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nsanderson
- Posts: 320
- Joined: Thu Mar 03, 2016 11:30 am
- Astra Model: 1.6T SRi 200 Nav
- Astra Options: AGR seat, winter pack,parking sensors, spare wheel
- Astra Colour: Power Red
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by nsanderson » Mon Jul 02, 2018 9:01 am
Dannyruss1 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 28, 2018 1:40 pm
I had no idea that there had been this problem with the oil
There are various entries on the forum about this but it's one of those widely known (if not communicated to the owners) failures. The announcement that Arcanum Fox let us know about came out just after my car's first service so it's been running on the old Dexos 2 oil for 2 years before the recent swap which was itemised on its second year service.
Seems a lot better since and I'd pretty much always run the engine with the Sainsbury's super 97 RON petrol as it seemed to give better mpg but one wonders if there is any damage already done? Makes me think about trading it in for an end-of-line 2.0CDTi J...
1.6T (200) SRi Nav - Power Red, AGR seat, winter pack, parking sensors, spare wheel,
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Reading Steve
- Posts: 5
- Joined: Wed Jun 27, 2018 3:28 pm
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by Reading Steve » Thu Jul 05, 2018 12:06 pm
Picking up car from Eden Reading lunchtime. Quite a quick turnaround from them. Let's hope it all works like new.
Will let you know.
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Reading Steve
- Posts: 5
- Joined: Wed Jun 27, 2018 3:28 pm
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by Reading Steve » Thu Jul 05, 2018 2:10 pm
So far so good.
Clutch required new slave cylinder.
Five mile drive to work fine. Hoping it's going to be a little less thirsty than before.
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Dannyruss1
- Posts: 69
- Joined: Sun Jul 17, 2016 9:25 pm
- Astra Model: Astra K 1.4 Energy 100hp 5 door
- Astra Options: On Star
- Astra Colour: Power Red
- Location: Halesowen West Midlands
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by Dannyruss1 » Thu Jul 12, 2018 11:05 am
@nsanderson
i havent been made aware of any oil problems, it is only reading about it on this page. I am sorry to hear what you have all experienced.
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