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Re: Vauxhall dealer Killed my Car!
« Reply #90 on: 16 November 2006, 21:15:38 »
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You really do not want to know....

Oh go on, i really do.....
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Re: Vauxhall dealer Killed my Car!
« Reply #91 on: 16 November 2006, 21:17:32 »
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You really do not want to know....

Oh go on, i really do.....
Several thousand for the unit, several hundred for the CANdi, and over a thousand a year for TIS subscription....
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« Reply #92 on: 16 November 2006, 21:21:35 »
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Several thousand for the unit, several hundred for the CANdi, and over a thousand a year for TIS subscription....

 :o Wow! Think i'll buy a couple then!  ;)
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« Reply #93 on: 16 November 2006, 21:26:56 »
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i read that a tech2 can do a compression test on the cylinders

 :o

Now that would be impressive. But I suspect it can't  :-?

Apparantly it can.....ive read up a bit on tech2....to see i can justify buying one  :-/
You can put in a mode where it increases the idle revs (hence why i said in earlier post i should be easy for it to control the idle revs) to about 1000rpm iirc then it shuts offs one injection valve at a time....and revs should drop by 100rpm on each cylinder it does it on, if compression is ok (think this might have been for a v6 tho  :-/ )....i remember from what i read that revs might drop by another 50rpm if cooling fan cuts in......this reading came from a prog that i dont have  ;)
Ah, right, so can't tell you compression, but hints that compression is OK?

If you are thinking of getting one, you need more than Tech2.  To authorise it to do certain stuff, you need a valid subscription to TIS complete with valid Vx registered dongle.  For your Veccy-C, you also will need a CANdi lead...

Well yes...i guess so.....doesnt tell you the compression figures....but assumes if engine revs drops by 100 rpm you should have about right compression on each cylinder......tech2 + other stuff would be nice....but ive got to buy another car....prolly another VeccyC by Jan so this will b4 tech2....tho i will prolly go for eml327 in the meantime  :-/
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Re: Vauxhall dealer Killed my Car!
« Reply #94 on: 16 November 2006, 21:57:57 »
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I think that the fully loaded ones are about $6,500 + tax in the states.
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Re: Vauxhall dealer Killed my Car!
« Reply #95 on: 17 November 2006, 19:29:57 »
Had a call from Rock earlier, sounds like good news :)

I'm sure he'll be along shortly to give the full story, but looks like a few things that had to be changed.
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Re: Vauxhall dealer Killed my Car!
« Reply #96 on: 17 November 2006, 21:02:30 »
Yep, i haven't picked the car up yet but apparently its now all done and running like a dream again....

Here's what fixed it..

1) Replacement coil packs for banks 1 & 2.
2) Replacement Throttle assembly (including the electric dbw stuff)
3) Replacement Air flow sensor.

Coil packs apparently solved misfiring.
Tech2 was unable to control throttle, and replacing the throttle assembly solved this.
After replacing the throttle it was still not behaving 100% but ALOT better than previously. They changed the air flow sensor on a bit of a guess and it fixed it.

Now all running perfect, and no new fault codes being stored. Not sure why no fault codes were being stored for air flow but am just happy its running again.

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Re: Vauxhall dealer Killed my Car!
« Reply #97 on: 17 November 2006, 21:31:44 »
Thats good news  :y
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Re: Vauxhall dealer Killed my Car!
« Reply #98 on: 17 November 2006, 22:25:42 »
Good that you solved it!  Always hard when more than one thing is wrong.  Don't worry about MAF codes.  They always die without codes, not just VX either.  Only way to check is to read g/s during a thrash around the block.
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Re: Vauxhall dealer Killed my Car!
« Reply #99 on: 17 November 2006, 23:41:44 »
It seems to me that you have a problem with coil packs for banks 1 & 2, the throttle assembly, and the air flow sensor - I would change all three.
Oh, you've just done that and it all works now? So I was right all along!

 ;D ;D ;D

Glad it's sorted mate!  :y






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Re: Vauxhall dealer Killed my Car!
« Reply #100 on: 18 November 2006, 12:48:47 »
Judging by the fact Rock hasn't posted this morning (he was picking up earlier today), I imagine he's out enjoying his Omega :)
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Re: Vauxhall dealer Killed my Car!
« Reply #101 on: 18 November 2006, 19:22:32 »
Glad you got it sorted Rock. Thank god (or whoever you pray to in Omegaland) you didn't take my advice and start thrashing 3 kinds of s**t out of the cats. That WOULD have been an expensive mistake :-[
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Re: Vauxhall dealer Killed my Car!
« Reply #102 on: 19 November 2006, 15:16:28 »
Yes i picked the car up yesterday morning and i have been out enjoying it. It feels better than it ever has :)

Thanks to everybody for the advice, general comment, and moral support!  :y
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Re: Vauxhall dealer Killed my Car!
« Reply #103 on: 19 November 2006, 15:22:51 »
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Yes i picked the car up yesterday morning and i have been out enjoying it. It feels better than it ever has :)

Thanks to everybody for the advice, general comment, and moral support!  :y
Really pleased its all sorted at last :y

Shame about the cost though  :'(
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Re: Vauxhall dealer Killed my Car!
« Reply #104 on: 19 November 2006, 18:15:41 »
Enjoy  :y
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