Newbie looking for some Vec C buying advice

**IrishVectra** · 6th January 2012, 01:15

Am planning to upgrade to a C soon and am doing my homework before i buy as i got stung badly with faults on my Vec B.
Im planning on getting an 05-07 SRi with the 1.9 150 engine and sat nav. I know that the egr, swirl flaps and DMF give trouble. I read that an improved inlet was brought out on the later cars to sort the swirl flap issues, is there a way of knowing if a car has the old or new type? Theres something about injector no.3 playing up, what exactly goes wrong with it? And is it a straight forward inexpensive fix?
Also is there anything else to look out for under the bonnet?
Talking about the car as a whole what else should I be checking? Electrics, bushes, suspension, rust etc etc......
My last car turned out to be a money pit lol so dont want to make the same mistakes again
Thanks for any advice!

edit: do they all have 6 speed boxes or only some?

**gibbon7000** · 6th January 2012, 01:24

As with all Vec-c's and signums, check the springs. They all fail at some point

**vectra ste** · 6th January 2012, 23:56

Originally Posted by IrishVectra

Am planning to upgrade to a C soon and am doing my homework before i buy as i got stung badly with faults on my Vec B.
Im planning on getting an 05-07 SRi with the 1.9 150 engine and sat nav. I know that the egr, swirl flaps and DMF give trouble. I read that an improved inlet was brought out on the later cars to sort the swirl flap issues, is there a way of knowing if a car has the old or new type? Theres something about injector no.3 playing up, what exactly goes wrong with it? And is it a straight forward inexpensive fix?
Also is there anything else to look out for under the bonnet?
Talking about the car as a whole what else should I be checking? Electrics, bushes, suspension, rust etc etc......
My last car turned out to be a money pit lol so dont want to make the same mistakes again
Thanks for any advice!

edit: do they all have 6 speed boxes or only some?

injector no.3 playing up

http://www.vectra-c.com/forum/showth...t=63811&page=4

**Critch** · 7th January 2012, 00:08

all vecs coils springs, rear upper control arm bushes.

**GazVXLINE170** · 7th January 2012, 00:16

Throw the wiper linkage into the equation too.

**Critch** · 7th January 2012, 00:19

and alternator

**Barlow** · 7th January 2012, 01:13

I've recently bought a Vec C (3 weeks ago) and looked at at least 7 vehicles in all. All diesels as that's what I was after. Four of them had a problem with the water temperature not reading or reading intermittently.

Oh, and the DMF seems to be a weakness on them from my research and experience.
Thanks god for warranties!

Starting trouble seems to be another problem experienced with some diesels. Dead easy to fix though, I fitted a new Glow plug relay and that fixed it quick smart.

**IrishVectra** · 7th January 2012, 13:17

thanks for the replies guys. Anyone know if all the 150hp models had the 6 speed box or only some?

**GazVXLINE170** · 7th January 2012, 13:18

Originally Posted by IrishVectra

tanks for the replies guys. Anyone know if all the 150hp models had the 6 speed box or only some?

All have 6 speed gearboxes m8.

**Big Sig** · 7th January 2012, 13:27

Also some cars maybe badged and recorded on the v5 as 150's but are 120's and vice versa. The easy way to check is with the location of the oil filler under the bonnet. The 150 is on the right, the 120 is on the left.

Not sure on your budget but have you seen this? - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/08-58-REG-...ht_1444wt_1185

Drove past it the other day and it looked nice, although it was only a passing glance.