Would appreciate some advice on the following Veccy...
I am thinking that the low coolant and the rough running may be totally unrelated...
First job I guess will be paperclip test - presume I can paperclip an S reg 2.0 Veccy?
Yes, after 3pm on Sunday would be lovely. I'll assume Jame's will
come here unless you tell me otherwise (not sure how far the car will
drive as I've not used it since it last flunked out on Friday
afternoon!). Address is ******
As Andrea has said, the car cut out on Friday morning after some
strange rattling noises (?!). I tried to restart the engine but it
wouldn't fire and then steam came from the bonnet and a burning smell.
The AA man arrived and the water tank was empty. He filled it and
checked (as I understand it) all of the obvious things - looking for
leaks, air blockages and other things that mean nothing to me.
The conclusion he came to was that he had no idea how/why it had happened.
I was able to drive home (couple miles through town centre) with no
problems at all. The car sounded fine. He advised me to check the
water levels everytime I used the car for at least a week and said if
they were looking low, to take it to a garage for further checks. The
next time I drove the car was later that day (about 2-3 hours later)
and the water level was at full.
I got halfway down our road and the
car started splutering and making noises. I felt uncomfortable using
it as I didn't think it likely it would get another half mile before
dying, so drove home and I haven't used it since.
The car is a Vauxhall Vectra (X 18 XE), S reg (1998). The engine warning light has
been on for sometime now, but we did pop it into a garage a couple of
months ago and they felt it was nothing to worry about. We've had no
other problems with the car itself though for some time, but it did
have the engine rebuilt a couple of years ago after the timing belt
went!
James - Hope this is enough info for now - do let me know if you need
anything else! Home no is ******* if you think of anything. Thanks
ever so much!