Hi everyone I truly hope someone can help me solve this mystery… earlier this year I bought a 2010 corsa 1.4 manual petrol. Never had any major issues with the car until I tried to drive a longer distance than usual a few months ago. The coolant was bubbling and evaporated entirely and the...

Hi All, Got a weird issue with an old Astra H 1.6 petrol from 2006 that my daughter bought. Warning light on the dash which I took to be the thermostat heater circuit. Bought a new thermostat but when I removed the old one I was surprised to find there was no actual thermostat inside the...

Hi The temperature gauge keeps rising when I am at a standstill and the fans kicks in to lower the temp back to 90. I’ve had it tested and the code is “insufficient coolant flow” We’ve changed the temp sensor in the engin but this hasn’t made a difference... The thermostat is 1-2 years old...

Hi Guys, Its me again and I have bought another Vauxhall :). Its a 1.4 55 Plate Meriva. All is good however noticing its taking ages for heater to start working. We went to london a month ago and it was blowing relatively hot air but it was a long journey. Today at -3 this morning, it took...

Hi, My car shows Service Vehicle Soon message on dashboard. Car was taken to Vauxhall garage where they found code P0597 Thermostat Heater Control Circuit Open. The thermostat was changed 3 months ago and today got a new one. The error still comes up on dashboard. The fan kicks as you start...

Hi All, I’m new to this forum and would appreciate someone’s help. Last week we purchased privately a Vivaro 2012 2.0 with 166k miles. Great van, but have noticed that the heater is very poor. Spent a few hours on it earlier today and can confirm the following. 1. It’s starts and drives fine...

Hi people, my thermostat housing has cracked on my combo van (2008) , so I'm in the process of replacing it myself. I've managed to gain access to it and unplug everything, however I do not have the right tool to take the last two bolts off that the thermostat uses to come off/on. I would just...

Hi I drive an Astra J GTC 1.4 120hp So starting my engine cold I get the message "A.C. off due to high engine temperature" then the temp gauge doesn't budge from 50. Normally it runs solid at 90. But then I got "engine temp to high. Idle engine" and the temp gauge was at 130 (the highest it can...

Hi guys. Having a bit of trouble with my 08 Vectra SRI 1.9CDTI. I have recently changed out my thermostat + housing (genuine vauxhall part) everything ok blowers get nice and hot ect. But still temperate sits at 85 degrees max will not go up any more. Anyway 3-4weeks later I notice after 10 mins...

Hi all, This is my first post here so apologies if it's in the wrong place! I've just bought a used astra active 1.6 and all seemed ok when I first test drove it However I noticed that even on long journeys doing 75-80mph the temp either sits around 70 or drops to 60.. outside temp here is...

Hi all.. I need your help :(. - I'm new to dabbling in cars, so apologies in advance. Astra Mk 5. 1.6 Z16XER. Background: Basically I had fault code ECN217218 - coolant sensor. I changed the coolant sensor in the opposite end to the thermostat... I then changed the thermostat. Then a week...

hello there is supposed to be a coolant rail coming from the inlet manifold running across to the expansion tank, some have referred to it as a degassing pipe. on my car it is missing and has been plugged up on the inlet side, the pipe from the expansion tank still runs to the thermostat and I...

astra coupe, 2.2 z22se.. Sitting with engine up to temp, occasionally heater temp drops away inside car, Rev it slightly (1500) and it comes back through hot instantly.. The engine temperature drops from nearly 90 down to under 80.. I'm not too worried as the engine has never cooked or had any...