Vauxhall Zafira A (1999 - 2005) - 99 1.8 petrol manual - engine woes!

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Mon 13 Oct 2008 14:14
99 1.8 petrol manual - engine woes! - john96
Car turned over but wouldn't start, breakdown guy took it to my Opel garage (Im in Germany). No compression in 2 cylinders, so its an engine out job and cyl head off to have look at valves,(dont imagine motor needs to come out just to get head off) been warned to expect up to 900 euros!
Car is a 99 model, Im original owner, but spending that kind of cash is heartbreaking!!
Its done 110K with FSH, is now the time to get rid, or do I keep it as I know it shouldnt happen again?
Its a 1.8 manual.

Edited by Pugugly on 13/10/2008 at 19:50

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Tue 14 Oct 2008 22:19
99 1.8 petrol manual - engine woes! - hcm
According to a price guide I've just looked at an average '99 1.8 Zafira is worth £1200 to £1850 (private poor to independent respectively.) That's with 90k so take a bit off for your mileage.

Your bill is going to be approx £700.

My vote is get rid of it.
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Tue 14 Oct 2008 23:27
99 1.8 petrol manual - engine woes! - spikeyhead {p}
Is it an Ecotek engine in it? They;re well known for head gasket problems, which would tally with poor compression on two cylinders.

Shouldn't be too much to fix it, perhaps £250 from a good independent.
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