the front since had car. only does it when setting off or in the motion of stopstart stopstart. It has been to the garage and was advised it was engine mounts and exhaust mid s...

2004 1.9CDTI
Posted: Jun 15, 2008
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MPG very low

Up until 6 weeks ago I was averging 44mpg, this was driving the car very carefully. The MPG has now dropped to 32-34 MPG. The brakes are not binding, the air filter is new, but the car still feels as though it is towing something heavy....

2004 2.2 SRI direct, petrol auto
Posted: Jun 14, 2008
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Oil and engin sound lumpy

Every time i start my car for a few minutes my car sounds lumpy untill i move it eith foward or backwards. I have recently changed the spark plugs but i have not changed the leads. Could they need changing? Also when i'm drivng normaly in ...

2000 1.6 8-valve envoy
Posted: Jun 5, 2008
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Engine Management light

EML started coming on about a three months ago. Vx garage tested it with computer and said the problem was the inlet manifold sensor and would cost £330+ to fix. I didn't get it fixed and everything was fine until yeserday when the EML c...

2004 2.0 DTi
Posted: May 31, 2008
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No power

I've had my car for a year and i've noticed recently that i don't have any power when i accelerate. The revs don't seem to drop but the car bunny hops on the road. It is using alot of fuel and i have noticed the smell of fuel whilst the c...

1996 2.0i LS 5DR
Posted: May 28, 2008
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Grinding brakes

hi, on the drivers side front wheel i have a grinding noise coming from the brakes, it grinds when i aint using the brake but dissappears when i push on the brake pedal, i had a quick look at the back of the disc and seems to be a lip on it...

2001 1.8 sri 130
Posted: May 19, 2008
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Stalling

Generally the car runs fine, but every so often when slowing down, for example at junctions etc, the engine management light comes on and it stalls, it starts again every time and will usually continue to stall about half a dozen times then...

1997 1.8LS
Posted: May 1, 2008
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Knocking on the front passengers side

when you go over a bump in the road tere is a knocking noise from the front

2002 2.2tdi manual
Posted: Apr 30, 2008
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Engine management light

Hi on the right page now.Im new and have a problem with engine management light on I had it checked out on the read out came up 2 faults mass air flow and air intake temp.Was recomended to get air flow meter.Had that done.And had light take...

2000 1.8ls 16v
Posted: Apr 29, 2008
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Light keeps coming on

when driving the car shudders then loses power. light keeps coming on. it is a picture of a car with a spanner through it. there are a few possible causes in the manual but all involve going to a vauxhall dealer which always costs a fortune...

2005 estate 2.2 direct design
Posted: Apr 27, 2008
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