duggie

Hi been a while since being on here any way lot of conflicting advise about the repair of these High pressure pumps. I fitted a repair kit on my HPP and filled with ATF ran for 2 weeks but with no fast acceleration ( kick down ) but was told that ATF expands and blows seals so i drained the ATF a filled with 75w90 semi ( recommended ) 2 days later i had to boot it (kick down ) spanner light limp mode so i stripped pump and oil seal was forward of shaft and the 3 round seals had pieces missing. Now was this due to the ATF expansion or overfill of the 75w90 oil or both.So now the question is what is the best / correct oil and how much i/e fill bleed then press button to expel excess oil if pressed to much will it empty all the oil out also how to keep the 3 round disc sitting in the correct position on reassembly bit of grease thanks for any info

Hi just removed inlet manifold a lot of oil on intake side of c/head and only oil present on num 4 exhaust port i am wondering if there is a problem with cylinder number 4 any ideas cheers steve

Hi thank you for the reply i am in the process of stripping the engine at the moment i have removed the turbo and found no 4 exhaust port very oily and i thought turbo could spin a bit easier than it does but the outlet of the turbo to the cat is not oily or carbend up at all ?? The oil does not smell of diesel to be honest and its viscosity seems ok i am about to remove inlet manifold when i can and look from that side then i will go for the cylinder head. I haven't drained the oil yet as i cant get the stupid sump plug out i think arnie tightend it lol

Hi if i am not in the rite place to introduce myself very sorry . My name is steve and live in wolverhampton west midlands and own a 2009 vectra c 1.9 estate for my sins at the moment . Not sure i can ask a question here but let me know .Anyway the problem is oil level is getting higher nearly up to the top of the dip stick tube and coming out of the egr valve i have had the injectors checked and they are perfect no faults There is no water in the oil and visa versa / car smokes and goes into a sort of limp mode / misfire after about 10 mins 7 to 8 mile Tried to perform a compression test but fuel comes out under high pressure out of the fuel return connection on the fuel pressure release valve VERY SORRY for such a long 1st post but this is my wife's car and is a key worker so is using my car at the moment have you any ideas thanks steve