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[TheBoy]

Car has previous form for gearbox speed sensor discrepancies as well but they weren't significant enough to be a priority... Live and learn.

Autobox speed discrepancies - usually gives a P0730 Incorrect Ratio - needs to be fixed immediately, due to the catastrophic wear it causes...

Apparently so :'(

The box hasn't gone bang to the point where it is making any noise but for it to slip and fall to shift, even intermittently, there's obviously enough debris in the hydraulic circuits to prevent the fluid getting to where it's supposed to.

And catastrophic wear on the clutch plates and the brake bands...

[Keith ABS]

Loaded the Viv up with camping equipment ready for a trip to Germany tomorrow
catching the Wednesday night ferry out of Harwich.
Travelling for two hours in Holland to meet up with some good dutch friends to convoy in with them to Stoffel Park, Germany
Large 4 day Opel show
Monday afternoon ferry back home

[Raeturbo]

Sounds great👍

[polilara]

Changed Oil Cooler to daughter's Astra J. It had "Black Ring" in top of expansion tank a long time. Heard that engine A16XER is famous of this kind of problems. That car was/is also losing coolant, not much but losing, hopefully not to oil side. Let's see if that still continues. I did not like the cooler construction; six pc. of O-rings which can leak coolant out. If there is internal leak 'Oil to Coolant' it might perhaps be possible that also coolant can go to oil?

[countrywoman]

not enough pressure in the cooling system to push into the oil TBH 15psi water and oil should be 50 + psi

[polilara]

Sure, but hot day and engine hot when you stop it, oil pressure is zero but coolant not, that was my fear...

[STEMO]

Sure, but hot day and engine hot when you stop it, oil pressure is zero but coolant not, that was my fear...

Do you get hot days in Finland? 

[Viral_Jim]

Sure, but hot day and engine hot when you stop it, oil pressure is zero but coolant not, that was my fear...

I did this job on my zafira B (same engine). Mine was losing coolant through a crack in the rear of the plastic thermostat housing. May be worth checking 😊