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Hi welcome to the club @RIVERSCARS Have you tried to get the old one reconditioned? I had a rad pop one winter and took it to a radiator specialist who rebuilt the radiator and came back looking new but using all the old brackets etc.

Hi all I am trying to get a replacement radiator for my ferenza vx90 Magnum 2.3 slanted engine. Any ideas where I could get one please

Hi...welcome to the Club First thoughts are battery - it may be healthy on test but if its the wrong type then this can also cause problems. If you turn the engine over and the light comes on and the steering is heavy almost immediately, then switch it off and immediately try again - if the light stays off and the steering is fine then it is more that they battery cannot provide the power required to work the steering rack and it goes offline. I would also advise to avoid the dealerships as they just fit new parts and hope it cures the fault. If you go to a skilled mechanic in an independent garage that is capable of scanning the fault codes and also measure the voltage at the steering motor to see if it is especially heavy demand (could be poor connection, dirt or water ingress in the connector, etc). Also, they should be able to check the Load and Angle Sensors are calibrated and can adapt it through their test equipment which is an easy job to do. Let us know how you get on with finding a good independent garage that is good at electronic faults

Hi...welcome to the club It's nice to see some connoisseurs like to look at the alternatives out there rather than jumping on the band wagon. The ST is a good car but there are equally satisfying cars out there at a fraction of a price as they are not rated by their badge. I owned a Rover 200LE 'BRM' - a limited edition (795 made for UK market) and it was and still is the one car I wished I had kept for its unique style (google the images of the Rover BRM) and was an homage to the racing cars from the nineteen fifties and sixties. There were many other 'limited editions' available at the time - Renault Clio Sport 'Williams Edition' to name just one - ANYONE ELSE ADD TO THIS LIST? but most of the time it came down to the badge and no one wanted to drive an 'old mans' car like a Rover, albeit not at all standard at all. Good to have you onboard and feel free to pop up some photos of your Astra GTC VXR

Thanks for the welcome and when the weather clears up and I have cleaned the car I'll get some pics

Welcome to the group. Feel free to post some pics of your Astra. And if you have any problems, there is always someone who could come up with ideas.

Hi thanks for adding me My names colin and I own a 2017 Astra k 1.6cdti sports tourer which is my first car . I have to say it is a pretty good car I have had to replace the timing chain tensioner and a few other bits since owning it from January this year.

Hi All, Recently picked up a 2012 Astra GTC VXR. Initially wanted an ST MK2 for the unbeatable 5-pot burble, but reckoned I wouldn't sleep peacefully after I'd researched the sleeve cracking issue in-depth 😅 This led me to the Astra GTC VXR. I've been pleasantly surprised with the overall package and driving experience this car offers. The performance and looks are a killer combo and a testament to a time when manufacturers were fighting to have the hottest hatch, while still letting you plonk a few buttons to unleash the dark side. Glad to be here!

Hi, thank you for adding me. I've only had a Vauxhall Astra for 7 months and I don't know much about cars, but she seemed a gem when I bought her. No rust, ran well, and at 51000 miles, although I paid a bit more than what she was worth as it was from a used car garage, I hoped I'd chosen well. Then, 4 months later, when I drove very slowly, the steering became very heavy. I took her to the garage. I had the battery, alternator and power steering pump looked at and all came back as ok. It's a 2011 car, so he said it's electric power steering, but this garage doesn't deal with electrics. And told me to make sure I take the car for longer runs. One day, the steering became very heavy after being parked for an hour. Plus, for the first time, lights came up on the dashboard: an amber steering wheel, the code 68 and an amber car with a spanner in it. I'd just done a 4 hour journey before parking, so I didn't think it was the battery, but I got it checked at Halfords and they said it was at 91%, so it doesn't need a new battery. I decided to take the car to a Perrys Vauchall garage. After diagnostics they said it needed a new power steering motor at a cost of £1857.25 including labour. I asked them if it's definitely the power steering motor, and they say yes, but I'm worried I'll pay out and then it doesn't fix it. Does this price sound reasonable, and do you rate the Perry Vauxhall garages? A friend said they're not true mechanics, which worried me. Not sure why they thought that. So, can I really trust that they have definitely found the issue? My brother said sell the car and cut my losses, but I don't want to lie to someone, but I also can't afford to sell it for £1857 less, as that's the price of what is needed to make it a truly sellable car. Any help appreciated, and if this is the wrong place to write this, could you please let me know where I should move it to. Thanks Ang :-)

