WhatThe
7th July 2010, 10:10 AM
Howdy all.
I just wanted to introduce myself and ask a few questions about my recent purchase.
I’ve just purchased a 2005 AH CD as our 2nd runabout car and wondered if you could answer some questions.
History is as follows
2005 AH Astra CD with 140,000 1.8 (Z18XE engine)
Full service history after 80,000K’s. The service books were started again when the last owner purchased as they were missing. (Ex fleet vehicle so I’m midly confident it was serviced during the first 80,000 as this forms part of your requirement for fleet vehicles but nothing is ever 100% right)
Timing Belt was done at 90,000 (have receipt) as service history was missing so it was done just in case.
The car was purchased for a discounted price with a known transmission fault. It had a reco tranny installed at 100,000 when it suffered the notorious coolant leak however it’s now back with the transmission place as it’s experiencing the following faults.
Symptoms: Car shifts too quickly through the gears to 4th but then doesn’t shift down as you slow down and subsequently stalls most of the time unless it engages neutral at idle. It does however kick down when you’re on the freeway at cruising speed so I don’t believe it’s a mechanical failure.
At first, the tranny specialist was adamant that it was an ECU failure however after further diagnostics on the Tech 2, he’s now pretty confident it’s the TCM (Transmission computer). They are currently searching wreckers and I was wondering what price second hand units are worth?
What are your thoughts? Is he on the money?
And finally, not knowing if the water pump has been replaced (it wasn’t on the timing belt receipt) should I bite the bullet and change it along with the belt again (obviously the belt has a few more K’s left in it). Were the water pumps still an issue on this model or had they rectified them as this engine was carried over from the G series.
How many hours labour am I up for as I’ll probably purchase parts through www.autovaux.com (http://www.autovaux.com/) .
Cheers.
WhatThe….
I just wanted to introduce myself and ask a few questions about my recent purchase.
I’ve just purchased a 2005 AH CD as our 2nd runabout car and wondered if you could answer some questions.
History is as follows
2005 AH Astra CD with 140,000 1.8 (Z18XE engine)
Full service history after 80,000K’s. The service books were started again when the last owner purchased as they were missing. (Ex fleet vehicle so I’m midly confident it was serviced during the first 80,000 as this forms part of your requirement for fleet vehicles but nothing is ever 100% right)
Timing Belt was done at 90,000 (have receipt) as service history was missing so it was done just in case.
The car was purchased for a discounted price with a known transmission fault. It had a reco tranny installed at 100,000 when it suffered the notorious coolant leak however it’s now back with the transmission place as it’s experiencing the following faults.
Symptoms: Car shifts too quickly through the gears to 4th but then doesn’t shift down as you slow down and subsequently stalls most of the time unless it engages neutral at idle. It does however kick down when you’re on the freeway at cruising speed so I don’t believe it’s a mechanical failure.
At first, the tranny specialist was adamant that it was an ECU failure however after further diagnostics on the Tech 2, he’s now pretty confident it’s the TCM (Transmission computer). They are currently searching wreckers and I was wondering what price second hand units are worth?
What are your thoughts? Is he on the money?
And finally, not knowing if the water pump has been replaced (it wasn’t on the timing belt receipt) should I bite the bullet and change it along with the belt again (obviously the belt has a few more K’s left in it). Were the water pumps still an issue on this model or had they rectified them as this engine was carried over from the G series.
How many hours labour am I up for as I’ll probably purchase parts through www.autovaux.com (http://www.autovaux.com/) .
Cheers.
WhatThe….