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One of our local garages has a reputation as the safest MOT inspection garage in town and I am reluctant to change it. However they do not use Dexos 2, they use C3 fully synthetic.
I only do 10,000 per year these days but I am happy to do an annual oil change is enough for me, although the service manual says that a Dexos 2 service interval is 2 years.
To confuse things further the local Vauxhall dealer service centre recommend a yearly, not 2 yearly, service even for Dexos 2, and also informed me that Dexos 2 is fully synthetic. All other info I can find says it is semi synthetic.
Posted by: ChrisKnottIns - 25:th-Mar-2020, 19:52:17 - Forum: Chris Knott Insurance
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COVID-19: Chris Knott EXTENDS OPENING HOURS to help customers
Hi,
We recognise that work and home patterns are disrupted at the moment for many people. So we're extending our opening hours to make sure you can get in touch with us when you need to.
With immediate effect we're OPEN Monday-Saturday, 9am-8pm - an extra 23 hours.
If your renewal is due in the coming weeks don't go online and use a faceless website. Give us a call and speak to a human being who cares about the needs of car club members and enthusiasts.
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best,
Nick
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After a previous post about intermittent lack of power, and having replaced the EGR valve with a brand new one, another fault or previous one now getting worse.
In gears 4-6 if the revs are below 1500 rpm there is a pronounced juddering from the engine at any throttle input until about 1800 rpm but it’s more pronounced in 5th and 6th. I’ve physically checked the turbo and it’s free with no excess play, the vacuum pipes are all whole as far as I can tell, the swirl flap actuator is free and I have seen it moving but only when shutting the engine down. No fault codes found using code reader. I’ve a feeling it could be a vacuum operated type fault controlling turbo boost. Looking for some help from anyone who has experienced this type of fault previously.
Any help greatly appreciated.
Ps don’t have any diagnostic gear other than a basic engine code reader any recommendations for an adequate piece of kit would be helpful.
hi everyone just joined oh boy do i need some help ,just purchased new 30 mm lowering springs ,been told by my local garage they cannot fit as you need a special tool to alter the camber as the astra gtc 1.4 has a renault sport suspension as standard have rang my local vauxhall dealer and they want £285 plus £80 realignment bloodyhell
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best,
Nick
Chris Knott Insurance
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