MoNkEy MaGiC
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Registered: 12th Apr 03
Location: West - London Drives: Corsa GSi
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corsa B Gsi with almost 90k miles, in fairly good condition
but it failed on number of things...  but nothing major
1) hand brake needs adjusting
2) front of chasis needs bit of weilding
3) new ball joints needed
4) viper induction kit is sucking in too much air and causing it to fail emmisions test 
dont think it will cost more than £100 to repair, wat ya reckon??
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Tom_1.216v
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mine failed the other day aswell.
needed a locking fuel cap, i only had a replacement one from tesco!
oh and a new centre section on;y costed £35 for exhaust. £75 in all not to bad.
on my mums credit card!
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Drysdale
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Registered: 20th May 04
Location: Milton Keynes
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When you say locking, do you mean you need one that requires a key?
My car's petrol cap opens just by pulling it open, and I can access the tank itself just by unscrewing the cap inside. This'll fail an MOT??
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bravotwozero007
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Registered: 27th Apr 04
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depends if youve got a locking flap, my corsa sport 1.6 16v used to have a lock on the flap so when you locked the drivers door it did that the passengers and the flap but my newer corsa hasnt so it has to have a locking cap 
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Adam-D
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1) hand brake needs adjusting
2) front of chasis needs bit of weilding
3) new ball joints needed
4) viper induction kit is sucking in too much air and causing it to fail emmisions test
1) garage £20
2) from £40 to £100 odd depends how bad
3)£30 for a pair and £25 for fitting
4) put std airbox on
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Drysdale
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hmm...
the actual cap which gives access to the tank (the black one) is sort of like a 'child safety lock' where it needs to be pushed down before being unscrewed. No other 'lock' besides this. I'm possibly fucked then.
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bravotwozero007
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has your car got central locking? if it has open the flap then lock the doors if yours has locking flap you should see a little plastic stick pushed out
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Drysdale
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Yep remote central locking. Will check in the morning mate. Thanks for the peace of mind
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Kris TD
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doesn't need welding just behind the front drivers side wheel by any chance? cos i gotta do mine as i know it wont pass mot as it is.
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MoNkEy MaGiC
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quote:
Originally posted by Kris TD
doesn't need welding just behind the front drivers side wheel by any chance? cos i gotta do mine as i know it wont pass mot as it is.
not sure mate, he just said the front of the chasis needs weilding
but he said it was nothing major
so upto £150 it gonna cost i reckon, not too bad i guess, plus i know the garage so he should sort me out 
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vibrio
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PMSL at viper failing emissions. only way it would fail if it was not sucking enough air
your most likely failing do to servicing requirements.
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MoNkEy MaGiC
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quote:
Originally posted by vibrio
PMSL at viper failing emissions. only way it would fail if it was not sucking enough air
your most likely failing do to servicing requirements.
what do you mean servicing requirments?
i maintain the car quite regulary and keep everything topped up and in working order which is why i was surprised when it failed the MOT!
however it has got a bad oil consumption/burning problem?
[Edited on 27-06-2004 by MoNkEy MaGiC]
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Kris TD
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try cleaning teh lambda sensor and cleaning the iscv.
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Big Col
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if you are failing the emmissions check your CAT is up to temp before testing. I had a similar problem recently.
full story here
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