TOMAS
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Registered: 7th Aug 02
Location: Nottinghamshire
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I'll be doing scrappy racers before you know it in me Corsa 
Dont know if I explained it well but sometimes having the ability to 'work out' the job is just as good as being able to do it in the first place sort of thing, ive been down the pub and im talking shat!
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mentalcorsa
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Registered: 19th Dec 02
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liking the theory tom 
 tom down the pub 
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Skipz
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Registered: 23rd Aug 03
Location: Falkirk: Drives:nothing but gettin another Corsa
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Originally posted by TOMAS
Nah its nothing major, when I first got my car (brand new 1.2 16V) i'd of completely shat myself if it had an oil leak - wouldnt dare drive it etc but oil leaks (minor) are no biggie and you can live with them for a very long time if you just keep topping up and dont mind an oil slick outside your house.
It just teaches you to think sort of outside the box and nothing is ever totally fecked, you can always solve things. I never get down (appart from when the blood is leaking from my body) as I know things can always be sorted out. If the engien went bang bigstyle tomorrow then I just go out and buy a new one for £350/£400 or a top/bottom end. A haynes manual, effort and confidence can go a long way...
Never ever let your mate (who may well be a qualified mechanic) near your car tho... i learned this the hard way he forgot to tighten the bolt for the Bottom pulley for the fan belt the bolt fell out after a few hundred miles then offcame the bottom pulley for the timing belt and bang away went the engine AGAIN!!! 
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Adam_B
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Registered: 13th Dec 00
Location: Lancashire
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quote:
Originally posted by TOMAS
I'll be doing scrappy racers before you know it in me Corsa
Dont know if I explained it well but sometimes having the ability to 'work out' the job is just as good as being able to do it in the first place sort of thing, ive been down the pub and im talking shat!
agreed, 90% of the time the hardest part is finding out whats wrong
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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indeed.
I shall be doing this timmorow 
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TOMAS
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Registered: 7th Aug 02
Location: Nottinghamshire
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Wahoo new parts arrived at 10am this morning Mr Vauxhall Tradeclub man got me outa bed LOL!
removed all the old shite and fitted new thermostat housing, thermostat, coolant temerature sensor and coolant emperature gauge sender, ohh and the Vauxhall long-life red antifreeze. Runs sweet as now, temp before was a solid 86-88deg whilst on the move and highest I saw was about 94/95 - the fan NEVER kicked in (fans kick in at 100 deg). Now on the move im at a healthy warm 92-94 deg and whilst stationary in traffic it tops out at 98deg before the fan kicks in to bring it back down, which it does pretty well.
Filled up with petrol and im going to see what I can get out of a full-to-the brim tank. I expect a fair improvement as it was running so cold before the ECU would have been shoving petrol in like there was no tomorrow plus I believe the CTS was dodgy anyhow (used to get 230 miles tops out a tank). Also I used to get a lot of grey/white smoke from the exhaust, especially at idle, which I believed to be nothing more than condensation but this has now virtually gone.
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TNM
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
Location: Nottingham Drives: VW Tiguan
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if you can work that out on mine change you head to Jap engines and fix mine 
its doing my bloody head in
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