Are all vauxhall gearboxes made of chocolate these days?
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Wife's 115 bhp astra J 1.6 auto destroyed its gearbox at 57k,
I have a similar 6 speed auto in a 1.4T gtc
The specialist who fixed wife's gearbox said "if you've achieved 90k with that, you are very lucky.
Various Astra J forums detail manual gearboxes in GTCs being s
t.
I just wondered: Are they all as bad as the reputation that goes before them.
I have a similar 6 speed auto in a 1.4T gtc
The specialist who fixed wife's gearbox said "if you've achieved 90k with that, you are very lucky.
Various Astra J forums detail manual gearboxes in GTCs being s
t.I just wondered: Are they all as bad as the reputation that goes before them.
And having got that fixed. Why the fk does a mainstream car manufacturer like vauxhall seem.unable to make waterpumps that last 90k ?
I mean, the water pump is nothing new or exciting. They should have got it perfect by now.
Mines just gone on my 1.4T astra. Apparently they all do that, and most loose their coolant and get scrapped for head gasket failure.
It's utter ste, if the basics on an engine can't last 200k.
k does a mainstream car manufacturer like vauxhall seem.unable to make waterpumps that last 90k ? I mean, the water pump is nothing new or exciting. They should have got it perfect by now.
Mines just gone on my 1.4T astra. Apparently they all do that, and most loose their coolant and get scrapped for head gasket failure.
It's utter s
te, if the basics on an engine can't last 200k.Gassing Station | VX | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff