report after 3 days of being a VTR owner: issues

1. Daniel09 Established Member Joined: Jul 2009 N.wales! Posts: 1024 slammed VTS

   #1 12th July 2009, 22:10

   owned my VTR a few days now, when i took it on a test drive the car itself was amazing with no problems
   
   now i have been able to put the engine to the test i noticed a few little issues..
   
   1: im getting little jerkes every no and then, when hard driving i dont get them at all, but for exaple im in 4th and drop below 30, before changing the car gerks randomly.
   
   2: should i be able to hear the gear linkage so loudly? lol..
   i know on some cars this is common
   
   Thanks guys
2. raunchz Saxperience Addict Joined: Jul 2005 Solihull / Bournemouth Posts: 14233 2015 Lapiz Blue Golf R

   #2 12th July 2009, 22:16

   Drop below 30 in 4th, sounds like you just need to either press the clutch or preferably change down to 3rd/2nd.
   
   Gear linkages aren't normally noisy but you can hear them with the engine off if you change gear
3. Daniel09 Established Member Joined: Jul 2009 N.wales! Posts: 1024 slammed VTS

   #3 12th July 2009, 22:20

   you can hear the selector changing from gear to gear, u cant when u put your foot down lol
4. coleman258 Established Member Joined: Nov 2008 Eastbourne Posts: 2474 Astra van daily Black Saxo VTR 16v'd kent PT51

   #4 12th July 2009, 22:37

   sounds fine to me
5. Daniel09 Established Member Joined: Jul 2009 N.wales! Posts: 1024 slammed VTS

   #5 12th July 2009, 22:43

   yh i got a mate with a mk1 blaacktop and his is the same..
6. stingray1987 Regular Poster Joined: May 2008 Stoke on Trent Posts: 421

   #6 12th July 2009, 23:19

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Daniel09 owned my VTR a few days now, when i took it on a test drive the car itself was amazing with no problems now i have been able to put the engine to the test i noticed a few little issues.. 1: im getting little jerkes every no and then, when hard driving i dont get them at all, but for exaple im in 4th and drop below 30, before changing the car gerks randomly. 2: should i be able to hear the gear linkage so loudly? lol.. i know on some cars this is common Thanks guys

   lol i crashed my vtr and i had little problems with it but in genral it was a good car.
   all my mates have corsa's so fort ill have one as they must be good as some of them swear by them.
   1st day engine light come on
   2nd day garage said bit of metal out the engine are blocking the egr vavle so had new one
   3rd day new egr valve gets clogged with bits of metal out the engine again.
   4th day get the egr valve blocked off so crnt break again so now whenever i give it some the light comes on slowing the car down.
   
   now noticed a full tank of petrol will only do me 150miles of slow driving.
   4 garages have said to figure it out they need the inlet and exahust manifolds off to see where the bits of metal coming from and might cost more than the cars worth to fix but as ive just lost my job i crnt afford to get rid either lol
   
   so cheer up mate cud be worse. i think the saxo was a very very good car and i had nowhere near as much trouble with it as this stupid corsa.
   
   
   give her a nice service and check the tappets are all adjusted corecty also might be worth checking your timming is correct as i did a service then had the tappets and timming belt done at same time and one of the 3 sorted it lol. good luck mate
7. Daniel09 Established Member Joined: Jul 2009 N.wales! Posts: 1024 slammed VTS

   #7 12th July 2009, 23:29

   hey sorry to hear about your problems
   
   yeah shes a beauty, the wierd this is i have just downgraded from a clio 1.2 which had assised braking ABS all the works of a new car.. but still it dosent compare to how light and raw the saxo is... where as the clio just used to glide.. you can really feel the road in the VTR
   
   and for a smaller sized 1.6 the engine has soo much punch in it..
   
   i think ill spend a few hours in the engine bay 2morow, and give her the good old once over
8. stingray1987 Regular Poster Joined: May 2008 Stoke on Trent Posts: 421

   #8 13th July 2009, 00:11

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Daniel09 hey sorry to hear about your problems yeah shes a beauty, the wierd this is i have just downgraded from a clio 1.2 which had assised braking ABS all the works of a new car.. but still it dosent compare to how light and raw the saxo is... where as the clio just used to glide.. you can really feel the road in the VTR and for a smaller sized 1.6 the engine has soo much punch in it.. i think ill spend a few hours in the engine bay 2morow, and give her the good old once over

   yeah they are mint little cars.
   yeah give her a service changing the oil/filter ect. and check the tappets and timming are set up corectly and ull be on a winner