I didnt want to mention this but my car is chugging and screeching since lenghty

[turbopete]

join a VX forum , someone will know exactly what the issue is pal

its certain to be a choke/carb issue.

the issue here is that the car is around the same age as the owner, so the owner isnt as well informed on the useage of such cars as perhaps someone who had them 'in their time' would be

 

[turbopete]

Choke.

no its not!

thats the steering column height adjuster IIRC.

looks like yours has the automatic choke

 

[bembo449]

could easily be a stuck choke i guess pete , he could have it plugged into! oh wait . . . . . maybe not . . . . . .

 

[stwat]

Lmfao

 

[Calumcco]

no its not!

thats the steering column height adjuster IIRC.

looks like yours has the automatic choke

It must be the choke, it says so in my handbook/drivers manual.!!! :neutral:

 

[Ken_R]

its certain to be a choke/carb issue.

the issue here is that the car is around the same age as the owner, so the owner isnt as well informed on the useage of such cars as perhaps someone who had them 'in their time' would be

In which case, I'd suggest contacting their local IAM and seeing if someone knowledgable of that era of vehicle could come along on the basis of a donation?

It's worth asking!:idea:

 

[turbopete]

It must be the choke, it says so in my handbook/drivers manual.!!! :neutral:

on the photo you put up, looking past the control to the blue dahsboard, you will see a rectangular shaped panel that is a different texture to the rest of the dash. on cars with a factory manual choke, THAT is where the choke control is located.

the lever you have that you think is the choke, IIRC if you pull the lever towards the steering wheel with your left hand, and try to pull the steering wheel up or down in height (ie towards the roof or towards the floor) im pretty certain that you will notice that this is possible, but with the lever released/pushed back towards the dash, the steering wheel height will NOT be adjustable.

also, the choke control will have a symbol similar to the one shown in the Ebay link below (FROM a vauxhall)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GENUINE-W...uxhall&hash=item5d5c969ec1:g:IIQAAOSwPcVVirf4

 

[Calumcco]

on the photo you put up, looking past the control to the blue dahsboard, you will see a rectangular shaped panel that is a different texture to the rest of the dash. on cars with a factory manual choke, THAT is where the choke control is located.

the lever you have that you think is the choke, IIRC if you pull the lever towards the steering wheel with your left hand, and try to pull the steering wheel up or down in height (ie towards the roof or towards the floor) im pretty certain that you will notice that this is possible, but with the lever released/pushed back towards the dash, the steering wheel height will NOT be adjustable.

I thought it wasn't the choke. I spent ages messing around with it and nothing seemed to be happening.
However the fact that it is listed as a choke in my 1991 drivers handbook confuses me somewhat.

 

[LostKiwi]

Choke knob look like this.
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgu...d=0ahUKEwjb4aGIn7TKAhWpnXIKHZcyDaEQMwgbKAAwAA

 

[nyx]

Hi guys, I really appreciate your offers but I would feel terrible hauling you all the way over here for no good reason, I have no money to reimburse your fuel costs either at this present moment in time and of course a fee for your help so if/when this does occur it will be a while yet until I get my next pay cheque!

to be frank 50 quid in fuel is neither here nor there, without sounding coarse. but a day out helping someone and a nice pub meal on the way home is a win win or me.

 

[Ricardo_e220]

Calum,

Have you asked on this forum, as it comes up with a plethora of choke related threads in google.....

http://www.astra-mk2.com/forum/forum

Also, I know it's winter, but for 4 miles round trip per day would a bike or a pair of trainers not be easier on your bank balance and sanity? You are asking alot of an old car using it for short journeys and in all weathers. I used to cycle to an from work in London 4 miles each way... I'd love to be able to do that now... I'd be a darned sight fitter than I am!!!!!

 

[turbopete]

I thought it wasn't the choke. I spent ages messing around with it and nothing seemed to be happening.
However the fact that it is listed as a choke in my 1991 drivers handbook confuses me somewhat.

the choke is located in the same area, but is directly into the dash, in the panel i mentioned. the control in your picture goes into the steering column shrouds.

in their day, the auto choke on the Vauxhall carbs was one of the most reliable ones we ever came across, prior to Ford swapping to Weber carburettors as standard from the VV carbs they had been using

 

[keefysher]

I'm pretty sure the MkII astra (belmont) had an auto choke. I had a 1990 Astra company car that was auto choke.

