Corsa recall for oil jet

[DIYspanner]

My sister has told me her 01.2023 petrol 1.2 Corsa has a technical recall from Vauxhall concerning an 'oil jet cooling nozzle'.

From what I've seen online, this is a tube that sprays oil up underneath the pistons. Am I correct?

 

[Burnerman]

Certainly that was the case on some oil cooled Suzuki motorbike engines......I don’t know anything about the Corsa though!
John

 

[carmanmemoranda]

Never heard of this on the corsa, but as Burnerman says, it sounds like it.

But if it's a recall it doesn't really matter ?

 

[DIYspanner]

But if it's a recall it doesn't really matter ?

Not really if its an FOC parts and labour c/o Vauxhall. Merely my curiosity about the part, why it needs attention.

 

[mointainwalker]

"
Danger: The oil jet cooling nozzles may be damaged. Failure to cool the crankshaft and/or pistons can cause damage to them and result in the engine stalling. This can lead to a hole forming in the engine casing, causing oil leaks onto the exhaust pipe. This can cause a fire to start in the engine compartment, causing the vehicle to catch fire. The product does not comply with the Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles.

Measures: Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): ManufacturerCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end usersDate of entry into force: 19/02/2025"

Alert Level: Serious risk

Opel/Vauxhall - Passenger car - InfoCons

Name: Corsa, Crossland X

infocons.org

Sounds like it will be a fairly significant repair

 

[Burnerman]

Ye gods
John

 

[ReganAndCarter]

Lots of modern vehicles seem to be liabilities these days. Wet belts, Ford Ranger engines disintegrating, Corsas (once a reliable runabout) with major faults as above, etc, etc. They're becoming too complex for their own good. Maybe some of it is down to emission controls. I'm staying well clear of newer stuff.

 

[Old Salt]

Some of the problems are down to the bean counters too. Minimising the material in modern components, easy build practices but a nightmare to access for maintenance or complex electronics that dont add any practical value but make the bells and whistles look dapper. Flat screens, carplay and such like. Some of them are useful but they are certainly not diy friendly. Electric parking brakes - why? Cant people pull a handle anymore?

My diagnostic will put the parking brake into the maintenance position but it makes life awkward for diy mechanics who don't have access to some of these “tools”.

 

[Burnerman]

This engine must have one hell of an oil pump.....I wonder how typical this design is these days?
John

 

[mointainwalker]

This engine must have one hell of an oil pump.....I wonder how typical this design is these days?
John

I don't know about this design, but I worked for a piston manufacturer pre 2000 and it was not unusual - although more for diesels - to have oil-cooling to the base of the piston. This , however was not pumped: it would have been by splash/scoop to theunderside .

 

[ReganAndCarter]

parking brakes

Is that what they're calling them these days? Must be a seperate one for hill starts.

 

[Avocet]

This engine must have one hell of an oil pump.....I wonder how typical this design is these days?
John

Not really. They don't pass much volume. My old (1980s) Alfa has them. They're pretty small bore pipes. They were first introduced on aero engines in the war.

 

[Avocet]

Some of the problems are down to the bean counters too. Minimising the material in modern components, easy build practices but a nightmare to access for maintenance or complex electronics that dont add any practical value but make the bells and whistles look dapper. Flat screens, carplay and such like. Some of them are useful but they are certainly not diy friendly. Electric parking brakes - why? Cant people pull a handle anymore?

My diagnostic will put the parking brake into the maintenance position but it makes life awkward for diy mechanics who don't have access to some of these “tools”.

Lots of reasons. For the punter, he gets a big cubby box (sometimes refrigerated) between the front seats, where the handbrake used to be. It also means the handbrake comes under the control of the Electronic Stability Control system. In the type approval test, you have to be able to bring the vehicle to rest from a specified speed in a particular set distance, fully-laden, without applying more than a specified amount of force to the handbrake lever. With asbestos-free pads and heavier cars, that becomes a struggle, so an electric handbrake solves that problem. Personally, I'm warming to them. They seem more reliable than any self-adjuster I've ever come across on conventional brakes!