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Skipz
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   5th Oct 03 at 22:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Anyone know of any problems that the 1.4 8v's are prone to? My cars done 130,000miles ran like a sweetie when i got it done an oil change and i'm just gettin round to doing a timing belt it started making a tapping noise after bootin it on the motorway (put it down to the tappets) then when me and the girlfriend met up with a couple of friends tonite i booted the car really hard to keep up with my mates Rover 218Vi and the engine just died, we had to push it to get started, i've had a few probs starting it checked the battery it's fine the alternator has a bad bearing but it's chargin the battery ok, we cant figure what the problem is any of you's got a clue what could be wrong???

[Edited on 05-10-2003 by h18_oab]
ajscorsa
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6th Oct 03 at 09:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
130,000 miles fook thought mine was bad 126,000 miles.

looks like 2.0 16v time for you m8y
Skipz
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6th Oct 03 at 10:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
lol i wish i just passed my test in July cant afford the insurance but i'll either get a 2.0 16v or a 2.0 turbo in it eventually!


aj what year was your car?
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mines is a 1993 L reg. a passed ma test back in march and just coming up on 18 so 2.0 16v jus after the new year
Skipz
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6th Oct 03 at 12:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
mines is the same year but i'm 20 couldn't get muh finger out muh arse to get thru muh test loved the drink a bit too much when i was younger
ajscorsa
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6th Oct 03 at 12:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
jus 2.0 16v it then shouldnt be too bad at 20. even jus get anouther SRi engine a nice newer one or mibby a 1600
Dav
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6th Oct 03 at 12:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
What are u doing to affoard a 2.0 at 18 with under a years driving experience!?
I'm 20, 3 years driving experience (0 ncb's in my name tho ) and I couldn't affoard a 2.0 Corsa.
I'd so love one tho.
Skipz
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6th Oct 03 at 13:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i got quoted £2500 for my mate Macd's white Astra Sport and thats just a 1.8 16v a 2.0 16v engine transplant to a corsa is classed as a major modification and the insurance company's will laugh all the way to the bank with your quotes plus i've got 6 points on my license cos of a moment of stupidity (i'm full of them ) when i took a car i had out and got caught driving and got hammered for no license tax or mot

[Edited on 06-10-2003 by h18_oab]
Skipz
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6th Oct 03 at 13:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
oh and Ian Grieves in Stirling want £1146 for a 1.4 16v engine brand spanking new
dunno if thats just the engine itself when i worked at Morrisons in Falkirk they only quoted for the engine the likes of your wiring loom and ecu were extra

[Edited on 06-10-2003 by h18_oab]
ajscorsa
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6th Oct 03 at 14:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
PUT IT THIS WAY DAV IM A VERY RICH 17 YR OLD, ANNUAL WADGE IS 17K AND FOR SOMEONE WHO DONT HAVE A HOUSE OR KIDS OR FUK ALL ITS A LOT OF MONEY
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ok sound a bit up myself there thats not how i meant it just meant it is a lot of money for a kiddie like me to be playing with
Skipz
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6th Oct 03 at 14:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
lmao u said it aj it's not just a lot of money it's a lot of horses to be throwing into corners!
ajscorsa
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6th Oct 03 at 14:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
YUP would get the C20 LET but that jus too many horses

canny wait man VTS 's can kiss ma ass but only if they can catch it gonna put ma 1.2 badges back on
Skipz
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6th Oct 03 at 14:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
lol i would put my SRi door mouldings and badges back on if i got the C20 LET engine in my car just to deceive VTS's and those guys at AstraSport with their 1.6's and 1.8's that can tank my arse but my mate reckons my 1.4 when it's runnin perfect can beat his Astra 1.8 16v sport down the 1/4 mile
Scotty2003
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6th Oct 03 at 17:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
are your engine managment lights comming on in any particular order, could just be a loose sensor causing the engine cut off mines used to do it regularly but it cleared after a while, now it struggles to start in the rain, sometimes it doesnt.......but shhhhhh dont tell reg vardy

[Edited on 06-10-2003 by Scotty2003]
Skipz
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lmao i've actually found out what it was now and i got told off three mechanics three different things and it was none of them, 1 mechanic said it was the tappets, another said the heads knackered and the other said it was the big ends and all the time it was a F**ked bearing in the alternator!



thanks for the input tho guys it will help me in the long run if any of those problems do show up

[Edited on 06-10-2003 by h18_oab]
Skipz
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7th Oct 03 at 22:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
woohoo the f**ked bearing in the alterantor has wrecked the whole damn thing now i have to strip out the alternator and find £60 for 55amp or £80 for a 70amp (my staff discount) for new ones from my work as i am skint and still paying off my S.K.I. Loan (SKI = spending kids inheritance) the nbormally bubbly lil corsa will sit in my garage till hopefully i get paid and get a F**king alternator minus a F**ked bearing!!!
Skipz
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11th Oct 03 at 09:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Got offered a 1.6 8v do ya reckon it will fit straight into my motor without changing looms?

[Edited on 11-10-2003 by h18_oab]
kris_SRI
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25th Jun 06 at 21:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
av got a 1.4 8v corsa sri, sounds like same problem i had, i took the rocker cover off and found that my camshaft had snapped in 2, and wasnt working properly
moddedcorsa
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25th Jun 06 at 21:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by h18_oab
Got offered a 1.6 8v do ya reckon it will fit straight into my motor without changing looms?

[Edited on 11-10-2003 by h18_oab]


in an answer NO will need to change the engine loom and ecu, starting/charging loom will be the same
Dav
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26th Jun 06 at 00:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
3 year old thread here people
Karen
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26th Jun 06 at 14:12   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I started reading this and was like wtf Skipz! Then seen the date. Where do ppl dig up these old threads from
moddedcorsa
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26th Jun 06 at 19:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
woops, was a at the top due to "kris_SRI
" replying, so i replied without reading the original date

 
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