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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: djdaveyp85 on 07 January 2009, 22:32:28
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My 03 2.2 DTi vectra has been sat on my drive since july last year and i'm sick of looking at it! It won't start at all and i took it to the vauxhall dealers (dews of halifax) who said it was the fuel pump which is a sealed unit with the ecu that has failed.
Just wondering if anybody knows how i can fix it on the cheap at all! Vx have quoted nearly £2500 to do the job.
Any ideas would be massively appreciated.
It was running completely fine then one day just decided it wouldn't start anymore and the eml came on!
Modified: forgot to put that it is a vectra!
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My 03 2.2 DTi has been sat on my drive since july last year and i'm sick of looking at it! It won't start at all and i took it to the vauxhall dealers (dews of halifax) who said it was the fuel pump which is a sealed unit with the ecu that has failed.
Just wondering if anybody knows how i can fix it on the cheap at all! Vx have quoted nearly £2500 to do the job.
Any ideas would be massively appreciated.
It was running completely fine then one day just decided it wouldn't start anymore and the eml came on!
To fit a new fuel pump, that would nearly buy your Miggy wouldnt it.
I would get 3 prices, seems ecessive, if it is then I would report them to trading standards.
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Diesel pumps are expensive. One for my old Rover 25 is nearly £1000 :o
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Diesel pumps are friggin expensive. That sounds high, not sure what the labour charge is to change a pump
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Buy a packet of Swan Vesta and claim ::)
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As it has run out of MOT there is no way the insurance would pay out should it have an "accident" :D
Thanks for all your help looks like it is going to have to sit there until i pay the £6500 worth of finance i still have to pay on it!
Thank god for my miggy!
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As it has run out of MOT there is no way the insurance would pay out should it have an "accident" :D
Thanks for all your help looks like it is going to have to sit there until i pay the £6500 worth of finance i still have to pay on it!
Thank god for my miggy!
Try sending Mark DTM a Pm he is hot on with most cars.. :y
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Thing is are you sure its the pump ?. A certain garage diagnosed a problem with my facelift as the main ECU for only £650, where it looks as if it was just the imobiliser reader at £65.
Some possibilities for a start, http://www.pbasher.com/look-up/index.php?carMakeID=1 and I hate to mention the competition but http://www.vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk/showthread.php?t=103301 and even possibly http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=13111 . Here's one for a very reasonable fee, http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110320842830&cguid=60e4c47d11e0a0e203e3b4a3fd681ffd
however I understand there are many different models, and they have to be coded to the ECU, so check this before spending any cash.
Ken
Google is your friend :y
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Set of superstars you are! Gonna try them all tommorrow. Off to bed for now.
Thanks [smiley=kiss.gif]
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Does anybody know if i can pedal test this car?
thanks
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PS http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/other-mechanical-electrical/351067-vectra-dti-engine-ecu-matched-diesel-pump.html
http://www.ilexa.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,8929.from1130614989/topicseen.html
Watch it, pumps may be different between models. TB had a hell of a time getting his diesel pump to work.
ken
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My 03 2.2 DTi vectra has been sat on my drive since july last year and i'm sick of looking at it! It won't start at all and i took it to the vauxhall dealers (dews of halifax) who said it was the fuel pump which is a sealed unit with the ecu that has failed.
Just wondering if anybody knows how i can fix it on the cheap at all! Vx have quoted nearly £2500 to do the job.
Any ideas would be massively appreciated.
It was running completely fine then one day just decided it wouldn't start anymore and the eml came on!
Modified: forgot to put that it is a vectra!
I bought a W reg 2.0 DTi Vectra as a non runner thinking 'I will fix it'
Went to VX and asked for a new pump, and they said they wanted more than £1900 ex vat JUST for the pump, and they also said the warranty would be invalid unless they fitted it... I told them where to go! :o :(
Me been me... Went on ebay, spend about 100 quid on a diesel pump, spent half a day fitting it to be back to square one again... :-/
I didn’t learn, and bought another pump off ebay for another 100 quid (bloke said if it doesn’t work, I can have my money back). Anyway, fitted this pump... 3 flat batteries later, and 2 empty cans of easy start (runs fantastic on that stuff btw!) I gave up :-[... Couldn’t be bothered removing the duff pump to send back to ebay, as it would take ANOTHER afternoon changing the pump to put a dead one back on (otherwise I couldn’t crank the engine over without bending valves - and that was the only way I could move the car - till the battery died!!) Sold the car to a member on VVOC, who ended up putting another engine in it (which I have since seen up and running at PVS last year ;D)
Since then, I decided im NEVER buying a car that has that model fuel pump fitted to it >:( >:( >:(
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My 03 2.2 DTi vectra has been sat on my drive since july last year and i'm sick of looking at it! It won't start at all and i took it to the vauxhall dealers (dews of halifax) who said it was the fuel pump which is a sealed unit with the ecu that has failed.
