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I was told that with a diesel (any make) to tick it over with the cooler cap off to look for a steady supply of bubbles rising in the cooler tank as a sign of head gasket leak/blow I also read that with vauahall petrol cars if cooler caps leaks with age it will cause air in the system and various pr...

The good news is itis a very common fault and the first place to look and he usual solution is simple. With both Cav and Vectra dirt/leaves etc block up the drains at the exteranl bottom of the windscreen near the wiper arms and wiper motor etc. So we start by looking at the vent/drain/grid each sid...

My CDX is sorn under a tree so i had better use a car cover. But I find the universal size of car cover i get told to use on my 95 cav cdx hatch ecotec is:- 480 (L) x 175 (W) x 120 (H). The original VX manual supplied with the cav when new says the this Cav hatchback is:- 435.2 (L) x 187.6 (W) x 140...

thanks both posts are very helpful.

not many breakers where i live have cavaliers. what breakers is the best for cavaliers ? thanks

As my x20xev cav 95 is parked up, any ideas on the cost of a good standard of body repair for diamond black? While the car is parked up SORN someone has stood next to it and thrown two stones at the rear passenger door and done so very hard, to dent the door deeply for an inch around the point of ea...

has anyone come across the weight of the various engines and also gearboxes for example the MG midget clubs know the exact weight of engines and boxes and potential swap options so most alternative engines for a midget weigh for example 216lb (k seriies) to 272lb (fiat) without gearboxes. i be inter...

we have x20xevs 1) is the ecu wired as a normal x20xev and if so are there any codes? 2) carefully take the spark plugs out one by one and compare the colour of each is all the same?? if cylinder 4, or 3, or 3 and 4 area different colours tothe rest, it may be coolant leaking intothe cylinder as the...

has anyone any tips about chosing the size for a car cover for a cav hatch 1995

on the internet and ebay sizes vary so much and i wonder if the cover willl be blown off in the wind.

do the covers in the photo have a soft lining not to scratch the paint?

and if they are used outside in the open air, what are they like if the wind gets up

i have my cav parked up outside and want to protect it

halfords sell these ariels for 37p by me, but i decided singing it is

I reckon the biiggest draw back of a cav is the road tax. It seems to now be suggested from many sources that the coalition govenment intends (so not certain until it happens) to get rid of road tax by the next general election in May 2015 two years time. The december 2012 edition of car mechanics m...

thanks Plantec. Using the cam sensor swapped off the parked up vectra, the cav is running great. the stall or chug as it was going has stopped. The ECU light comes on about three seconds after starting and if I switch the key off and on too fast for it to stall, the ECU light goes out and stays for ...

Thanks plantec. I had a cam sensor on our x20xev vectra that is parked up, and so did a quick swap. The only question is that from what you said the pointer on the cam belt tensioner pulsates something like once a second, rythmically to the movement of the cam belt by about 1mm or 2mm at teh sharp e...

At the moment I have the cav parked in a place where it is not easy to work on he car. I took the air filter box, alt drive belt and cam belt outer cover off to look at the cam belt. The cam belt kit looks very good indeed withe tensioner needle at 9 out of 10 in the gap in the exact place it should...

Would anyone know the latest views with the quality of Motaquip, Gates and Quinton Hazell timing belt kits ? I would not have used these when I bought the cavalier in 2003 as these makes were regarded as inferior for such a serious job. For example Would the rollers be of cheap quality/ Would not wa...

Thanks plantec, my mistake i meant to say 92 cam sensor. It sometimes throws up a 19 code as well but i think that is the usual belt flex. The belt tensioner would make sense. The dealer put a new one on in either April or August 2003. I bought it Sept 2003. done 40k miles since i bought a new cam b...

As we are aware an EML coming on or getting a fault code, does not mean the sensor has failed but the signal has failed and so the fault code could mean the wire has failed, the sensor has failed or or another fault. I have a cavalier CDX 1995 with an X20XEV engine. On the X20XEV there is a well kno...

thanks for the replies. Yes - the Rover swipe makes me happy. These Rovers did not sell well when new, or second hand. So when looking for a quick bargain they can be great. The more rover swipes the cheaper these cars get. I got this one, - a clean 1999 model with 100k miles goes great, averages 45...

i think you are right on all of what you say. I understrand the 10 40 oil will go in diesel but it is wise to check more widely for using in the rover, so that why I am posting in case someone knows, maybe from doing it themselves i read somewhere that the rover diesel engine in the 400 in late 1990...

the diesel is the old perkins but with a 1990s update to the design, so it does not use fully synthetic. 15 40 is recommended by the manufacturer and 10 40 used by those who know about running these engines. i just need to check any adverse effect of GM semi 10 40 meant for petrol engines going in t...

A releaviue needs to change his oil asap and a bit skint (or just tight) . Does anyone know if it is safe to put my GM semi 10 40 oil in his 1998 rover 2.0 diesel (turbo)? He drives the rover TD as he was driving an X20XEV lpg factory fitted by GM koltec, but as he too often drives screaming the rev...

thanks for all the replies, will gve it a go next week

Do you reckon it is legal to carry those cheap light six foot square fence panels on a cav roof? Using the GM roof bars. The over hang on each side I am wondering about. A cav is 5 feet 6 inches wide so tayts ounds not so bad, but that is includng the mirrors so six feet may look a bit of a big over...

i reckon the 1.6 is the best cav, snd both of my 1.6 were brilliant on the motorway. i drove my 1989 cav around europe in 1993 and found it would averaged 35mpg at around 100 mph and keep that speed easily. and bought it on 70,000 miles and never needed to even take the head off that engine, was 190...

i looked at this as we have had LPG factory fitted vectras and wondered about swapping the vauxhall factory kit onto the cav. Unless you do high milles it can be difficult to justify, - some say better to buy a diesel as lpg has a high cost to maintain. LPG kits need a service every two years or so....