impacter
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Registered: 9th Mar 04
Location: Bristol
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hello, my 1 litre is basically f**ked!  had the car given to me but its sounds like my old fiesta. TAPPETS! surely a vauxhall dont have tappets! when i start it up, the car makes a 'dry and slow' tapping noise for a second then goes into a fast tapping motion. once i start accelerating, the car makes a faster tapping noise then stops bout 10mph. but sounds awful stationary!
took it to vauxhall they say its my camchain. took it to the AA/Halfords Garage and they say they did a cam chain and it sounds different to that and that its somethin else. does anyone know what it could be?????? 
ollie 
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antscorsa
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
Location: london
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its cos is train driven that it makes thi noise nufin u can do about it, stick an airfliter on and a decent zaust to drone the noise out or sumifn.
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shawboy
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Registered: 1st Jul 02
Location: Wombwell, Barnsley
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does your car speed go higher than 10mph?
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Graham
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Registered: 12th Oct 03
Location: Lincoln.
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mine makes this noise but no where near as bad as your making it out to be matey.
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Siberia
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Registered: 9th Oct 03
Location: Leprechaun Land Drives : Zafira GSI
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god these things are shockingly slow in 1st and 2nd gear. i thought my 8v was bad
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b0bby
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Registered: 16th Dec 03
Location: Stockport, Greater Manchester
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my brother has the same prob, weve been stripping his down wiv a friend.
weve found that the tensioner is shot... making it click and missfire.
you have to basically dismantle the left side of the engine.(looking from from)
you will need a compressed air gun to remove the fooking crank bolt
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Graham
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Registered: 12th Oct 03
Location: Lincoln.
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mine doesnt give me trouble anymore, it did when i first bought the car, but spent almost 900 on the whole car and its been runnin like a dream since. i like the way the car runs, admited i would like a faster car but right now theres no need for it. that and i cant afford the insurance due to the crash.
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Reedy
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Registered: 11th Apr 04
Location: Hammersmith
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quote:
Originally posted by Siberia
god these things are shockingly slow in 1st and 2nd gear. i thought my 8v was bad
They arent that slow. For saying they are a 1.0 i think they were quite nippy.
Only grp 2 ins, 54bhp, an absolute beast for a 1.0
Oh and the 8v is slower.
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
Location: Manchester
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quote:
Originally posted by Graham
its been runnin like a dream since.
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Reedy
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Registered: 11th Apr 04
Location: Hammersmith
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quote:
Originally posted by loafofbrett
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Originally posted by Graham
its been runnin like a dream since.
Whats so funny?
I think the vaux engines run very smooth, when i got the pug i was like erm its runs abit rough like.
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bigrabbelfast
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Registered: 18th Mar 06
Location: BELFAST N.I
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mine make a similar noise but not as bad
change the oil and filter mite quiten it abit
and they r quite nippy 4 wat they r,i've beaten my mates 1.28v nova off the lights and on the motorway on quite a few occasions,as u can imagine neither of us were at break neck speed though
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
Location: Manchester
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quote:
Originally posted by Reedy
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Originally posted by loafofbrett
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Originally posted by Graham
its been runnin like a dream since.
Whats so funny?
I think the vaux engines run very smooth, when i got the pug i was like erm its runs abit rough like.
The fact that the word dream and 1.0 are in the same context 
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Reedy
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Registered: 11th Apr 04
Location: Hammersmith
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i bet a grandad would dream of a nice 1.0 runner.
I used to love my 1.0, i used to laugh at all the other people with big litres who had to visit the petrol station all the time.
Far better to have a 1.0 as a run around an a better car for "sunday's best" if you get what i mean
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
Location: Manchester
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I know mate 
Come to think of it, I dream of havin petrol consumption as good as a 1.0
Was just jokin, sorry
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Reedy
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Registered: 11th Apr 04
Location: Hammersmith
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quote:
Originally posted by loafofbrett
I know mate
Come to think of it, I dream of havin petrol consumption as good as a 1.0
Was just jokin, sorry
nah its ok, i do have a sense of humour somewhere.........
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