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[pjtomega]

Hi all.
Mines a 2001 2.2 dti Elite with nearly 160,000 on the clock !
I do 120 miles a day ( mainly motorway to and from work ).
She's absolutely lovely cruising but feeling a bit tired and noisy eleswhere. Puta is telling me jst over 40 mpg average which i guess is pretty good still ? I realy should get a good service done but money is very tight.  ( or rather i am lately ) !!
Is there any way i can make her feel a bit 'tighter' in low gears ? In 3rd and 4th the turbo seems excellent still and responds great. But like i say seems tired when pulling away in 1st / 2nd.

Getting annoying vibration from door panel, side pockets when idling ( idles at about 600rpm and i'd like to pick it up to 800 ish ).

Also im puzzled about temperature. Gauge is never above 80-85.
Is that normal ? Is she not getting up to correct running temp ?

Read some comments about cleaning out hoses, vales etc.
Any thoughts as to how i can bring some life back into her ?

Stuck half a bottle of Redex in today and it might be my imagination but seemed more responsive.

I'd like to make a difference myself raather than hand over 200 or so quid to vauxhall for an oil change and a bit of grease slapped here and there ! know what i mean

[Andy B]

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I do 120 miles a day ( mainly motorway to and from work ).
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  How far???        I trust you enjoy your job if you're prepared to travel that far each day to & from work, it must pay well!!!   I 'only' have about 45 miles each day & hate it .....

the travel & the job  

[webby23]

Hi all.
Mines a 2001 2.2 dti Elite with nearly 160,000 on the clock !
I do 120 miles a day ( mainly motorway to and from work ).
She's absolutely lovely cruising but feeling a bit tired and noisy eleswhere. Puta is telling me jst over 40 mpg average which i guess is pretty good still ? I realy should get a good service done but money is very tight.  ( or rather i am lately ) !!
Is there any way i can make her feel a bit 'tighter' in low gears ? In 3rd and 4th the turbo seems excellent still and responds great. But like i say seems tired when pulling away in 1st / 2nd.

Getting annoying vibration from door panel, side pockets when idling ( idles at about 600rpm and i'd like to pick it up to 800 ish ).

Also im puzzled about temperature. Gauge is never above 80-85.
Is that normal ? Is she not getting up to correct running temp ?

Read some comments about cleaning out hoses, vales etc.
Any thoughts as to how i can bring some life back into her ?

Stuck half a bottle of Redex in today and it might be my imagination but seemed more responsive.

I'd like to make a difference myself raather than hand over 200 or so quid to vauxhall for an oil change and a bit of grease slapped here and there ! know what i mean

Why would you want to take a car of that age (same as mine) to a Vx dealer?

There are plenty of special service offers out there, for example a local garage here will do a FULL service with free MOT for a very reasonable £130 inc vat, parts and labour