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Re: Help on a Zafira A
« Reply #30 on: 10 November 2011, 10:31:13 »
Quote from: MutantCav on 10 November 2011, 10:14:16
Ok this is weird...took the plugs out again this morning to pour in a little neat redex into the wells...plugs 2,3 & 4 were nice and black as expected as the engine will be pretty mucky still...plug 1 is totally clean...so does that mean its not sparking at all?? If so does this suggest the coil pack is faulty??

Yep, sounds to me like no.1 coil pack has failed.
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Re: Help on a Zafira A
« Reply #31 on: 10 November 2011, 16:10:58 »
Thanks Kevin...any way to test it?
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Re: Help on a Zafira A
« Reply #32 on: 10 November 2011, 18:49:49 »
Get a couple of the same part number from a scrappy, usually a couple of quid and at least one should work, substitute and see if it sorts it. If it does buy a new one.
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Re: Help on a Zafira A
« Reply #33 on: 10 November 2011, 19:46:07 »
if its very clean could be being washed by blown headgasket?
is it losing coolant? if not then ignore this post!!! :y
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Re: Help on a Zafira A
« Reply #34 on: 10 November 2011, 23:27:13 »
The whole coil pack is very clean...basically brand new looking...the very clean spark plug in cylinder 1 was new along with the rest yesterday...cylinder 1 also happened to be the worst condition of the 4 old spark plugs so this may well have caused the pack to fail...I might well just buy a new one tomorrow and see if it sorts it and if not then just take it back :y Although getting one from a scrappy be the way to go anyway :y
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Re: Help on a Zafira A
« Reply #35 on: 11 November 2011, 00:36:47 »
Most stealers won't accept electrical items for credit.
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Re: Help on a Zafira A
« Reply #36 on: 11 November 2011, 11:56:33 »
You are right Kevin...but its sorted the missing cylinder...unfortunately I can now hear there is a light airleak...so still a slight misfire!!! But definitely getting there as there is much more power now...
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Re: Help on a Zafira A
« Reply #37 on: 12 November 2011, 22:50:23 »
Seems the engine is chucking out the contents of the oil tank on startup...puffs of smoke which go away but the oil is being used up at a faster rate than normal...no sign of an oil leak so does it need a new engine, fixing or can you get something to seal it up and stop the engine leaking oil?
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Re: Help on a Zafira A
« Reply #38 on: 13 November 2011, 18:47:19 »
clean the breather box and pipes, these engines are known for high oil usage though, some use a litre on 100miles and a few use it in 500 miles!! vaux say its normal lol
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Re: Help on a Zafira A
« Reply #39 on: 14 November 2011, 08:18:52 »
High oil consumption on them is down to poor servicing, the oil control rings get gummed up and can then cause the compression rings to fail.

Sometimes a powerful engine flush can help (followed by the required cleaning of the oil pickup)
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Re: Help on a Zafira A
« Reply #40 on: 17 November 2011, 19:12:35 »
Garage checked and there is no compression on cylinder 1...I guess the compression ring has already failed??...is this a head off fix?
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