SRI 150bhp CDTi Engine - EGR Valve
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Ladies and Gents
I have a March 06 plate Zafira 150bhp cdti. I love it to bits.
But - in the last 12 months, I've had THREE EGR valves fitted by my local dealer (under warranty, of course). I collected it this afternoon after having the 3rd one fitted and was told that I'm not driving it fast enough.
After getting the young lady to explain what she meant, it turns out that I am not driving it aggresively enough. It needs to be "thrashed", and I need to "make it smoke" "about once per week".
Furthermore, if the EGR becomes faulty again, Vauxhall "may" refuse to replace it due to "driver error".
Now then - I think it's fair to say, i'm not exactly a Sunday driver. I don't thrash it round all over the place. It's a 7 seater family vehicle at the end of the day. However, if i'm on my own, on my way to work on the motorway, i'll push it a fair bit rev-wise.
Has anyone got any experience of the EGR valve failing, or, indeed - receiving similar advice from Vauxhall?
Thanks in advance
adam
I have a March 06 plate Zafira 150bhp cdti. I love it to bits.
But - in the last 12 months, I've had THREE EGR valves fitted by my local dealer (under warranty, of course). I collected it this afternoon after having the 3rd one fitted and was told that I'm not driving it fast enough.
After getting the young lady to explain what she meant, it turns out that I am not driving it aggresively enough. It needs to be "thrashed", and I need to "make it smoke" "about once per week".
Furthermore, if the EGR becomes faulty again, Vauxhall "may" refuse to replace it due to "driver error".
Now then - I think it's fair to say, i'm not exactly a Sunday driver. I don't thrash it round all over the place. It's a 7 seater family vehicle at the end of the day. However, if i'm on my own, on my way to work on the motorway, i'll push it a fair bit rev-wise.
Has anyone got any experience of the EGR valve failing, or, indeed - receiving similar advice from Vauxhall?
Thanks in advance
adam
Munter said:
It's been a while since I was on that site. Just found this thread 1.9 CDTi - Have you had a problem with this engine or not?: http://www.vectra-c.com/forum/showthread.php?t=300...
Sounds like a number of people are not so impressed with the CDTi engine. Seems to be all sorts of different problems though.
I love the engine. I think (bearing in mind it's a 7 seater) it's power is superb. It goes like the clappers and upsets a lot of other drivers at times.Sounds like a number of people are not so impressed with the CDTi engine. Seems to be all sorts of different problems though.
The downside is the fact that i'm very close to having my own parking bay at my local VX dealer due to constant EGR faults and most recently Swirl Valves. ALL my problems with it are to do with that part of the engine. I don't notice any degradation in it's power when the EGR "fails", other than the bloody engine management killing the power and limiting me to 3000rpm. Even then, after a mile or so, the engine management decides that all is well, and it resumes normal service for a random amount of time.
I love it and hate it all at the same time. I've got 4 months of warranty left and i'm seriously considering getting something else, but I really really don't want to have to. I just want this to work.
Munter said:
WN3 said:
Bugger.
Ok - i'm coming to terms with letting it go, now.
If I went for a petrol Zafira, preferably a 2.2, but 1.8 at a push, am I likely to experience any EGR type problems there? Basically, are there any similar repetative "faults" that occur with the petrol injection engines?
I wouldn't want to think you are changing a car just based on some blokes on a forum. Ben appears to have a good suggestion above. Might be worth looking into where that engine comes on boost and avoid crusing in that range...Ok - i'm coming to terms with letting it go, now.
If I went for a petrol Zafira, preferably a 2.2, but 1.8 at a push, am I likely to experience any EGR type problems there? Basically, are there any similar repetative "faults" that occur with the petrol injection engines?
I think I will initially write to VX customer services and see if they supply me with information. It seems a bit far fetched to me that because I haven't been wellying the car up and down motorways, I am responsible for the demise of 3 EGR' valves in 12 months. I mean - how do pensioners get on with them?? Light-hearted, yes, but a fair question all the same.
Not having any technical knowledge of the engine, I hadn't considered about the correlation between cruising rev's and the boost. I'm off out in it this morning for a 100+ mile round trip so i'll see how it fairs and report back tonight (7-7 night shift tonight
).Again - thanks.
Finally had a chance to speak to my dealer (VX dealer - that is!). I am taking the car in to them at a convenient time for me at which point they will check the on-board computer for fault codes.
If it reports an EGR failure (as we both suspect it will), they will contact VX and arrange with them for the vechicle to be checked over by them.
My laymans opinion is that the on-board computer is a bit flakey. Anyone ever hear of that sort of thing happening?
If it reports an EGR failure (as we both suspect it will), they will contact VX and arrange with them for the vechicle to be checked over by them.
My laymans opinion is that the on-board computer is a bit flakey. Anyone ever hear of that sort of thing happening?
justin cottam said:
White smoke coming from behind the engine, under all the plastic work so I couldn't see exactly where it was coming from, thing is its only done it the once so far. Should I get it looked at anyway?
thank
Ah - i've had that, too - a few times. Took it in to the dealer, who told me it was the dpf (diesel particulate filter) doing a re-gen. This page on an astra forum was loads of help to me http://forum.astraownersnetwork.co.uk/showthread.p... .thank
I sh@t a brick when it happened first time, but now i know what it is - i can "manage" it.
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