Vauxhall Owners Club

Hi Craig, welcome to the Club You're never too old to mod cars (I'm still doing it to cars and bikes and I'm 59) the only issue is how much it costs and how much you tell the wife it costs 🙂 Good to have you onboard!

Sounds like a faulty ABS sensor which is causing the issue. Take to a local garage for a system scan and see what fault codes are stored

My first thoughts are the battery is in poor condition and leading to the faults appearing Worth getting the battery tested with a deep discharge tester to determine the condition and if below par then replace with a quality battery.

Ah I see your problem..... only other way I can think of is to do a continuity test with a multimeter if you can access the bulb and then the nearest connector block but this would involve you checking for power in the circuit first or disconnecting the battery to ensure there is no power going to the meter on the resistance setting Good luck with it all

Yes, it should be fine

Hi Richard.....welcome to the Club let us know how you find it once you have collected it

Well it looks like there is a piece of the yellow plastic broken off so this pipe is probably leaking at the union You can tell if it is a diesel leak as it will smell strongly of diesel whereas oil does not tend to smell that much (unless it is being burnt) I would advise you to go to your local Vauxhall dealership to price up a new plastic pipe (show them these photos) and then either get them to fit it (shouldn't take long) or take it to another garage to have fitted. If it is leaking diesel fuel then do not delay as this can be a dangerous situation if the leak worsens

The fluid should be a power steering fluid such as Dexron2 which Halfords sell a universal Dexron PAS fluid which should be suitable (check with them first) The best place to bleed out is one of the steering rack fluid pipe unions (either in or out and allow to drain before tightening and refilling. Once filled and time allowed for fluid to drain down into the rack you will need to turn the steering wheel lock to lock while someone tops up the fluid as it drops. You'll know you're there when the fluid doesn't drop and the terrible screeching noise for the steering disappears when turning the wheel

It could be that the master cylinder is faulty - leaking between the internal seals. Check also that the brake servo is working correctly by running the engine and switching off and pressing the brake pedal about three to four times and the pedal should get harder and higher up. Hold the pressure on the pedal and start the engine and the pedal should drop down which means the servo is okay. If there is no external leaking of brake fluid then I would suspect it is the master cylinder at fault

It should look something similar to this (but most don't have the small hole in the middle and will cause issues with the EML coming on) Most petrol engines do not have an EGR but it turns out (didn't know this info) that the Twinport Vauxhall petrol engine had two but also they mostly fail due to heat as they are not water cooled as they are in the diesel engines. Eliminating the EGR will not necessarily unduly affect emissions as they were fitted to comply with the EURO emissions scheme at the time (has moved on significantly since) but they were not fitted to any future variants of this particular engine or any other petrol versions. So blanking it off shouldn't be an issue with regards to emissions or MOT regulations.

Hi Andy Has the EGR blanking plate got a small hole in the centre of it?

It looks like the Exhauster which is an engine driven vacuum pump for the brake servo (fitted to diesel engines only)

Worth looking for a local audio specialist who may be able to update the system to allow full function

Sounds like the rain sensor (if fitted) may be covered in muck, try cleaning at the top centre of the windscreen and see it that works

Have a look at the range of units and aftermarket plinths and cable adapters at Halfords

Maybe another member with a Meriva of the same year could photograph their ABS unit? general rule of thumb would be to eliminate the pipes that reach the unit without having to bend them would be correct position

I would use Halfords oil selector by typing in your registration onto their system it lists the oil specs for your vehicle as you have already mentioned you are correct in going by the ACEA specs rather than just the grade (e.g 5w30) C3 is a low sulphur content and produces low ash content for the DPF to sort but this is not applicable to your car, but it wouldn't do any harm as such. It would be worth changing the PAS fluid but you would need to drop the old fluid out from the rack and then fill and bleed by turning the steering lock to lock with the engine running

I think they are 'snake oil' and don't really work. Maybe best to look at different driving styles, easiest way is to find a spot where your foot is hardly touching the throttle....its difficult but its how I drive nowadays, rather than the foot flat down of my youth 🙂

Maybe best to go into the rear light cluster and see what wire comes from the reverse light bulb holder, follow the wire through any connectors in case the colour changes

not sure it will be free but could locate some updates from satnav store at low cost

Feel free to post up some pics of the Signum if you would like to

From what I could hear it sounded like a flatspot on one of the tyres but it may also cause a shudder when driving?

Hi Topgear Astra ....good to have you onboard Any chance of uploading some pics of the car

Well it sounds like you have the fluid bleeding procedure off down to a tee and sometimes it can take an eternity to shift all the air so keep going and see how it ends up If its improving each time then may not have much more left to bleed out Let us know how you get on with it

Hi Morty and welcome to the club Sounds like crankshaft or camshaft position sensor to me Best bet is to get it scanned at your local garage to see if any fault codes come up