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The colour of the car is a matt finish, not metallic. I would have called it a dark heather colour. It does need a clean though. pass, confused now, are you sure it's not rusty, lol One thing the Cavalier had which drove hubby mad was a really bad water leak. Every time there was heavy rain, the fo...

Dieselicious wrote:

p.s. Suprised it's not one of the larger relays if I'm honest.

I don't honestly know if the control unit switches another relay, just that I never experienced another issue with one

Will check temperature sensor, as that would explain it's lack of interest easiest place to start (would a faulty control unit not throw the light on perminently, it could, but the ones I have seen have been a brief flash as I said above whilst incorrect temp readings leave it happy as larry.....) ...

Front undertray? It's a proper boot liner to be precise Andrei. But you started talking about it as a reply to an ebay link for undertrays, as if that was what you were using, pmsl. I'm only messing, I do tend to be a bit of a pi**taker, but I mean nothing by it. People tend to get used to it after...

I'm sure I can hear each of the relay clicking, so will have a hunt for the control unit! Cheers Anything that normally makes them fail do you know? Seen a few of the control units themselves fall over, they are the bit that has the timer function in them. Seen a couple of dodgy temp sensors, not a...

Do Cavaliers and Vectras have poor heaters? . Flushing heater matrix often helps, blocked pollen filters can reduce effectiveness badly too. Hi. Yes. It is the same colour Unlikely on an 'R' plate to be exactly the same colour. Purpley colour that changes according to light on an early Vectra is mo...

Oh!, I am so fu**ing jealous now! I had a Viceroy in the early '90s,, which for those who don't know was midway between the Carlton and Senator. I really wanted one of these but couldn't insure one back then. I saw some nice ones and some equally really bad ones through the dealer over the years. A ...

hmmm, reminds me, I have a full set of Capri Recaro's lurking somewhere.

dave wrote:
What have i missed in my absense?

Andrei is using a front undertray as a boot liner and has fallen head over heels for a Hella grill! Other than that I've no idea because I dunno how long you been gone, lol.

Been a while. IIRC there is a control unit on the drivers side kick panel high up above the central locking control unit. There is also a temp sensor for the system, I think it was in the stat housing, one of the type with a little trailing wire attached. Assuming the bulb is ok and you have checked...

cavy130sri wrote:

droofer wrote:classic minis are the dogs, had about 30 of them!

that's some record of owning 30 of them surely.

he's a trader, he's had about 30 of everything at some time, lol

Excessive crankcase pressure, usually caused by blocked breathers. If all the breather pipes are clear, including the unions and the full run of pipework, and the gauze in the cam cover is properly clean then it's major engine work. Either head or rings.

nice clean one

rescued a guy with a broken throttle cable in the car park one night

Cavalier342 wrote:Oh is it? Didn't know that. I guess there were two names for it then.

possible they used an old colour and gave it a new name, vauxhall had a habit of doing that, but I always new that colour as nordic blue

Cavalier342 wrote:Thats what i'm hoping for. She hasn't lost any height, and the spring has broken at the bottom, where you can't see, so would they still notice it or not?

If you are really lucky they won't see it then, think I'd give it a go on that basis

Cavalier342 wrote:...China blue...

Nordic blue

Cavalier342 wrote:Hoping i can get my auto through with a broken front spring.
Andrei.

Only if the tester is a muppet, instant fail I'm afraid

LadyK wrote: Why is it that cars ALWAYS break down in the most awkward of places and usually on the coldest, wettest, darkest night of the year.

Dunno, but if you find out please do share the secret because you'll save me getting wet and cold in the dark this winter. I am an RAC night patrol, pmsl.

Cavalier342 wrote: Should be a very rare show car once i've done the work.
Andrei.

Nordic blue was one of the most common fleet colours in the day. Most cars in that colour will have been knackered within the first ten years, so indeed, it is likely to be a rare car. Good luck with it.

lucas dist caps (black) suffer minor leakage at the back of the king lead terminal that gives crappy idle, replace with bosch. (90442358 from memory?) as Robsey says, carbs are a bit ropey when they get old, but at least you have a manual choke conversion. cambelt a tooth out retarded can make induc...

...my Mark 1 Cavalier had his engine cooked several times, but kept on going (I now suspect he had head gasket trouble, Mk1 suffered cracked heads to a point, quite possible that was the problem . Pre-Vectra, a Vauxhall was a tough, reliable creature. Build quality went a little west around that ti...

Dieselicious wrote:I attend a monthly meet down in Kent with the Autobahnstormers. Location: The Vauxhall Inn

Tonbridge?

I've never not known an 1800 not to kick over eventually unless it was seized solid or there was a hole in the block.. even with 2 pots out on my last engine it fired over (lumpy as hell but ran). I have, when they've been cooked properly they sound like the cambelt is broken, 'wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...

Cavalier342 wrote: Nowt wrong with vectras

not strictly true, pmsl