Orange light (car with spanner) coming on on my 2004 Vauxhall Zafira A.
Took it to the garage that services it for me and it needs 2 new glowplugs and an EGR valve.
Gets a call from the garage to say when they removed the first glowplug the thread came out with it ! Cut a long story short the garage managed to replace one of the glowplugs by tapping a new thread, apparently this took a lot of time to do. Garage is telling me they don't want to replace the other glowplug in case the same happens, the plug snaps etc...
I asked whether this problem was as a result of the plugs being replaced incorrectly....the garage tells me they think they are the original plugs from new (Vauxhall parts) and that this problem is probably due to the fact that the cylinder head is alloy and the plugs aren't (steel ?)...so the mix of metals.
Either way I know I'm gonna have to replace this plug eventually but I guess I need to make sure that I have enough time where I don't need the car (and cash !) if the worst happens....which I'm told could be a new cylinder head.
Anyone else experienced this with the Y20DTH engine ?
Took it to the garage that services it for me and it needs 2 new glowplugs and an EGR valve.
Gets a call from the garage to say when they removed the first glowplug the thread came out with it ! Cut a long story short the garage managed to replace one of the glowplugs by tapping a new thread, apparently this took a lot of time to do. Garage is telling me they don't want to replace the other glowplug in case the same happens, the plug snaps etc...
I asked whether this problem was as a result of the plugs being replaced incorrectly....the garage tells me they think they are the original plugs from new (Vauxhall parts) and that this problem is probably due to the fact that the cylinder head is alloy and the plugs aren't (steel ?)...so the mix of metals.
Either way I know I'm gonna have to replace this plug eventually but I guess I need to make sure that I have enough time where I don't need the car (and cash !) if the worst happens....which I'm told could be a new cylinder head.
Anyone else experienced this with the Y20DTH engine ?