AndyR

Hi George, welcome to the forum. Nice to see someone local to me joining us. Hope you enjoy your Insignia. Regards Andy.

Hi there 1micky2. There is a fuse box in the engine bay beside the nearside headlight, and there is also one that is in the glovebox behind a panel on the left. Apparently both fuse boxes contain a fuse for the heater blower motor. If you have the cars handbook, it should show which fuse is the one you need to check. Hope this has been helpful. Regards Andy.

Hi Darren, welcome aboard. A Nova, now that's not what you here much of. Feel free to post some pictures when you get it back from its M.O.T.

Hi there Red Astra, I have just been online and found that you need to set it to 250Nm, or 185 ft.-lbs. I did my wifes Peugeot last year, and as my torque wrench didn't go high enough, I nipped it up as tight as the air gun would go, and then rolled down to my local tyre garage and got them to check for me. Luckily I was spot on. Hope this is helpful.

Hi David, I just went back on my profile and found the member that was having problems with his convertible Astra, and I wasn't far out. His forum account is Westcliffe67. Might be worth a message to pick his grey matter.

If my memory serves me well, I think it was a member called Westcliffe.

Hi there, and welcome to the gang.

Welcome to the forum. Wow your recent purchase sounds interesting. Please feel free to share some photos with the group of this very old classic. It's probably the oldest car in the group ??

Hi there, glad you could join us. Sharing knowledge is always a good thing, I try to help out if i can, but sometimes if I'm not sure, I'll leave it to those that do know. I am more an Astra mk4 person.

Might not be a bad idea that. And get prescription sunglasses, that way I can see in the sunshine, when it comes back.

Just checked DVLA website, and it's registered as green, so it's my eyes that were up the creak. . And it states that it has the 3.6 engine.

In the sunlight at vauxfest it did seem black, and very shiny too. I wouldn't have said green, but my eyes were squinting in the sun.

It is definitely a car to be reckoned with. Do you know if they were ever any other colour than black ??

And there were loads more too. From Novas to Chevettes. And yes that last photo was the genuine article. The Holy grail of Carltons...... The Lotus Carlton.

Hi there, I know its 5 months after you posted, but did you get to the problem of your auto box slipping.? It could be low transmission fluid.

Hi there, yes I did show my car. Don't know if there was any pictures with it in though. Basically you just turned up with your car, and joined on to the field where all the others were parked. It was like a Vauxhall/Opel only car park. It was a pity that there was no club stands though.

Hi folks, Did anyone on here get to Stonham Bans for the VAUXFEST24? I went down on the Sunday, it was a nice hot day, and there were quite a selection of Vauxhall/Opel cars to browse over. Unfortunately they didn't allow any club stands, so not a lot of interaction going on between owners. If you go on the Vauxfest Facebook page, there are loads of photos of the weekend. Andy.

Hi Phil. I've just done some Google searching, and found that it looks like you have to get to it from under the wheel arch. Removing the plastic liner will give you access to the lock mechanism. Hope this helps. Andy.

I managed to get my speedo reading the other day on a special figure. It works out that I've also done just over 2000 miles since the mot in February.

Hi all, hope everyone is shining up their cars for the summer. If anyone is interested, there is a new event at Stonham Barns Park, in June. It is a non club stand event, but you can either do the weekend or just a day. All you have to do is turn up in your Vauxhall, Bedford, or Opel. I will add a picture with details on. Would be nice to meet up with some faces of owners.

Hi Daveyboy, welcome to the club. Please feel free to join in with any banter that you find, and if you have any ideas on how to solve other members problems/faults, don't hesitate to make a suggestion. They will all be greatly received.

Hi Damo, welcome to the club. You have 2 cars that are at opposite ends to each other. Sorry to hear that your Astra is a money pit. I'm guessing the Insignia is a more reliable vehicle.

An update on this fault. It turns out that both O2 sensors needed replacing. Car had a full system check, and only fault that could be found was Lambda sensors (o2). So 2 new ones purchased and now been fitted.

Hi there David. Your fuel consumption doesn't sound too far off. All depends on how you drive too. I have a 1.6 Astra G Auto, and i can get between 40-50mpg. Which like you say, for a vehicle 20+ years old, is good. Mine now has over 230,000 miles on her. Happy motoring.

Hi all, looking for help regarding my daughters boyfriends Zafira 1.8 Elegance. It has had a fault code come up, P0170, fuel trim malfunction. On doing some research, I found that it's a mixture problem. Either too rich, or to lean. What is needed to cure this problem please. Its very erratic on tick over, and when you rev it, the revs are slow to die down. Could the code be the cause. Any advice would be much appreciated. I'm more Astra than zafira. But the owner knows even less. TIA Andy.