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Dave1682
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Registered: 18th Jul 04
Location: Cleveland, UK
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10th Oct 04 at 12:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

My girlfriends corsa is drinking far too much petrol, and every now and then the engine will flood too and it won't start.

I don't really know a great deal about engines etc and the technicalities of a car, so can anyone offer any possible ideas what's wrong with it?

Thanks,
Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
Location: Cheshire
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10th Oct 04 at 12:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

temp sensor
Richie
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Registered: 3rd Dec 02
Location: Newport, Wales
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10th Oct 04 at 12:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

aye looks like coolant temperature sensor causing over fuelling
drunkenfool
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Registered: 7th Feb 03
Location: Hereford Drives: Audi R8 V8
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10th Oct 04 at 13:07   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

mine is doing about 22 mpg at the moment! Really got to get it all sorted.
cargraphics4u.com
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Registered: 4th Feb 04
Location: Tonbridge, Kent Drives : J7 00RSA
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10th Oct 04 at 15:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

definately coolant temp sensor . They're only about £20 from vauxhall IIRC I had to change mine a while ago.

 
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