£140 for new rear brake discs, brake pads and hand brake shoes. Fitted them myself.
£30 for rear suspension arm links, fitted them myself.
£60 for a new clutch master cylinder, fitted it myself.
£120 for new front wheel bearing, fitted it myself.
£5 for new micro-switch for the wiper motor. I took the wiper motor apart and fitted it myself. Vauxhall will not sell you this part or do the work for you. They will sell you a new motor for £300 plus fitting.
Failed clutch £1000, sourced the parts myself and got the local garage to do it. Biggest saving was the flywheel, got one on ebay (LUK) for about £110, what a bargain. These are £800 from Vauxhall. Even LUK from a motor factors is usually around £250 to £300.
Car hit in rear outside our house, other driver did a runner. £350 excess, £400 for sorting out rust on tailgate and re-painting it and rust on drivers door and re-painting it.
£2000 for engine repairs after a collapsed bearing on a rocker-arm. A very common fault on the 2 litre diesel. One of the heater plugs had also failed, they could not get them out of the cylinder head so the head had to come off. Another common problem on the 2 litre diesel. Plus insitue they are almost impossible to get to.
£100 for new EGR valve, fitted it myself.
£12 for failed wiring plug to throttle body, soldered it on myself. Another common fault on the 2 litre diesel.
£100 on 2 air conditioning refills.
£20 for new air conditioning seals, changed them myself. Bolt corroded into air conditioning condenser. Could not get it out and eventually snapped. £98 for new condenser from Euro Car Parts. Fitted it myself and then £50 for yet another air con refill.
£55 for new front suspension arm. Got it when Euro Car Parts had a 55% sale on. Not fitted yet.
£20 for front brake calliper overhaul kit. Not done it yet. The seals are all split, so if it is not done soon the pistons will seize up.
I have never known a car need so much work in such a short space of time.
Needless to say we have now run out of money.
Edited by: Timbo
£30 for rear suspension arm links, fitted them myself.
£60 for a new clutch master cylinder, fitted it myself.
£120 for new front wheel bearing, fitted it myself.
£5 for new micro-switch for the wiper motor. I took the wiper motor apart and fitted it myself. Vauxhall will not sell you this part or do the work for you. They will sell you a new motor for £300 plus fitting.
Failed clutch £1000, sourced the parts myself and got the local garage to do it. Biggest saving was the flywheel, got one on ebay (LUK) for about £110, what a bargain. These are £800 from Vauxhall. Even LUK from a motor factors is usually around £250 to £300.
Car hit in rear outside our house, other driver did a runner. £350 excess, £400 for sorting out rust on tailgate and re-painting it and rust on drivers door and re-painting it.
£2000 for engine repairs after a collapsed bearing on a rocker-arm. A very common fault on the 2 litre diesel. One of the heater plugs had also failed, they could not get them out of the cylinder head so the head had to come off. Another common problem on the 2 litre diesel. Plus insitue they are almost impossible to get to.
£100 for new EGR valve, fitted it myself.
£12 for failed wiring plug to throttle body, soldered it on myself. Another common fault on the 2 litre diesel.
£100 on 2 air conditioning refills.
£20 for new air conditioning seals, changed them myself. Bolt corroded into air conditioning condenser. Could not get it out and eventually snapped. £98 for new condenser from Euro Car Parts. Fitted it myself and then £50 for yet another air con refill.
£55 for new front suspension arm. Got it when Euro Car Parts had a 55% sale on. Not fitted yet.
£20 for front brake calliper overhaul kit. Not done it yet. The seals are all split, so if it is not done soon the pistons will seize up.
I have never known a car need so much work in such a short space of time.
Needless to say we have now run out of money.
Edited by: Timbo