NeilGo's 1.9 CDTi SRi (150ps) 5d (Sat Nav) XP2

[horaa]

Wool trim, nowadays you can't even find a genuine good leather unless it's a spaceship

[NeilGo]

One or two of the jacking points looking a bit worse for wear and one missing altogether! A bit concerned that the seam looks a bit bent out of shape where the one is missing (happened before I had the car) but hopefully the new one will fit.



Had a bit of a search and thanks to @Dog_Book's post here tried the local dealers and managed to get hold of four at a reasonable price and not pay the eBay prices! It's great they are still available and although they were on back order and I only had to wait a couple of weeks. That said about eBay, the inserts seem more reasonably priced so will order some of those.

[NeilGo]

Metal polish, wire wool, microfibre buffing towel and a short while later...

[NeilGo]

Duplicated post in error (admin please delete #84)

[NeilGo]

At the last service and MoT in September, the mechanic noticed a leak that appeared to be coming from one of the heater matrix hoses.

They spoke to the local Vauxhall dealers and discovered that the hoses are no longer available to order but they spotted an eBay listing... fast forward and I now have a couple of replacement hoses.

I've given them a clean and will book the car in soon to carry out repairs and at least they have both hoses should it be necessary to replace one or the other or both.

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[horaa]

Silicone hoses baby ftw

[NeilGo]

I agree with you but they're hard to find unless you know where to get some from?

I think because these are heater matrix hoses and fairly hidden at the back of the engine bay, they don't form part of a normal hose set. I could be wrong but I think you'd need to get them remanufactured which could end up being very expensive.

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[horaa]

They seem to be something different but in reality they really aren't. Cut the clamp from the adapter, slap in the silicone one, if it doesn't fit on both ends you will need to use a adapter(usually you can find them at LPG garages). If the adapter is leaking that is replaceable aswell.
Exemples, the god of cookie tracking is not helping me atm
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/3298...Cquery_from%3A

[NeilGo]

Car went in today to have the leak investigated. Turned out to be just one of the hoses needing replaced (13 119 226) and a fairly straightforward job.

Aircon also regassed - 450 grams had escaped somewhere along the line

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