Car in for repair

MikeS

MikeS

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car is 7 years old though Daz

timing chain snapped on a 7yr old z22se i doubt anyone would think twice about it
 
Daz

Daz

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MikeS said:
car is 7 years old though Daz

timing chain snapped on a 7yr old z22se i doubt anyone would think twice about it
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I appreciate that mike. however a local m8 of mine had a new gearbox fitted under warranty on his 6 year old vxr last year. and guess what, it f**ked again after 10k.
 
Matt

Matt

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Daz said:
I appreciate that mike. however a local m8 of mine had a new gearbox fitted under warranty on his 6 year old vxr last year. and guess what, it f**ked again after 10k.
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That's the problem. VX are fitting new boxes that have the same problem as the one which has just failed. VX don't repair them and replace the bearings, they just swap the whole box out.
 
Matt

Matt

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MikeS said:
well no way i gonna buy a 2nd hand vxr when they is 10 yrs old
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It's totally pot luck Mike. I thought mine was OK right upto this week, when actually looking back, it's probably been on it's way out for over a year now.

It's not just the VXR's that have this issue, the CDTI models also suffer from it, and also the Corsa VXRs (and there have been a few Vectra C's with them fitted as well).
 
Matt

Matt

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I took the car out this morning for a quick drive to McDonalds :)

It's a little stiff from cold to get into 1st and 2nd, but hopefully that will ease up once it's got a few hundred miles on it. But, saying that, it's so much nicer to drive now
 
MikeS

MikeS

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irony matt is that i have sneaky feeling my gbox is starting to play up

smooth gear change is getting clunky, been like this since sitting in rush hour last year

I have loosened up my gaitor to see if it helps as it was brand new and very rigid
 
Matt

Matt

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MikeS said:
irony matt is that i have sneaky feeling my gbox is starting to play up

smooth gear change is getting clunky, been like this since sitting in rush hour last year

I have loosened up my gaitor to see if it helps as it was brand new and very rigid
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s**t! How common are faults on the F23? I've not seen many threads about them having issues. Are you running with more oil in the box as per the TIS article?
 
MikeS

MikeS

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that's my next job

changing the gearbox oil, but i think all that stop start traffic has worn the box so i am not expecting much

there is a slight rattle from the linkage on the box when i change gear, but i know that occurs from wear n tear
 
Daz

Daz

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Gearbox in my old coupe died 2 weeks ago. and thats the 1st one ive changed. saying that what mike is describing seems to be the same issue the guy who bought it from me had before it went BANG..
 
Matt

Matt

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MikeS said:
that's my next job

changing the gearbox oil, but i think all that stop start traffic has worn the box so i am not expecting much

there is a slight rattle from the linkage on the box when i change gear, but i know that occurs from wear n tear
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I think changing the oil on mine got me an extra 12 months out of it TBH. I also spend a lot of time over the last 18 months in stop / start traffic going to and from work. I'm glad I'm back on shift now, as there is no traffic at 7am or 7pm
 
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