Zafira 1.9 Diesel Disaster - in South Africa

Newbie Posts : 3 Join date : 2010-05-03

Hello to this forum

I am based in Johannesburg, South Africa and have had the worst experience of my life regarding vehicle ownership - I myself have owned two Opel vehicles (Vauxhall brand in SA) prior to the 2006 Zafira 1.9cdti

Please visit http://opelzafiradiesel.wordpress.com for the whole story.

Any comments are welcome here but especially on the blog site at the above link.

Admin Posts : 1354 Join date : 2009-11-24 Age : 67

Hi and welcome to vxzoc..

will have a look and see what the problem is..

Newbie Posts : 3 Join date : 2010-05-03

I will be having a meeting with the factory representative at my dealer tomorrow morning - will updare after that.

I sincerely hope that they are going to make an out of warranty repair

Admin Posts : 1890 Join date : 2009-11-23 Age : 46

hi and welcome to forum buddy

hope you get everything sorted

Member Posts : 391 Join date : 2010-02-19 Age : 54

Hello and welcome to the site, hope you get sorted out.

Group Buyer Posts : 959 Join date : 2009-12-02 Age : 44

hope you get it sorted and welcome

Newbie Posts : 3 Join date : 2010-05-03

The dealer has removed the head and two pistons (the cylinders that reported loss of compression).
The Rings, pistons and cylinders do not show any wear and measure within the spec limits.

They are now testing the Turbo.

What I cannot understand is that the reason that they perfomed a compression test is that they noticed blow back through the oil filler spout when the cap was off - my understanding is that the only source of this type of blw back HAS to be via the rings / piston / cylinders?

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