Noise from engine. May be high oil pressure.

[Shaben]

Hi, I ve got vauxhall vectra sri 07 plate. Recently a light on the dashboard i.e car with a spanner came on. I took it to the garage and they did diagnostics on it but couldnt find the fault. The engine is making quite a loud noise so they recommended me to change the camp belt as the car has done 51000 miles. So i did but no luck. The garage has told me now dat it could be oil pressure as it should be 1.4 but mine is 4. something. Now he has asked me to take it to vauxhall tech. What does it mean?? Is it serious?? Please help.

[Rebellion]

You'll have to give us a small clue as to which engine you have...

[erni3wi5e]

And elaborate on the noise?? High pitch? Changes with engine revs? Changes wen clutch depressed?

[XPCobra]

Sounds like a blockage in the oil ways, Something will be starved of oil,
Looks like an engine strip or replacement.

[Shaben]

My engine size is 1.8. How much will it cost for engine strip or replacement???

[the-wizard]

Hi, I ve got vauxhall vectra sri 07 plate. Recently a light on the dashboard i.e car with a spanner came on. I took it to the garage and they did diagnostics on it but couldnt find the fault. The engine is making quite a loud noise so they recommended me to change the camp belt as the car has done 51000 miles. So i did but no luck. The garage has told me now dat it could be oil pressure as it should be 1.4 but mine is 4. something. Now he has asked me to take it to vauxhall tech. What does it mean?? Is it serious?? Please help.

It probably means he don't know jack ****!! & he's stumped & don't know what to do next, see if anyone else here can come up with any answers.

[johnboyab]

try camshaft solenoid valves these cause pressure changes and loud camshaft noise. cost 100 pair of e bay done mine twice 130,000 miles on clock. noise goes away above 2000 revs is a pointer to this fault they clog up with gunk.

[vectra ste]

try camshaft solenoid valves these cause pressure changes and loud camshaft noise. cost 100 pair of e bay done mine twice 130,000 miles on clock. noise goes away above 2000 revs is a pointer to this fault they clog up with gunk.

what johnboyab said above

have a look at this post
It's the VVT mechanism.
I have a thread open about it now. One of the the servos have broken. Do not run the car without them, they starve the VVT of oil (the clacking noise), and you'll end up with broken pulleys and bits of metal all over the place. get a new set from VX and bang them in. Takes about 10 mins with the right sized socket... I think they cost about 80-100 for the part.

But do NOT drive the car.

have a read of this post part numbers here as well
http://www.vectra-c.com/forum/showth...No-Power/page3

[C-Owner]

This applies to the xer engines

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"try camshaft solenoid valves these cause pressure changes and loud camshaft noise. cost 100 pair of e bay done mine twice 130,000 miles on clock. noise goes away above 2000 revs is a pointer to this fault they clog up with gunk."

Model Year
2008-2011
Vehicle Line / Condition
Astra, Aveo, Cruze, Wave - Engine lack of power with DTCs P0011, P0014, P000A, P000B, P0012, P0015 or engine rattle noise
Do This
Remove the oil filters from the camshaft position actuator solenoid valves
Don't Do This
Don't replace the camshaft position actuator solenoid valves
Reference Information / Bulletin Number
10-06-04-016

Remove the inlet solenoid, plug the hole to stop excess oil spillage.
Remove the 2 orange filter bands and the black end cap filter from solenoid.
Refit solenoid

[C-Owner]

As above but be careful as yours is 2007 the solenoid thing applies to the 1.8 xer's

Cant edit my post to include the solenoid picture so its here.