ando
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Registered: 18th Jan 06
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why are corsa gsi so unreliable?
i have spent about £2000 on repairing and modding my gsi, but it is like it is froing it back in my face!
i have just got back from preston, and my engine managment light come on! my EGR valve is sticking and is gonna cost me £100 to replace it.
i have had a new loom,ecu,speedo drive unit, and the general wear and tear! what is it with this ecotec crap! every component of this engines crap=ecotec
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Mattss Corsa
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Registered: 11th Jan 03
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Yea ive had the same problem mate, its resulting in me gettin a new engine, n still....... problems ................... 
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
Location: Northants Drives: Clio 182 Cup
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yes, its the engine thats the problem 
nothing to do with driving it hard everywhere? thats what killed mine
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Jake
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whats up with your car matt?
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Mattss Corsa
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Its in Vauxhall atm, in Northampton having a new imob fitted, costing another £220! And its up for sale, and i have 2 spend more money on the bastid! Lost intrest in 1.6 engines! Pants
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
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matt, not being funny, but do you think it might have had something to do with you not running the engine in properly?
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Mattss Corsa
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And Rob, i did, and dont drive it like a cunt. Why do people allways assume that just shite, it aint the engine thats the problem according to jamsport matey....
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Robin
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i assumed that cos its fucking hard work tryin to drive at stupid slow speeds for 1000 miles
so i figured you'd probably done what i did and just gone "fuck it, ill drive normally"
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Mattss Corsa
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As i spent so much on the engine and gettin it all done, i didn't
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Sam
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Registered: 24th Dec 99
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Mileage and age related issues.
You don't expect it to be like it was brand new do you? 
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Slammed_Corsa
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Registered: 30th Oct 05
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Ando your car is pre ecotec mate 
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Ant
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Registered: 12th May 02
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my 1.4 16v was fine never missed a beat untill I started modding it! iv said it before when the whole 2 litre 1.6 debates get going I really think you need to think about proper managment if your going to mod a small block xe.
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Paul H
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Registered: 11th Aug 03
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old cars now.will always have problems with them
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ed
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Na, it's German electronics. Germans should just stay away from electronics
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PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
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seen modern sports have as many issues
my gsi has been fautless, and i drove the damn thing VERY hard
although it does smoke now on a cold start & when backing off the throttle when caning it, but still, no major problems to report of! engine issues I know is due to me, not the car!
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Fad
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My 1.4 was very low miles as it was a Vauxhall replacement engine under waranty and that lasted 2 years after driving it hard and moding it with cams etc etc.
All down to how you treat it I guess....
But saying that before my XE got rebuilt I did 1k miles a week and drove it sooo damn hard and it never skipped a beat...even after 30+ runs at Santapod in the same day
What sort of problems are people getting??
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Greasemonkey
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GSI's= Money Pit i know i had one. More importantly what you doing in Preston i just got back from there, what a dive dunno why anyone would want to go there LOL
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PaulW
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GSi is not a money pit... as with any car, its luck of the draw when it comes to running problems!
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Greasemonkey
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In that case Me = Bad luck
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SportBoy
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as with many things theres alot of lemons about .. allso luck
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Ry_B
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Registered: 1st Dec 05
Location: Solihull, W Mids Drives: 45BHP beast!
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When you say driven hard...do you mean from cold or just driven hard once warmed up?
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JadeM
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Registered: 9th Feb 06
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Colins GSi was endless problems, something breaking every month - that was 5 years ago!!
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Rileysport
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Registered: 18th Jun 04
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ecotecs have far too much emissions/ electronic shite attached to em
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Cheater2k
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Registered: 21st Aug 06
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I solved this problems by just throwin the c16xe out and puttin the c20xe in 
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John G
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quote:
Originally posted by ando
why are corsa gsi so unreliable?
i have spent about £2000 on repairing and modding my gsi, but it is like it is froing it back in my face!
i have just got back from preston, and my engine managment light come on! my EGR valve is sticking and is gonna cost me £100 to replace it.
i have had a new loom,ecu,speedo drive unit, and the general wear and tear! what is it with this ecotec crap! every component of this engines crap=ecotec
my egr valve stuck open last week coming home from my girlfriends in manchester to it to a local garage that specialise in vaux ( use same machines but were £50 cheaper straight away to put it on diagnostic machine then he took it out for a spin all linked up an it came back fixed
he had managed to reset the valve, said it was prob stuck due to abit of carbon off the engine, he said to me u have to watch with dealerships as if id taken it to my local lookers they would have charge me £83 for diagnostic testing then told me i would have needed a new valve
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