About 6 months ago, I bought a Frontera 2.5TDS.
After having 2 VM 800s, I know them well enough, so on hearing this one running at the auction, I bought it.
After buying, there was a lack of power over 2000RPM. A look on the forums, showed that the car was in Limp Mode and that it was probably the sensor on No.1 injector at fault..but could be anything.
I bought a ECU programming kit...which didnt work...then bought another which did....and showed No.1 injector at fault.
£70 and a modified socket later, new injector fitted... interestingly fixing the problem without resetting the ECU.
I wont bore you with the details of the 2 lower ball joints. 6 hours for 1 and 11 hours for the other says it all.
Today, the starter motor nailed.
I have bought a replacement on Ebay (new is £190).
I thought the fitting instructions might be amusing to VM owners here.
1. Undo front prop from diff.
2. remove downpipe.
3. remove offside wheel.
4. remove all pipework, air and water from engine bay.
5. remove front grille.
6. remove radiator.
7. remove intercooler.
8. get someone with very small hands and thin arms to sit in the wheel arch while someone else feeds the socket extension in through the engine bay and guide the socket onto the 2 bolts holding the starter and remove.
9. Undo the 2 cables on the starter and remove.
MORAL?
If you think life is bad...imagine what it would be like if you'd bought a fracking Vauxhall.
VM in a Frontera
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Very easy to say after the event of course.dodgyvinyl wrote:lol.
Because....I saw it at the auction and thought ooooh, its a VM, it wont ever break and I can put chip fat in it.
...wise man say always look at forums before buying car.
All been there now and then.
Chris
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19 Vauxhall Astra 1.6T SRi Nav Estate
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Previously owned 57 800s 2000-2012
Relapse of 1 in 2021 Now Sold
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