gunk from halfrauds what i tend to use or any other degreaser, let it soak in, get wire brush on sum areas if u lyk and use a pressure washer to rinse it all off, just make sure you cover your electricals and ull be fine.
hiya mate, could i just ask you how much does it weigh if you know??
im not looking to buy the part as i have the same engine but ive just bought myself a lightened flywheel which weighs only 5kg, i havent change them as yet but i just wanted to no the difference in weight between the original...
i love the rat look style :) but it only suits certain cars and i believe it does not suite a vauxhall at all!! old bmw E30's and old VW's look really nice with the rat look style :)
sound no probs, ill have to have a look about then :) cheers for all the advice above people i would click on the thanked button but im not sure where it is with this new layout we have :lol:
ive never thought of insuring it as a second car but that does sound like a really goood idea :) saves the hassle of me using tempcover all the time, will i be able to add my astra onto my insurance which im currently on now, or would i have to start a new policy?.
so im just going to have to take out a full insurance policy for the year to tax my car then cancel it as soon as i have taxed the car itself so i get my money back from the insurance company?? is that the only option i have lol well i could get a trailer, so i can tow the car to santa pod, but...
well basically can you tax your car without it being insured?
my mate told me you cant tax your car unless you have insurance documents with you at the time, my situation is that my tax has ran out on my mk3 (lastmonth), my insurance ran out lastyear as i bought a second car so i dont have...
always think about yourself mate aswel as your bird, so take her out fora nice meal and make sure shes wearing them suspenders you bought her for aftawards haha :)
thats the 4 branch ive alredy been looking at, its the only one i can find lol
cheers anyways mate, looks like im going to have to splash the cash out arnt i haha :)
could just buy yourself a new engine fora couple of hundred quid if your into doing that, gives you time to clean the new engine up before it goes in :) i did same, my timing belt snaped on my c18xel and ended up bending the valves, bought myself the same engine again for £150 and had it fitted...
i have two C18XEL engines, one with the small bore hose from the stat to the header tank and one without the small bore on the stat, at the moment on my current engine in the car i have the stat without the small bore going to the header tank, the car runs sweet like but that wont effect it will...
welcome to he MK3OC mate :)
tell you the truth i dint even no they did a Chevrolet Astra :L
very nice car indeed mate and a good buy!! looks really clean on the inside, outside and under the bonnet!! have you got any plans for the car??
the only difference in the engines is that of the EGR valve, which reduces the C18xel to 115bhp, you can block the EGR valve on the c18xel by taking it apart and covering it up with a gasket and in theory, your car should gain 10bhp. my car is a c18xel but for some mad reason i have not got a...
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