Originally Posted by
P_is_for_Paul
That's everyones war cry when Corsa vxrs are mentioned!
Thorney Motorsport have explained this in depth and it's nothing to do with vauxhall!
"Over the last 6 months we personally have inspected 9 Corsa VXR engines with engine failure and on every single one the failure was on the number 4 piston. On every single failure the car had been remapped by a particular tuning company or via one of this company's hand held ECU remapping devices."
It was down to a certain tuner not mapping them correctly. It's quite an interesting read actually:
http://www.thorneymotorsport.co.uk/t...ing_News.shtml
Really? I know of one that's been at a vauxhall dealer more times than it's been on the road, bit replaced, even big bits like the turbo, then it was diagnosed with the 'piston 4' problem. Once it'd been fixed he sold it, due to no wanting the hassle, and bought a focus st...
p.s, it was totally standard too..