hour rule - DOTS

"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69) 04/02/2018 at 05:03 • Filed to: hour rule, dots, Holden, opel, Zafira

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something rarely seen - a Holden Zafira with a working Z22SE motor

FSI > pip bip - choose Corrour 04/02/2018 at 05:09

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Those were reasonably successful in Germany in the early to mid naughts.

pip bip - choose Corrour > FSI 04/02/2018 at 05:19

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but how many had the 2.2? (which was the only engine sold here)

Cé hé sin > pip bip - choose Corrour 04/02/2018 at 05:21

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Probably approx none. I’ve never heard of a 2.2 Zafira, they were usually diesels or the smaller petrols. The newer models hardly sell at all because of the changeover to those crossover things.

FSI > pip bip - choose Corrour 04/02/2018 at 05:28

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Probably not that many I guess. Is it the 2.2 petrol engine with around 150hp?

pip bip - choose Corrour > FSI 04/02/2018 at 05:34

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yes, 145hp if you want to be pedantic.

FSI > pip bip - choose Corrour 04/02/2018 at 05:51

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That 2.2 was the base engine of the Opel/Vauxhall Omega and available in the Vectra, Zafira and Sintra if I’m not mistaken.

AndyG_UK > pip bip - choose Corrour 04/02/2018 at 06:00

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The 2.2 was fine, as long as you had the oil jets for the timing chain checked and fixed (sure there was a recall on it here in the UK), knew a few people who had that engine in Astra’s, Vectra’s and Zafira’s, unlike the 1.8 which could come from the factory with visible blue smoke on start up and hard acceleration. I had 2 cars with the 1.8, a Mk 4 Astra SRi that never gave a wiff of smoke or used a drop between oil changes and a MK5 Astra Elite, that burned through oil at an alarming rate (with only 30k on the clock!).

pip bip - choose Corrour > AndyG_UK 04/02/2018 at 06:03

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i’ve seen that many 2.2 motors crap themselves.

pip bip - choose Corrour > FSI 04/02/2018 at 06:08

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Vectra we had with a C22SEL motor (not sure what the difference was) but we never had the Sintra.

AndyG_UK > pip bip - choose Corrour 04/02/2018 at 06:15

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Probably due to blocked oil jets then for the timing chain, from what I heard it wasn’t pretty when the chain let go!!

pip bip - choose Corrour > AndyG_UK 04/02/2018 at 06:18

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how often did people there check the jets?

as i don’t think anyone out here ever did

FSI > pip bip - choose Corrour 04/02/2018 at 06:22

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I googled the differences and apparently the C22SEL has a timing belt and the Z22SE a timing chain. Maybe that’s complete bogus though.

You can thank GM for never offering the Sintra in Straya. It was a rebadged Chevrolet Venture/Olds Silhouette/Pontiac Transport minivan with minor tweaks for the Euro market and most likely a quick answer to the Ford Galaxy. The Galaxy was co developed with VAG which sold the minivans as the VW Sharan and Seat Alhambra.

pip bip - choose Corrour > FSI 04/02/2018 at 06:23

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yep you’re right. Zafira were chain and Vectra belt driven

Svend > pip bip - choose Corrour 04/02/2018 at 06:49

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Not a great car but for a few years were sold at half price new when the Zafira Tourer came out.

Colleague needed a car quickly and wanted new after some really bad experiences with used vehicles her ex-husband had bought over the years.

She was worried as she had two children (one with a medical condition that required a not so small amount medical machinery be carried and a dog.

She was worried she’d not be able to afford a new MPV of £16,000+ then I found her a new Zafira for £9,495.

As I say, not a great car, but does it’s job and was a great price when that money couldn’t get you a Toyota Aygo at the time.

FSI > AndyG_UK 04/02/2018 at 06:58

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Did your Astras have 5 or 6 speed manuals? What rpm did the 1.8 have at around 100 mph? I strongly consider an Astra GTC as a first car.

AndyG_UK > pip bip - choose Corrour 04/07/2018 at 11:03

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It was a recall for new jets I think, and then was fine unless oil and filter changes were skipped!

AndyG_UK > FSI 04/07/2018 at 11:07

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I think they were both 5 speed, rpm at 100mph would have been a lot, I don’t think I ever took the crappy Mk 5 one up to that speed tbh!

They don’t use the engine anymore now, I think the GTC only comes with the turbo petrol engines and dirty diesels.