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Subaru ETA
15-02-2008, 07:48 AM
anyone here ever worked on vectras? got one at work which has bent the exhaust valves after waterpump died and caused tiiming to go out the window.

anywho got the head off but need info such as torque settings for head bolts and cams etc. holden are not being very helpful!

also, buy the looks of it you set the cambelt tension with the water pump??? am i correct in thinking this??

its the 2L ecotec engine

any help would be great!!!
psbarham
15-02-2008, 08:00 AM
what year is it? i have a copy of auto data here that should have most of that info in, i know the older 8V engines used the water pump as a tensioner, you need a feck off big spanner to adjust it, quick tip though, take the water pump out first and clean the faces up so it moves easier.
psbarham
15-02-2008, 08:05 AM
hope this helps
Subaru ETA
15-02-2008, 08:07 AM
ill check what year it is on monday but its the 16v engine. i think its like a 99 - 2000??

its getting a new water pump as the old one seized, hence all the problems!

thanks for the info - ill get the numbers etc off it when im at work :)
pitslayer
15-02-2008, 11:07 AM
i know how to sort out squeaky rear suspension on them, but that doesnt really help
Paul Beazer
15-02-2008, 01:52 PM
Random trivia post #33 from Pits!!! :iloveyou: /pan
Subaru ETA
19-02-2008, 07:45 AM
my christ vectras are pieces of ****.....never working on one again!
psbarham
19-02-2008, 09:30 AM
my christ vectras are pieces of ****.....never working on one again!

its a vauxhall/opel, what do you expect. the muppets from luton only ever built one good car and that was the chevette hsr
carlwhitley
19-02-2008, 12:05 PM
I own a Vectra at the minute, but I'm slightly less help that pitslayer :p

Try the chaps on the following forums...

www.vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk

www.vvoc.co.uk

They might be of some help.
Subaru ETA
20-02-2008, 06:41 AM
thanks for that but shes running now. albeit after a **** load of swearing and throwing stuff. give me a mazda anyday!
pitslayer
20-02-2008, 10:39 AM
lol, yeh they are complete rubbish, even changing the rocker gasket on one is like an hour job, as it comes with loads of little o rings to put in aswell.
Subaru ETA
20-02-2008, 10:50 AM
lol i was told by aguy at holden that one came in and went out with a $2000 bill after the rocker cover gasket leasked and put oil through the alternator, and the camseals leaked on the cambelt. less then a year later it was back in for exactly the same thing!
shaun1978
20-02-2008, 10:52 AM
The new vectras are even bigger heaps of **** always in and out of the garage.
pitslayer
20-02-2008, 01:01 PM
is this the way we hate vectras' thread /lol
the squeaky suspension we did on one, took it to a garage who wanted 1200 quid bill i think they worked it out as, for all new bushes in the back....
so we took the rear suspension arms of, bit of copperslip on them, and it was all good, just a dry joint.
saved the owner 1200......
although he then did turn up complaining that we put his front wheels on backwards(directionals) we swapped them over laughing, then he went "wait no, it was me that did it, i borrowed the breaker bar to do it, sorry " /lol