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- 19 May 2024, 13:17:29
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 17 May 2024, 11:45:38 »
Heater matrix change is allways nice job. I made it once to my Omega without removing the dash. I have steering wheel in left side, so perhaps a bit more space to work there. My knocking sound under driver's seat was the corroded thermal protection piece around cat. No that piece has dissapeared as well as the knocking sound.
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 16 May 2024, 15:54:20 »
Flushed Astra A16XER with FORTE (put to engine oil) 20 minutes 2500 rpm. Then changed oil and filter. Next Itake away VVT solenoids for cleaning and checking, I heatd this might help for poor acceleration if VVT is not "active" due to e.g. bad maintenance, let's see what I find.
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 10 May 2024, 18:38:26 »
Thanks Viral_Jim and for Stemo I want to inform that we have hot days almost every Summer. Now it does not look very promising...
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 09 May 2024, 14:36:56 »
Sure, but hot day and engine hot when you stop it, oil pressure is zero but coolant not, that was my fear...
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 09 May 2024, 13:34:16 »
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?
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General Car Chat / Re: Water in Astra J Fastback Boot, year 2010
« on: 07 May 2024, 19:59:52 »
Thanks for all tips, now back at home and checked rear lights grommets acc. to Marks suggestion. Both sides ok in wings, have to check same thing in tailgate cover side tomorrow. Seem to be a common problem in Astra J, Internet is full of text about this. The "Rear Box" and rear Bumper might have a role here. When rear light were off I saw a hole in bottom there going somewhere down, perhaps the water goes somewhere from there but not out, it is a bit strange construction. Have to study it with my wife, so that I am inside and she spray water with garden hose etc.
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Omega General Help / Re: AC Filler Valve Leakage
« on: 07 May 2024, 19:50:01 »
So, Job Jobbed, installed new pressure side AC valve (actually needed ratchet with 8 corners. Filled again, no leaks and blowing cold air now. We have +3 degrees here now so cold air also in ECO mode..., thanks to OOF for all support.
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General Car Chat / Re: Water in Astra J Fastback Boot, year 2010
« on: 03 May 2024, 16:10:37 »
Yes, now in Mobile home, let's see on Monday.
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General Car Chat / Re: Water in Astra J Fastback Boot, year 2010
« on: 03 May 2024, 15:41:08 »
Ye@s, not Estate but Fastback meaning "Short Roof".