Owned from new - metallic silver with factory fitted full body styling kit + 19in alloy wheels (snowflake design). Additional spare alloy wheel (purchased when no longer being manufactured). 130,000 miles - still runs extremely well. Bodywork in reasonably good condition for its age. Serviced and MOT'd last month. Excellent tyres - all tyres purchased during this year. Genuine reason for sale - running costs now somewhat of a luxury with only doing approx 2000 miles a year - for some years now. Does need money spending on it due to following issues - Offside & nearside inner drive shaft joints severely deteriorated (MOT minor defects) Nearside rear brake pipe corroded (MOT monitor & repair if necessary - advisory) Alloy wheels (which make the look of the car) could do with refurbishment. Panel on drivers door that operates both front windows not working. Petrol cap disconnected from central locking system as solenoid needs replacing. Wiper motor/linkages need attention as both wipers sweep against/beyond windscreen rubber surround. Water ingress into front passenger footwell. Reason unknown - suspect it may be windscreen seal damage/deterioration (not visible) where wiper blade has swept onto/over the rubber seal. Car needs TLC from a Vectra enthusiast who has the skills to maintain it. It would be such a shame to scrap it as 2.0 SRi petrol variants aren't so common these days - the car genuinely looks good. All offers considered. Tel: 07733 359313.

Is it paddle shift as well? if so, maybe try turning the steering to a different direction in case there is a flat spot present or damp/dirt in the connections? Its worth a try and at least you can eliminate that off the list

Sounds very much like a suspension link rod that senses the angle of the vehicle (e.g. loaded or not loaded) and adjusts the headlamps automatically The link is usually located on the rear suspension somewhere and usually made of plastic which is why they tend to break

Hi all hope some one can help... I have a 2014 insignia with the adaptive headlights on my dash it comes up with head light leveling malfunction and service front adaptive light any idea what this could be I've plugged in and had codes done and there no codes at all on the car but got the info page coming up with that message and the warning light for the outo leveling

Wheels removed from my Vectra SRI XP purchased from new, due to firm ride and bad back after 2k miles replaced with 18” alloys. Wheels with low profile tyres stored in garage as new. Any sensible offer considered.

Hiya, Battery is good, and fully charged, after trying to set the gearbox to Neutral manually and setting the gear selector to Neutral, using OP com to make sure its set to N once it has been refitted and the brake is pressed the gear selector makes a noise and switches back to 4th, Looking on opcom I Can't see anything to do with a master reset. I was thinking about getting the selector actuator rebuilt but if its switching back to 4th from N i wouldn't have though anything was wrong with it. Trying to get the box to be in Neutral is a pain, I am going to try again at the weekend and see if I can get any further forward.

Owners handbook is the best way or working through the settings but may be an online version which would be easier to follow

Langfords at Semley are bound to have something there but you will need to walk around the yard to find it - take some wellys with you :-)

Not sure if it is connected but is the battery a good one and fully charged? Again, not sure but is there a master reset once the battery has been changed? I cannot see how it would have changed anything by leaving it standing except for any factory settings which maybe it cannot achieve through either a scantool to reset or record new voltage settings

No other fault codes displayed on the OpCom, We've been today trying to manually center the gearbox selector shaft. However, when we believe it is centered only one wheel turns, when we rotated the steering wheel to the right (fully) one wheel span forwards the other backwards. We have had the gear selector actuator out to manually put this into neutral aswell but when we believe to have them both in a neutral position the actuator doesnt align with selector shaft.

I have a Corsa 1.2 sxi 2914 . On board computer just baffles me ! Is there an easy lnk for the function of this ?

Southampton road closed years ago and I've called everyone in wilts Dorset Somerset and Hampshire

If you're in Salisbury then there is the scrapyard on Southampton Road (near Halfords) Also there is a scrapyard at Semley - Langford Car Spares who seem to have everything there and you can wander round and select what you want

Luckily the Corsa only has 1 wet belt on the earlier fords there are 2 belts camshaft drive and some garages only replace the top one, so when inspected it looks like the belt has been changed, but then the camshaft belt shreds.

I couldn't agree more with your comment about the Ford wet belt issues. Neighbour had a focus diesel, the wet belt degraded and sent particles of rubber through the oil system, thus slowly killing the engine. Ended up replacing whole engine. So yes get it checked out regularly for piece of mind.

Hi there have you tried ebay? Failing that it might have to be a vauxhall dealership. I have found in the past that ebay has come up trumps on a lot of parts. Some can be high silly prices, but thee are quite a few that are decently priced. Hope this helps. Regards AndyR