beencruisin
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Registered: 12th Nov 03
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I have a Corsa GSi, & it makes a tapping noise at bout 2,500rpm....
It sounds like its coming from the top end but I took it to the local Vauxhall dealer (Twells Of Billinghay) & they say that it is the plastic inlet manifold rattlin inside the engine bay!..... They had a bloke in & changed his engine four times & all of them had the SAME noise, he even came to my house to see if my engine made the noise, which it does!
Another person I spoke to said that on the GSi engine there is a fault where the Oil Filter gets blocked & this stops oil getting to the Cam bearings etc etc & this causes the tapping!
Any one who can help please do!!
HELP!!
 
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gsi-gaz
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Registered: 23rd Mar 03
Location: st helens
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it'll be the inlet mate, mine does it too!
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Greasemonkey
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Registered: 17th Apr 02
Location: Drives a Tractor
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Surely if ya got a 95M-reg GSI it should have a X16XE engine not the C16XE
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gsi-gaz
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Registered: 23rd Mar 03
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fought some of the m's still come with c16xe's?
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Greasemonkey
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Registered: 17th Apr 02
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the change over was in 94, i got one of the last C16XE GSI's alfar as i know, they stopped making the GSI in 95, with the X16XE, so i would have thought he had a metal inlet?, any way i found the rattle to be the exhaust down pipe heat shield, i had the rattel with mantzel power box, it went away when i fitted the Lexmaul stainless 4-2-1 exhaust manifold
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
Location: Cheshire
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how much was the exhaust manifold?
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
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quote:
Originally posted by Greasemonkey
i found the rattle to be the exhaust down pipe heat shield,
can you remove this shield? as mine is ratling but i dont have ££ for a new manifold
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Big Col
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Registered: 8th Sep 99
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland Drives: '00 Astra 2.0 SRi
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i removed my downpipe heatshield about 2 years ago. I was fed up with it rattling and any 'fix' only lasted a few weeks before it started rattling again.
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
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was it hard to remove
just i havent looked @ it properly, ill do it tomorow along with adjusting the back box
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Big Col
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Registered: 8th Sep 99
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland Drives: '00 Astra 2.0 SRi
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I borrowed a big pair of snips designed for cutting metal and just cut along the length of it.
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
Location: Cheshire
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ahh tin snips
no probs got some of those 
wonder if my angle grinder will help any?
he he that shield aint gonna last long 
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DODG-E
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Registered: 24th Jan 03
Location: Romford, Essex
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its only like 2 x 10mm bolts i think.
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
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right ive removed the downpipe heat shield
it was loose i knew that
i used a flatblade screw driver and hammer
its just clipped on down the edges
and now- it isnt
its sitting on the floor @ the back of ma garage
that sorted that
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DODG-E
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Registered: 24th Jan 03
Location: Romford, Essex
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nice!
cant fix it... break it! yeahh lol
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
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well it had a wee hole in it too plus i probably saved some weight
now to fix the backbox mount and ill be a happy chappy along with the balljoint tomorow but thats a easy job
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