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From: Tonyb on 25 Jun 2010 05:01
My son's Corsa SXi 1.2L 02 Reg, 65k is possibly having some clutch
problems. The symptoms are
1st gear very hard to select ?
Car struggling to pull away when loaded with 4 adults ? (but it is only 1.2
so maybe that's to be expected !)
Overheating smell when driving with full load ?
These are my son's descriptions, I haven't driven it myself yet.
Are there any tests we can try to diagnose the problem ?

Thanks
Tony

From: Rob Graham on 25 Jun 2010 06:57
On 25/06/2010 10:01, Tonyb wrote:
> My son's Corsa SXi 1.2L 02 Reg, 65k is possibly having some clutch
> problems. The symptoms are
> 1st gear very hard to select ?
> Car struggling to pull away when loaded with 4 adults ? (but it is only
> 1.2 so maybe that's to be expected !)

In what way does it struggle? Is the clutch slipping or is the engine
simply overloaded? You say it's only 1.2 so is to be expected, but how
is that relevant to a clutch problem?

> Overheating smell when driving with full load ?

All the time while driving like this or just when taking off?
Overheating smell meaning clutch burning, or boiling water or what?

> These are my son's descriptions, I haven't driven it myself yet.
> Are there any tests we can try to diagnose the problem ?
>
> Thanks
> Tony

Rob Graham

From: Mrcheerful on 25 Jun 2010 08:01
Tonyb wrote:
> My son's Corsa SXi 1.2L 02 Reg, 65k is possibly having some clutch
> problems. The symptoms are
> 1st gear very hard to select ?
> Car struggling to pull away when loaded with 4 adults ? (but it is
> only 1.2 so maybe that's to be expected !)
> Overheating smell when driving with full load ?
> These are my son's descriptions, I haven't driven it myself yet.
> Are there any tests we can try to diagnose the problem ?
>
> Thanks
> Tony

corsa suffers from a dodgy mechanism in the gear linkage. you can buy a new
assembly from vauxhall or most car shops (about 35 quid.) it is easy to
change, the first symptom of it being worn out is that it is difficult to
get first. they can wear out in less than 30k miles.


From: Tonyb on 28 Jun 2010 09:51
"Mrcheerful" <nbkm57(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
news:hU0Vn.23814$U%7.6223(a)hurricane...
> Tonyb wrote:
>> My son's Corsa SXi 1.2L 02 Reg, 65k is possibly having some clutch
>> problems. The symptoms are
>> 1st gear very hard to select ?
>> Car struggling to pull away when loaded with 4 adults ? (but it is
>> only 1.2 so maybe that's to be expected !)
>> Overheating smell when driving with full load ?
>> These are my son's descriptions, I haven't driven it myself yet.
>> Are there any tests we can try to diagnose the problem ?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Tony
>
> corsa suffers from a dodgy mechanism in the gear linkage. you can buy a
> new assembly from vauxhall or most car shops (about 35 quid.) it is easy
> to change, the first symptom of it being worn out is that it is difficult
> to get first. they can wear out in less than 30k miles.
FYI, it was the gear linkage which meant that when you select 1st it was
actually selecting 3rd !
Tony


From: Mrcheerful on 28 Jun 2010 14:04
Tonyb wrote:
> "Mrcheerful" <nbkm57(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:hU0Vn.23814$U%7.6223(a)hurricane...
>> Tonyb wrote:
>>> My son's Corsa SXi 1.2L 02 Reg, 65k is possibly having some clutch
>>> problems. The symptoms are
>>> 1st gear very hard to select ?
>>> Car struggling to pull away when loaded with 4 adults ? (but it is
>>> only 1.2 so maybe that's to be expected !)
>>> Overheating smell when driving with full load ?
>>> These are my son's descriptions, I haven't driven it myself yet.
>>> Are there any tests we can try to diagnose the problem ?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Tony
>>
>> corsa suffers from a dodgy mechanism in the gear linkage. you can
>> buy a new assembly from vauxhall or most car shops (about 35 quid.)
>> it is easy to change, the first symptom of it being worn out is that
>> it is difficult to get first. they can wear out in less than 30k
>> miles.
> FYI, it was the gear linkage which meant that when you select 1st it
> was actually selecting 3rd !
> Tony

I wish all the questions were that easy and I got the right answer first
time!!


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