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    If the swirl rail has come off your car, can this cause any more damage to the car if you carry on driving it like this? as i dont have the £650 to fix it right at this moment in time.

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    Would it not be worth you doing the tap washer fix in the meantime, just out of precaution?

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    Yep, there is a £4.76ish fix on here in the how to section iirc.

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    Anyone have a picture of this swirl bar (in situ on the engine)? I've always wondered what you diesel drivers are referring to when you talk about it.

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    I did mine yesterday using the quick fix, what does the swirl bar actually do? is it supposed to move when the engine is running or only at certain times? thx.

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    It opens and shuts the 4 swirl valves that help to improve performance at certain rpm

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variabl...ntake_manifold

    cheap fix

    http://www.vectra-c.com/forum/showth...ht=swirl+valve
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    Thanks Big Sig.

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    i aint that good to do a repair like that haha, i gues il just leave it till i got the pennies to fix it properly, so does anyone know if it will actually damage the engine or anything being broke off?

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    id also like to no about this how do u no it is broken? and do you get them on 2.0dti's?

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    am on the same boat as u mate, running with it broken but cant afford to fix it esp when car still runs fine in the 1st place. dont think i would be able to fix mine, theres a business idea for someone on here lol mobile swirl bar fixer!! u would certainly have plenty of work by the sounds of it

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