Sam
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Registered: 24th Dec 99
Location: West Midlands
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... and has a burning smell/smoke coming from the engine after driving?
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Marc
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Location: York
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Sam
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I love my Astra. It's got so much "character"...
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Jason Iles
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Registered: 19th Jun 01
Location: Bristol
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Maybe
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Sam
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Registered: 24th Dec 99
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Once I get the car serviced (and the filter changed obviously), gonna have to get the bottom of the block cleaned - it's all soaked in oil.
Must have been like that for ages, as it looked oily when I bought the car...
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Joff
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Numpty.
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Sam
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It's not my fault the previous owner didn't do anything to it.
I think I've spent at least £500 so far 'fixing' that car in the short period of time I've had it. Be worth it in the end though I think.
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MatthewR
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Registered: 21st Oct 02
Location: Rickmansworth
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state of that! That could be quite serious mate
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leeshez
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Registered: 3rd May 01
Location: Great Harwood, Lancashire
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Burnt ya seals by running the engine dry
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Sam
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I've used like half a litre of 10W40 in the past 3 weeks so far...
Thing is though, if that part has been fitted by a Vauxhall dealer (it's a Vauxhall filter), why is it leaking? I remember the previous owner saying it was serviced in January (04). Maybe it wasn't fitted properly?
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leeshez
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Registered: 3rd May 01
Location: Great Harwood, Lancashire
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Take it back to the vauxhall garage and bollock them for shoddy work man ship.
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Sam
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Can't really as it was serviced by them by the previous owner.
Oh well it doesn't really matter now anyway as it's going to be serviced next month.
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