Help wanted to keep my cavalier back on the road

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Ruffysethos
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Help wanted to keep my cavalier back on the road

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Hiya. One of my 2 cavaliers that are on the road decided that it wanted to dump it's coolant in the fast lane and before i could get to hard shoulder it overheated. Being an auto I had to keep going till I could get to hard shoulder as happily they decided to have loads of roadworks. Any way I neef a C1.8NZ engine as mine now cattle trucked. My cav is a L plate auto and I'm in West sussex. Any help please. I now only have one cavalier on the road unhappy days. Still got my nova and astra g to use. Please help cheers.
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Cavalier342
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Hi, sorry to hear about your troubles.

Have you inspected the engine block or had it inspected by a mechanic? Could just need a new head gasket and a few other bits and pieces, it could well be less expensive and easier to repair rather than replace as these blocks are usually bullet proof.
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James McGrath
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Re: Help wanted to keep my cavalier back on the road

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Sorry to hear the bad news.
Likely the 1.8 is a pretty common engine that was also used in the Astra. Have a look on some of the big scrap yard websites like 247 spares they might have a few.

Alternately, this might be the time to consider an upgrade to a C20NE. If you have to change the engine anyway then it's worth considering.
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