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Hi There
« on: 23 February 2016, 11:05:08 »
Currently on its way from Derby to my place in Lancashire on a transporter:




Its a bit of a gamble - car nearly overheated a month ago and had lost most of its coolant - previous owner topped it up and its ran fine ever since...  Gearbox is slipping slightly and drops in and out of gears when cold. Its also filthy and not been serviced properly for a couple of years...  Im going to attempt cooling repair and service the box - if its terminal then will break the car.

The good news is that it has a comprehensive Vauxhall History - 90K mileage and MOT until the end of the year.  Everything works bar the n/s front central lock & 2 Bose speakers are down.

Im hoping its not Head Gasket failure and only 3 way valve or Oil Cooler/ Rad.  All work will be done by myself on a budget of £250 on top of what i paid for the car. It drives lovely and should clean up well.

Paid £150 for it including brand new cambelt/ DVD + Gearbox Oil & Filter + Spare Alloys/ Roof bars and loads of other parts.

Cheers, Matt
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Re: Hi There
« Reply #1 on: 23 February 2016, 20:10:40 »
Hello and welcome to OOF.Got to be a bargain at £150 no matter whether it's a breaker or not.
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Re: Hi There
« Reply #2 on: 23 February 2016, 22:28:54 »
Its had a 2hr wash this afternoon, excluding the interior!  The Previous Owner admitted it hadnt been cleaned for around 2yrs and lived under a tree..
Took it for a 5 mile test drive today and zero issue with overheating... however the gearbox isnt good at all, loses drive every so often and you can smell burning from under the car - think its getting too hot and burning out the clutches. So 1st job is drop the gearbox sump at the weekend, new filter and fluids are waiting in the boot - fingers crossed that solves the problem.


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Re: Hi There
« Reply #3 on: 23 February 2016, 22:52:09 »
Hello and welcome :y. A nice looking car for £150 plus the extras. :y
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« Reply #4 on: 23 February 2016, 23:04:28 »
Welcome to OOF and good luck with your car.

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Re: Hi There
« Reply #5 on: 25 February 2016, 09:37:17 »
Nice looking motor you have there.  Good luck with the repairs.
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Re: Hi There
« Reply #6 on: 25 February 2016, 10:04:14 »
Nice bargain there , should be able to sort that out with the help on here also  :y
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« Reply #7 on: 25 February 2016, 21:08:26 »
Hi and welcome...good luck with your car, :y
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« Reply #8 on: 28 February 2016, 01:07:19 »
Welcome to OOF mate  :y
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« Reply #9 on: 28 February 2016, 07:36:46 »
Nice car and any advice required will be found here :y
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« Reply #10 on: 28 February 2016, 10:32:49 »
Hola! Welcome to the forum :y

Hope you manage to keep it running. Nice looking car and colour.
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« Reply #11 on: 29 February 2016, 09:45:12 »
Hi and welcome, cheap car at £150, cleaned up well,good luck with your repairs, all the help you need is available here  :y
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