I have a Vauxhall Astra 1.6 petrol (W reg) that is winding over, it appears to have a lack of compression (but probably just not firing?). Low water level warning light and engine management light illuminated on dash. Tried tech2, no faults logged, still will not start. Any advice welcome.
Vauxhall Astra 1.6 petrol will not start
- Thread starter mark clarkson
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have you checked the timing belt has not snapped.
havent tried cam belt yet going to get torx sockets tomorrow and start stripping front endlaldog said:
havent tried cambelt yet going to get torx sockets tomorrow to start stripping front end
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C
cjbigboy
Is your car an 8v or 16v?
My 1.6 16v had an intermittant fault where it would turn over and over but not fire, here Tech 2 would show up nothing. Later, however a misfire developed and I traced the fault to the coil pack, very common fault indeed.
When I worked at my local Vaux dealer here in N Ireland, we replaced so many of these.
If your cambelt is intact, might be worth pulling your plugs out and seeing if any are sooted up.
cheers
CJ
My 1.6 16v had an intermittant fault where it would turn over and over but not fire, here Tech 2 would show up nothing. Later, however a misfire developed and I traced the fault to the coil pack, very common fault indeed.
When I worked at my local Vaux dealer here in N Ireland, we replaced so many of these.
If your cambelt is intact, might be worth pulling your plugs out and seeing if any are sooted up.
cheers
CJ
Checked cambelt,changed plugs,checked spark put it back together and it started will go with the coil pack if/when it fails again.
Thanks to all who replied.
Mark.
Thanks to all who replied.
Mark.
