Good evening all. My mother in law has a corsa that her late father bought new. He then gave to her before he passed and despite it being a 2006 it’s only done 42k miles. It’s a 1.2 twinport. Starts and runs ok and if you drive it with no load it’s fine, but as soon as you go up a hill or put...

I've had a search through the forum posts, and found a few similar discussions, but wanted some advice for my situation. I've got a 08 Astra H 1.4 Z14XEP with 119k on the clock. Its been burning oil for a while (oil kept topped up and checked weekly), and this week the engine light finally came...

Hello, I seem to have a problem with my Corsa D 1.4 16v. When the car and engine is cold everything works perfectly. Once I drive around a bit for 20 minutes or more and come to a stop...the car begins to rough idle 500-1000 spiking up and down. AT that moment I noticed the headlights were...

I have (amazingly) bought a Tigra 1998 with the X16XE Engine, it's a classic and you know it. Well what you will know is that they are nasty to work on, there is a misfire on idle which sort of clears up on higher revs. The previous owner sold it as a result for ridiculously cheap, he replaced...

Hi all, looking for a spot of advice Recently my '14 1.2 Corsa has started seemingly misfiring in the low ranges, pretty much below 1000RPM. The vehicle shudders and the lights dim for a second. Doesn't appear to happen once you get into the mid range and above though. Any ideas please? Many...

Hello all. Long time browser first time poster so I'll just jump right in. Could be a longish post so be warned but I'd really appreciate some input and help. My mate bought a 2003 Vauxhall Astra MK4 1.6L 8V off a sweet old man a couple days ago. It only had 58,000 miles on the clock. We...

Hi i have an Astra J 1.7 cdti 2011 model. At the end of a 300 mile trip whilst pulling off an major A road the car appeared to be in limp mode. No dashboard lights, it would judder (hope its the right word) as i accelerated, i could slowly accelerate but no power to over take, and going up...

Hope some one can help, I have a 2006 1.3 CDTI Astra H Life Estate, i went out Sunday all well, parked car up when i got back to it to drive off 30 mins later, it sounded like a misfire, it gradulally got worse then stopped Put opcom on there some code show up about my EGR, but this has been...

Hi, My engine management light had came on I carried out the pedal test and got the error Code 030101 which I found out was a Misfire in Cylinder 1. I had spoke to a mechanic who suggested it might be the coilpack and/or spark plugs. I changed these my self for genuine parts, my car does feel...

Hi, anyone able to help? When i rev my car to around 5,000rpm it cuts down to 3 cyls but goes back on 4 after a few seconds but sometimes doesn’t go back on 4 cyls and the engine warning light comes on! Starting to get annoyed about my cars misfire now! New spark plugs New spark plug leads...

Hello! I ran a test yesterday on my Corsa D SXi 1.2 16v and got these error codes back. The engine light has been on for a few weeks which I was told was my o2 lambda sensor but it initially didn't cause any noticable issues when driving. However, my car now has a juddery idle and lack of power...

HELLO I began to do a mini service myself at home in the ASTRA H 2007 3dr 1.6 sxi . All I did was change the light bulbs(from eBay) by opening up the bumper and then I changed the Air filter and lastly the coil pack. I tried to start the car with the NEW cool pack but it did not work at all so...

I hope I dont bore you all with this but basically I bought my first Turbo two/three years ago and now I am about to get rid of it due to an intermittent issue with an engine misfire along with alot of strange issues over the years. Help me please I wanna keep my astra sri! Its a 2005 Astra...

Hi, i have a 2007 1.4 astra that has got a bad misfire. I have the modis on it and it says cylinder 1 misfire. I changed the plugs but still the same. I then changed the coil pack its a genuine bosch and not a cheap after market coil pack, but its still the same. any ideas??

Hi, I own a Signum 2.8T auto. I've been having two lights come up on the dash but never at the same time though always the same symptoms. One is the engine management (sometimes flashing) and also the gearbox fault light. 50% of mornings I start the car I get either light and it runs really...

Hi has anyone come across this before? The car has new plugs and coil pack done prior to this issue, the egr valve was change using a Pierburg item. The car misfires when pulling in gears, hardly ever at idle or revving on the spot, sometimes the engine symbol flashes but this stops when you...

Hi im a newbie here but have always been an active lurker on the forums I have a zafira B 2009 1.6 16v but over the last year she has caused me nothing but stress, first break dwn was march last year, limp mode, cam sensor changed, seemed to rectify the problem, few months later intermittent...

Corsa Active CDTi Mk.3 (2009) Engine : 1.3CDTi Code : Z13DTJ Gearbox: F17 5-Speed No Fault Codes. Hi All! Wife's Corsa is playing up. When starting from cold there is a lot of Black / Blue reek coming out until she's warmed up (the car, not the wife ;). When in rush hour traffic, try to...

Hi guys, I'm not very knowledgeable on cars, so wanted to explain my situation and get some advice on what to do next. For about two months, my car had a problem where it had been juddering when started and it didn't seem to have enough "push" when speeding up. On the dashboard, I had the...

can anyone help with my car? Astra 2.2i z22se. It's developed another interesting problem... Sitting idling, randomly it will develop a misfire when started, sounds like it's only running on two/three cylinders, if I Rev it, it picks up and then runs normally... Sometimes I feel it misfire when...