Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
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Glad to see it's all up and running James.
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jamesvalver
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Registered: 21st Feb 03
Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
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cheers robin, just got the nigly bits to sort out now
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liamcorsa
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Registered: 29th May 04
Location: Hastings
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Good work mate. Cant wait to see and hear this motor. Are you going to trax?
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1 SCR
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Registered: 18th Apr 06
Location: Aberdeen
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thats very impressive. How many times was the engine outta the car before everythin was sweet?
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jamesvalver
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Registered: 21st Feb 03
Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
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liamcorsa - cheers mate, its all paid off in the end....... i hope! i cant wait to get it all set up run in then on the rollers. im not going to trax, sorry.
1scr -i changed the engine once and head gasket twice. its still not ruinning sweet but good enough to drive atm
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jamesvalver
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Registered: 21st Feb 03
Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
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took it for another drive today and its broken down twice when it gets hot (95deg c). really dont know what is causing this but its getting annoying.
also fitted my front bumper today..........................
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jamesvalver
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Registered: 21st Feb 03
Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
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still not sure if i like it
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craig_s
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Registered: 5th Mar 06
Location: Birmingham Drives: mk4 astra gsi
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temp sensor??tyr another one and see how that is.
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jamesvalver
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Registered: 21st Feb 03
Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
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i'll see if i can get hold of another one. i did have a spare but that went with the old engine.
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DaNnY_LaD
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Registered: 30th Nov 05
Location: Walkden,Manchester
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i had a very sim problem with my old xe so changed the Cts and Temp sensor i think it was and it ran perfect...
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TomSBD
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Registered: 22nd Jun 06
Location: Spalding, Lincs
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if you havent had it set up yet it may be running lean?
you tried taking the stat out and going for another run?
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Dave A
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Registered: 10th Dec 03
Location: County Durham
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is it mapped yet?
if not the temp map wont be right, it could be a number of thing infact. get it mapped and set up by someone that knows what they are doing management wise.
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Jon_C
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Registered: 7th Dec 05
Location: Suffolk
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Thats not your car
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craig_s
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Registered: 5th Mar 06
Location: Birmingham Drives: mk4 astra gsi
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thats his gf's car with the otheer bumper on it.
[Edited on 24-06-2007 by sri power]
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jamesvalver
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Registered: 21st Feb 03
Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
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lol. wondered who would notice that first lol. its not propperly mapped yet. im going to ring a company tomorrow about getting it set up n take it for a drive again
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gianluigi
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Registered: 9th Mar 05
Location: Ipswich, Suffolk
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lol james!
why did you take the skirts off sherri's car? it looks naked without them 
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jamesvalver
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Registered: 21st Feb 03
Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
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my bumper is on sheris corsa atm because hers is borken and her front indicators are on the front panel so a normal bumper would of hidden them.
the skirts arnt on there anymore because we smashed one off wen we hit a big puddle. it was behond repair but we have a set of steinmetz skirts for it now
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jamesvalver
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Registered: 21st Feb 03
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driven again to day and this time it broke down when i got home. took the cap off the header tank and it bubbled over loads so im guessin there was a massive airlock in the coolant system.
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sam13
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Registered: 30th Dec 06
Location: manchester, sale
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quote:
Originally posted by jamesvalver
driven again to day and this time it broke down when i got home. took the cap off the header tank and it bubbled over loads so im guessin there was a massive airlock in the coolant system.
yer sounds like a air lock to me to just run it with top off when you get an afternoon free and get all the air out although you proberbly already know this is the engine/coolant system staying at a good tempreture.
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K3 VMU
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Registered: 28th Jul 06
Location: Portlethen, Aberdeen,ken
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not so good to hear about your enjoy probs matey, thankfully i havent had a problem atol with my engine i put in,infact,its alot better than before,because i did all the work 
keep us updated 
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jamesvalver
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Registered: 21st Feb 03
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the car is soo close to be running now but due to the problems ive been having ive really lost interest in the project. MOT runs out on 5th July and it wont be done by then. its garage and new car time i think
[Edited on 25-06-2007 by jamesvalver]
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K3 VMU
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Registered: 28th Jul 06
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quote:
Originally posted by jamesvalver
the car is now to be sorned and forgoten about for abit now i think. MOT runs out on the 5th and i cannot get it set up in time to get it through the mot. the plan now is to garage it untill next year and buy another car for the time being
did the same with my car matey, it broke in september,shut it away till feb/march then started a fresh,i bought an escort van to replace it,then went out and bought the xe nova too
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Dave A
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Registered: 10th Dec 03
Location: County Durham
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why not just take it to be mapped?
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Olsrey
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Registered: 13th Jan 07
Location: Bradford Drives: LET Vectra B
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quote:
Originally posted by jamesvalver
the car is soo close to be running now but due to the problems ive been having ive really lost interest in the project. MOT runs out on 5th July and it wont be done by then. its garage and new car time i think
[Edited on 25-06-2007 by jamesvalver]
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jamesvalver
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Registered: 21st Feb 03
Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
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dave a - it wont run for more than 10mins before it cuts out and then doesnt restart and nowhere around here can map it in the next couple of weeks.
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