Just wondering if anybody knows how i can fix it on the cheap at all! Vx have quoted nearly £2500 to do the job.
Any ideas would be massively appreciated.
It was running completely fine then one day just decided it wouldn't start anymore and the eml came on!
Modified: forgot to put that it is a vectra!
off topic for moment, have you owned more than one omega per chance...?
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may be worht a try?
under at the back of the pump is a set of wires, had a desiel vectranin with a strange problem sometimes it would run, other times it wouldnt, found out by remnoving the connector plug and reconnecting it it would run for a few mons, took the plunge and stripped the wire covering off and found a broken wire about 3 inches away from the pump where the bend was, it was replaced with a new pice spliced in and the car has given no probs since, have seen a couple more with a similar fault since, however have also seen around 5 or 6 with knackered pumps, seems to be lack of lubrication in the fuel that causes it, good tip if you own one is to pour a pint of good quality engine oil in the tank for every 25 litres of fuel, obviously it would be best mixed outside the tank tho!!! :y
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As it has run out of MOT there is no way the insurance would pay out should it have an "accident" :D
Thanks for all your help looks like it is going to have to sit there until i pay the £6500 worth of finance i still have to pay on it!
Thank god for my miggy!
So what happens if you stop paying the finance? they repo the car but fixing it is their problem. In some odd way that may be a better option for you than spending £2.5k. not sure what it does to your credit history
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So what happens if you stop paying the finance? they repo the car but fixing it is their problem. In some odd way that may be a better option for you than spending £2.5k. not sure what it does to your credit history
They take it back, sell it for what they can (in this case scrap value) then he is still liable for the difference.
Not a good idea not paying the finance, end up still in debt and no car.
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Nope just the one miggy!
Been on the a guy from "dieselbob" and he can sell me a pump for £1300 thats the cheapest i can get them. So if i decide to fix it. Thats the price i'll have to pay! Thanks all for your help!
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Is there no way you can take these pumps to a diesel service centre and get them reconed.. I know you have mentioned they are sealed units, but I would take that with a pinch of salt from a Vx dealer.
Keep all options going matey.
Annother daft thing.. I am going back 32 years with this in mind, so may be clutching at strws. My 1st job from school was recondotioning pumps and injecters and training as a diesel engineer (had to leave coz of dermatitus after a few weeks) but most of the problems with one bunch of vechicles was condensation in the fuel. Now despite all the filters and they could just not start thier units.
Now modern cars have moved on a hell of a lot I understand that, and I admit I know knothing about the new technology. But with the condensation thing all those years ago it's the one thing that has put me off diesels.
All I am thinking is could dirt/moisture be the simple problem. Dealers dont do things the old fashioned way and take it off and clen it, they just keep replacing parts nd expect the customer to stump up the bill.
As I say, Just a thought.
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Is there no way you can take these pumps to a diesel service centre and get them reconed.. I know you have mentioned they are sealed units, but I would take that with a pinch of salt from a Vx dealer.
Keep all options going matey.
Annother daft thing.. I am going back 32 years with this in mind, so may be clutching at strws. My 1st job from school was recondotioning pumps and injecters and training as a diesel engineer (had to leave coz of dermatitus after a few weeks) but most of the problems with one bunch of vechicles was condensation in the fuel. Now despite all the filters and they could just not start thier units.
Now modern cars have moved on a hell of a lot I understand that, and I admit I know knothing about the new technology. But with the condensation thing all those years ago it's the one thing that has put me off diesels.
All I am thinking is could dirt/moisture be the simple problem. Dealers dont do things the old fashioned way and take it off and clen it, they just keep replacing parts nd expect the customer to stump up the bill.
As I say, Just a thought.
Its often the electronics which fail in the diesel pumps, and the ecus are almost impossible to swap over. :'(
Will dig some photos out from when I stripped mine right down to have a look inside, then threw it out I think. ::)
As for recons etc, try giving a bloke a ring in Kings Lynn. He was very helpful on the phone, and prices were reasonable (however still too much for me!) http://fp.remmington.plus.com/edc%20diesel%20pump.htm