<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:<hr /><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by speedy:
<strong> <blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:<hr /><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Stori:
<strong> <blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:<hr /><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by speedy:
<strong> <blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:<hr /><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Stori:
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Hopefully with the new GM-FIAT V6 which will use a cam chain, these extremely costly and totaly unnecessary engine failures, will be a thing of the not very pleasant past</strong><hr /></blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Dont bank on it as GM are having problems with CAM CHAINS Snapping eek! eek! on there 2.2 engines and Chain Guides wearing on there smaller engines too</strong><hr /></blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Where are these GM engines manufactured?
[/url]</strong><hr /></blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">They are made in either Germany or Mexico
The main fault is that the journals supplying oil to the chains and guides are very small and block easily
which is`nt helped by the 20,000 miles service intervals on them eek! </strong><hr /></blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I like a car which ends up with grinding paste for oil which is basically what you would get after 20,000 miles. eek! laughing
In Australia the Holden service interval for the imported Vectra 2.2 is 1500km (at no cost) inspection, then every 15,000km( about 9300 miles) or 12 months, whichever comes first.