Terry12
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Just thought i'd stick a few pics up of my cousins 1.8 Vectra after 50k miles on the same oil
Looks like a conrod has snapped and caused this damage.
It had melted the plastic casing over some cables to the power steering but luckily not damaged the cabling so that has been salvaged.
Check the oil on the lifters, It's like treacle
Luckily no valves were bent so I've sourced another block which his head will be going on.
I've started to clean up the head.
Sorry for all the pics
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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Nice!
Although 50k miles without a service is quite impressive
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Steve X16XE
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Registered: 31st Dec 06
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Ha Ha Ha. Dumbass!
Every 5k mine gets changed and that's every 3 months.
There's this Pug 206 D that's on our street that runs without oil and has done for the past few years.
Well an MOT is a Service..... isn't it?
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FruitBooTeR
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Registered: 18th Jan 07
Location: Wolverhampton Drives: S15
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My dad wants me to service his vectra its on 130k and hasnt had a service since 70 
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Sam
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Does he not know about servicing intervals for cars - did he expect the engine to run forever with no maintenance?
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FruitBooTeR
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My dad doesnt care lool heel just use it till it needs fixing
I was in it the other day and I was like hmmm seems a bit lumpy on idle when was it serviced?
At about 70k...
But its on 130!  dohhhhh
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Twiggy
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do a oil/filter change every 10k on the pug
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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i've checked my oil once since i bought my car done 8k miles now, should really check it again but i always forget 
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DaveyLC
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All that work for the sake of £20 worth of oil + filter and 30 minutes 
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johnhara1
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Registered: 19th Oct 06
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
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I do the Fiesta every 5k but it requires topping up alot so its always on fresh oil anyway.
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Baskey
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Registered: 31st May 06
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I bet it wasn't just old oil. Prob was low as well and driven hard
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johnhara1
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Of course it would have been low even if the engine wasnt using a little oil, the oil was turning into sludge so in the end it wasnt even oil.
Was the engine not making all sorts of unusual noises?
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richc
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Registered: 24th Mar 07
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50k thats brilliant
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Terry12
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I've told him I have gallons of oil in the garage at all times and a filter is £2 so he really has no excuse. He did try to make excuses but I shot them all down
tbh I haven't stripped the block down yet so don't know exactly what has happened, However if you look through the 2 holes in the block you can see the crappy old oil that has coated the crank.
Cylinder 3 is my guess that's caused the damage as the piston can be pushed down so obviously no conrod attached.
I'll bet he didn't check the oil much if at all but I haven't seen oil that bad ever, Not even in a scrapper.
Either way he's a bellend of the highest order
He has been lucky though as a couple of the valaves have hit the piston but not bent.
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Terry12
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quote:
Originally posted by johnhara1
Of course it would have been low even if the engine wasnt using a little oil, the oil was turning into sludge so in the end it wasnt even oil.
Was the engine not making all sorts of unusual noises?
No idea fella, Not been in the car for a good while. Actually tell a lie I drove it to my local garage for a new clutch 3 weeks ago. It was only quarter of a mile though. Seemed spot on then but they are big quiet cars so you won't hear much in the cab.
The real sickener is I didn't do the clutch due to time issues and not having room on my drive as my project is on there. If the clutch had managed another month I could have saved him £100 labour bill and swapped the clutch with the engine
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Terry12
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quote:
Originally posted by richc
50k thats brilliant
50k and about 4 years.
Told me he hasn't serviced it since he bought it with 20k on the clock, Lucky the cambelt hasn't given up the ghost.
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Terry12
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I'd like to point out that all my cars get the oil and filter changed every 5k as I do drive my cars quite hard, But only when fully warmed up
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richc
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quote:
Originally posted by Terry12
I'd like to point out that all my cars get the oil and filter changed every 5k as I do drive my cars quite hard, But only when fully warmed up
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mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
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I keep saying im gonna do mine, I think 18 between is a bit much, il get round to it one day
unreliable them vectras
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Ellis
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Registered: 11th Sep 07
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Once a year for me
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N3CRO
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Location: Sandy, Bedfordshire
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My 12v only does around 5,000 miles a year but still gets an oil and filter change every 12 months.
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Martin_C
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every 3000 or less, and its silkolene stuff at over £50 a go, eek.
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adam.d
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Registered: 7th Nov 07
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I do agree with regular oil changes (mine done every 3k max) but look at it this way. Oil is around £20 / 5L, a filter is around £5. So £25 every 3k miles. In 50k miles I would have changed my oil about 16 times and spent around £400 changing my oil!!!!! prob only cost your cousin half that to fix his engine!
is it really worth changing it so often?
Only joking
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
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That thought crossed my mind Adam
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sand-eel
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Think i did my silver corsa 3 times in 2 years
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