Sam.S
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My 206 is very unreliable so im wanting gsi as my main car.
I have found a few but im just concerned about the mileage. They all have at least 70k on the clock some of them 100k plus. Thats alot of mileage for a little car 
How many miles have all your GSI's got and is there any common problems i need to look out for?
Cheers  
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Teddy
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105k mine has now.
I have covered nearly 30k since i bought it a year ago and its never given me any grief at all.
Check the cam belt rollers and other normal Corsa stuff crack in pillars etc....
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POISoft
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gsi's are unreliable
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Teddy
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quote:
Originally posted by POISoft
gsi's are unreliable
What do you base that on - one bad experience?
Not overally compaired to its competition.
Vauxhall's in general are very realiable.
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sassyminx
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quote:
Originally posted by POISoft
gsi's are unreliable
seconded, i had endless probs wit mine
egr valves common to bugger up and theyre not cheap to sort out either 
wouldnt get another one, i know a few ppl who had em and all have had same probs as mine did, iacv, egr, camber,driveshafts,
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Ojc
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GSi's are unrealible to people that have no clue.
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Teddy
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Never have had an issue.
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Jake
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lucky
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Teddy
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quote:
Originally posted by jakethesnake
lucky
no luck to it.
C16XE engines and X16XE engines are not unrealiable?
Why do people insist that they are because of their own personal experience.
Vauxhall is still using a variation of this powerplant so there cant have been major problems!
the only thing to watch for is on the very early C16XE's vauxhall had a habit of putting in unsize pistons that was the only recall.
My comments are not only based on my own personal experience but on the CORSA GSi as a whole.
I undoubtadly understand people would have had problems but you cant hold that bad experience agaist a whole model of car at the end of the day.
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sassyminx
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i agree teddy but its like any car, if you had a lot of bad experience with one your not likely to buy another one are you 
i wouldnt trust another GSi id expect it to have too many problems
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Teddy
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quote:
Originally posted by sassyminx
i agree teddy but its like any car, if you had a lot of bad experience with one your not likely to buy another one are you
i wouldnt trust another GSi id expect it to have too many problems
I agree with that statement definatly.
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Sam.S
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quote:
Originally posted by Teddy
C16XE engines and X16XE engines are not unrealiable?
This may sound silly but I'm new to this 'world' of gsi. What is the difference between the two C16XE engines and X16XE?
Im guessing the C16XE engine is in the very early gsi's??
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sassyminx
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correct sam
they tend to have a plastic inlet manifold where an X16 has cast one
and theyre without EGR iirc?
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Ojc
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No EGR no secondary air pump
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Ian W
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170K  pulls better than my mates which is on 100k
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Kerry
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quote:
Originally posted by POISoft
gsi's are unreliable
Have you ever owned a good one? Ours has done 48k and other than an air flow meter have never had a single problem with it 
If you give them regular oil changes and plently of TLC they will be fine and dandy
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Sly_SRi
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mines fine...not had a problem yet, brought it in november. It depends how people treat them to how reliable they are. Same as all cars. Mileage isn't really a problem as long as everything has been well maintained. Mines done 89,000
Corsa C Z20Let
Black Sleeper Turbo Project
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POISoft
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quote:
Originally posted by Kerry
quote:
Originally posted by POISoft
gsi's are unreliable
Have you ever owned a good one? Ours has done 48k and other than an air flow meter have never had a single problem with it
If you give them regular oil changes and plently of TLC they will be fine and dandy
i have owned a low milage full service history one, and had no end of probs, iv also heard more people have probs than not with them, in there day they prolly were reliable, they are getting too old now
[Edited on 01-04-2005 by POISoft]
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Cybermonkey
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quote:
Originally posted by POISoft
quote:
Originally posted by Kerry
quote:
Originally posted by POISoft
gsi's are unreliable
Have you ever owned a good one? Ours has done 48k and other than an air flow meter have never had a single problem with it
If you give them regular oil changes and plently of TLC they will be fine and dandy
i have owned a low milage full service history one, and had no end of probs, iv also heard more people have probs than not with them, in there day they prolly were reliable, they are getting too old now
[Edited on 01-04-2005 by POISoft]
bullshit, more like you hear a few people having issues with the engines, but how often do you hear people saying "yeah last week i drove for 200 miles and didnt have a problem!" use your brain.
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Cybermonkey
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and what is this "in their day"? the cars are around 10 years old, hardly a lifetime 
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POISoft
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david you have no idea who your dealing with
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Jambo
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quote:
Originally posted by POISoft
david you have no idea who your dealing with
PMSL are you cancer man from the x-files
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PaulW
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My N-reg GSi has caused me little trouble...
except the oil filler cap came off on the way to liverpool a few weeks ago & pissed near all the oil over the engine...
aswell as the fuel-pump getting noisy...
but thats all!
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Ojc
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The last X16XE engines were made in 2001 and the first in 1995 and nothing changed in those 6 years so obviously it was doing something right in them six years for Vauxhall not to change it.
Unrealible
What a joke
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Greasemonkey
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Im no way a muppet when it comes to cars BUT i had no end of trubles with my GSI, took nearly 3 years to iron them out when i sold it it was perfect and was the first time it had been since i bought it.
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