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[car-nut]

I gave up on the Vectra, tried to get it started in the morning, gave up after flooding the engine again! Then called my break down service and got them to take it to the only Garage that would answer the ruddy phone on a Saturday.

So my Vectra is now sitting with a Jag E-Type, a Lotus the same as James Bonds in the film where he went under water and some other vintage cars.

£50 an hour is the labour charge GRRRRRRRRRRR but it had to be done, just got to wait until Monday afternoon to find out weather it is terminal or easy.
I am hoping the car is rescuable cheaply as I do love the Vectra.

[the alarming man]

well thats 1 minute of my life i have just wasted

[RobG]

well thats 1 minute of my life i have just wasted

Ditto.
OP..........have you thought about joining a forum for photo fetishists

[the alarming man]

well thats 1 minute of my life i have just wasted

Ditto.
OP..........have you thought about joining a forum for photo fetishists

 

[cem_devecioglu]

I do like the piccies.. I had a small travel by them.. 

ps: although the road side was wrong

[tidla]

well thats 1 minute of my life i have just wasted

alls not lost.



eight piccys of this on the back of a truck would be a shade more interesting.

[the alarming man]

yeah you are not wrong there 

[Brikhead]

A few things spring to mind...

Why blank out your reg. but not anybody else's?
Is the car following the recovery truck left hand drive?
Is your Vectra a 2.2 petrol?

[Brikhead]

Is your Vectra a 2.2 petrol?

Forget that last question, I've just seen your post on another Vx. forum, I was thinking timing issues before I read it...

Vectra 2.2 SRi. Not Starting, VERY URGENT HELP NEEDED PLEASE???!!! Thank you.
I really am at the end of my teather today with my Vectra to the point that I have walked away from the car now.

First of all, it was running really lumpy, diagnosed as the coil pack, so I replaced the coil pack, and it started and ran worse than ever, the engine was hunting, so I took it for a 2 mile round drive, it drove PERFFECT, Most powerfull it has ever been since I have owned it, then we turned the engine off, took the air filter housing off and the pipe from the housing to the inlet, just to see if it was clogged up and to check that the butterfly was moving freely, Then put it back together, and tried to start it, at first it wouldn't start and then with a boot of the accelerator it went and made a horrible noise like something had caught on a pully and was grinding round and within 2 seconds of that noise I shut the engine off.

I then re traced my steps to see if I had maybe left something loose, and got a friend to double check everything I had touched, went to start it and it was turning over but not firing, we kept trying and trying to the point of flooding the engine, left it for about 10 minutes and tried again and then while having the key turned with foot flat to the floor trying to get it started it started back firing, every so often.

With no luck and a lot of swearing, I called my break down service who came out, scratched his head, fiddled with it, stuck a jump pack on it as the battery started to get low, and he severely flooded it and said he thinks that the engine is severely flooded and that I need to take the battery off and charge it. It is charging as we speak, and leave for 2 days, or take the battery off and take the coil pack off and spark plugs out to allow the petrol to evaporate, I have removed the coil pack and plugs and he said to leave it till tomorrow or Saturday and try again, I am now waiting until tomorrow, And to rule out the coil pack we tried putting the old one on too to see if it would start and no luck!

In case it doesn't start tomorrow, is there anything else that could be the problem? Maybe something I have missed?

Cheers

[dbug]

Liked the many snaps of the Vectra on the breakdown wagon - really interesting mate :-?  Maybe one snap would have been adequate 

Best pic was the last one - spotted a red TR on the left.

[the alarming man]

my quetion is i thought using any hand held device whilst on the move was illegal??..

[ted_one]

Oooh Matron!!

[r1]

car nut
dont listen to all the moaning,fault picking people.
we like pictures
sounds to me that you have a timeing fault/ignition proplem
good luck hope  the bills a small one.

[Jimbob]

I know a lot of those 2.2 Vectras have a dodgy oil nozzle to lubricate the chain which often fails...

Hope your not a victim to that or its engine rebuild time.

[Webby the Bear]

that is a lambo countach i believe