Insignia 2.0 160 cdti issues

[btwellz]

Good afternoon guys and girls.

I have a puzzling engine fault i guess you would call it?

2011 Insignia 2.0 160 sri started to run a little under powered and hesitating/ spluttering few days ago , i thought id let it develop a little as no eml or warning lights on.

Steadily got worse on my way home last night and then cut out. Tried to restart and the engine would only turn over very slowly then stop (i thought dam engines seized) called rac and recovered to the garage. No warning lights came on , no battery light before cutting out and no eml, notice the temperature was slightly above normal. Once cooled the car fired back up with clutch pedal pressed in, cut out when releasing the clutch pedal (in neutral) Once recovered to the garage 1am this morning started and drove all be it with a rattle, mechanic rang first thing and said car started and sounded fine this morning while he parked it in the workshop.

Bit of back ground car does lots of long journeys at 70mph and never had a dpf issue, DMF was rattling a little but not
excessing. No smoking from exhaust and turbo appeared to be boosting ok.

Anyone else had similar issues? what would cause an engine to appear seized but then start again? Injector leak into the cylinder?

If I hadn't had that seized type symptoms id be thinking turbo , also noticed a rattle noise on over run , like a bad gearbox/clutch sound.

Thanks in advance, cars in the garage for now but just wondered if anyone had similar symptoms or experiences

Ben

[matthewp1633]

My wifes insignia had the cam shaft support bearing break up.

It caused a knock and then engine kept trying to lock itself, but they are also known for low oil pressure due to the seal in the oil pick up pipe in the sump.

[btwellz]

Really weird one , thanks for the info , car seems to be running ok with no noises but not driven it anywhere yet.

[btwellz]

Just an update. Looked at the car today and confirm low oil pressure switch off engine came up and engine sounded terrible.

So after some advise? New engine? What’s the fix? Car in decent nic but has 121k on the clock. Cost of a recon engine and fitting? Any advise would be greatly appreciated.

Ben.

[Daywalker]

If you have the low oil pressure warning in info panel then this might help https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXT8WReHzZo . Maybe worth a shot before trying to sort out replacement engine etc etc

[btwellz]

If you have the low oil pressure warning in info panel then this might help https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXT8WReHzZo . Maybe worth a shot before trying to sort out replacement engine etc etc

Thanks. Yeh could be worth a go I guess. Can’t help but think the damage is done though. Car wouldn’t rev out properly so maybe some damage to the crank shaft?

Ben

[RBH]

The engines are notorious for the oils seal going.
It's about a tenner for a genuine seal.

But as it looks like yours has suffered catastrophic failure, then it's a bottom end or a complete engine you'll need.

[rmsNoel]

So how did you fair out, how is the engine?

[btwellz]

Thanks everyone , engine was sadly scrap so sold the car and cut my losers. Now looking at Honda 2.2 and Volvo 2.4 my Vauxhall days are over after 25 years.

Ben