gsirick
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Registered: 18th Feb 07
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have just been told my gsi's bottom end is on its way out. wasnt taken in when they were re-called at vaux.
not to sure what to do now, any ideas peeps?
cant really afford an engine rebuild 
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DAZ1985
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Registered: 3rd Sep 06
Location: Scholar Green, Cheshire
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my mate boz gsi his is doing the same
does only rev to 4k then limits at that?
like a kind of safe mode?
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Scotty C
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Registered: 6th Nov 05
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Just rebuild the bottom end.
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Vaux Lad
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Why's it "on its way out"??
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Robin
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Is this by the people who said they were going to 'tune and set up the exhaust and air filter' ?
I'd take it somewhere else for a second opinion TBH.
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gsirick
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quote:
Originally posted by Robin
Is this by the people who said they were going to 'tune and set up the exhaust and air filter' ?
I'd take it somewhere else for a second opinion TBH.
it went for an engine service, then a rolling road tune. but he has noticed that the bottom end makes a noice when its warm (which i thought was the plastic inlet rattling. he said that the c16xe engines were recalled due to having undersized pistons and obviously mine wasnt taken in.
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Warren G
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tolerance of the pistons were wrong of sumthink
ring vauxhall first and ask, see weather youe engine is in there recall chassis range
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bubble
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quote:
Originally posted by gsirick
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Originally posted by Robin
Is this by the people who said they were going to 'tune and set up the exhaust and air filter' ?
I'd take it somewhere else for a second opinion TBH.
it went for an engine service, then a rolling road tune. but he has noticed that the bottom end makes a noice when its warm (which i thought was the plastic inlet rattling. he said that the c16xe engines were recalled due to having undersized pistons and obviously mine wasnt taken in.
only on the x16xe engines-not c16xe
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ainsley_brader
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just get a secondhand engine theres plenty about!
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Scotty C
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quote:
Originally posted by bubblevaux
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Originally posted by gsirick
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Originally posted by Robin
Is this by the people who said they were going to 'tune and set up the exhaust and air filter' ?
I'd take it somewhere else for a second opinion TBH.
it went for an engine service, then a rolling road tune. but he has noticed that the bottom end makes a noice when its warm (which i thought was the plastic inlet rattling. he said that the c16xe engines were recalled due to having undersized pistons and obviously mine wasnt taken in.
only on the x16xe engines-not c16xe
Look at Teddy's forsale post, his was the C16XE which was recalled due to undersized pistons being fitted
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bubble
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quote:
Originally posted by Monster
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Originally posted by bubblevaux
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Originally posted by gsirick
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Originally posted by Robin
Is this by the people who said they were going to 'tune and set up the exhaust and air filter' ?
I'd take it somewhere else for a second opinion TBH.
it went for an engine service, then a rolling road tune. but he has noticed that the bottom end makes a noice when its warm (which i thought was the plastic inlet rattling. he said that the c16xe engines were recalled due to having undersized pistons and obviously mine wasnt taken in.
only on the x16xe engines-not c16xe
Look at Teddy's forsale post, his was the C16XE which was recalled due to undersized pistons being fitted
as if?! i stand corrected!! my old gsi was done at 34k and im sure the recall was x16xe only. oh well!
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
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It was the C16 which suffered from that.
BUT, I'd be taking it elsewhere for a second opinion before giving anyone my money...
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bigrabbelfast
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if they are the same people that were 'tuning' your idle speed i think theyre wiping your eye mate take it to another garage and fone vaux with your chassis number to see if it was recalled in the first place
[Edited on 17-05-2007 by bigrabbelfast]
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Ian W
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drive it until it breaks, being on its way out could give you another 6 - 12 months.
my c16xe was on its way out for ages, still made it to 200k though 
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