The last vauxhall I recall with a manual choke was the MkI Cavalier. The choke control was a rectangular handle that you could get 2 fingers under.

The best thing you can do Calum, is take it back to the garage that did the work. Have you actually spoken to them yet? The longer this goes on, the less likely they will help.

The last car I remember with a manual choke was my brothers 1978 Escort MkII, I had a brand spankers MkIII with the VVC carb, and that never started in the cold / damp.

As others have said, Calum, you would have been better to have bought a later high mileage car. Recently bought a 206,000 mile Mazda 3 for £800 for my cousin for a runaround. Runs like a dream, for buttons.

 

[turbopete]

I'm pretty sure the MkII astra (belmont) had an auto choke. I had a 1990 Astra company car that was auto choke.

The last vauxhall I recall with a manual choke was the MkI Cavalier. The choke control was a rectangular handle that you could get 2 fingers under.

The best thing you can do Calum, is take it back to the garage that did the work. Have you actually spoken to them yet? The longer this goes on, the less likely they will help.

The last car I remember with a manual choke was my brothers 1978 Escort MkII, I had a brand spankers MkIII with the VVC carb, and that never started in the cold / damp.

As others have said, Calum, you would have been better to have bought a later high mileage car. Recently bought a 206,000 mile Mazda 3 for £800 for my cousin for a runaround. Runs like a dream, for buttons.

later mk3 and mk4 escorts etc had manual chokes. cant remember exactly when the auto choke was returned top them (around 1988ish i think). the auto unit on the VV carb was far too easy to flood the engine with and didnt work well anyhow (most had them removed and aftermarket manual conversions fitted)

totally agree that he would have been better suited to a more modern car, if only for the fact that he would have known what most of the day to day controls were for and how to use them

 

[television]

Calum. When any petrol engine is cold, the petrol supply needs to be increased, and this is what the choke is for. So on a cold start you pull the knob marked choke out and start the car, on many cars you can push the choke knob in a little bit just after the engine has started, If the car does not pull well you may have to push the choke out fully again. As the engine warms up the choke should be pushed all the way in. If you leave the choke pulled out for too long the engine will splutter and run very rough. You never pull the choke out when the engine is hot.

 

[turbopete]

Calum. When any petrol engine is cold, the petrol supply needs to be increased, and this is what the choke is for. So on a cold start you pull the knob marked choke out and start the car, on many cars you can push the choke knob in a little bit just after the engine has started, If the car does not pull well you may have to push the choke out fully again. As the engine warms up the choke should be pushed all the way in. If you leave the choke pulled out for too long the engine will splutter and run very rough. You never pull the choke out when the engine is hot.

this is the point we are trying to get across to him Malcolm. the control he thinks is the choke, ISNT the choke. looking at the photo he has posted up, i can see the panel which would be removed to accomodate the handle for the choke cable!

as its also a very late car, at 1992, there is also a very slim chance that the car could have a single point injection system, althogh to my knowledge, the only cars fitted with the injected 1.6 engine in the mk2 bodyshell were the cabriolet versions.

 

[stwat]

Please, just take the car back to the garage that did the job ! They will be happy to sort out any issues stemming from their work, FREE of charge.

 

[m2287]

For real?!?!?!

 

[Naraic]

Loved those Corsairs, they did seem to be a much smoother and faster car than the cortinas.

You could have them with bench seats or individual seats...with the bench seat the hand brake was on the right hand side of the driver's side.

 

[keefysher]

later mk3 and mk4 escorts etc had manual chokes. cant remember exactly when the auto choke was returned top them (around 1988ish i think). the auto unit on the VV carb was far too easy to flood the engine with and didnt work well anyhow (most had them removed and aftermarket manual conversions fitted)

totally agree that he would have been better suited to a more modern car, if only for the fact that he would have known what most of the day to day controls were for and how to use them

My MkIII escort, ABG768X, was registered 1 August 1981. The MkIII was released on a 'W' plate with the VVC (Variable Venturi Carburettor). The XR3 hot hatch had twin Webber carbs, before changing to fuel injection in the later XR3i.

I had a MkI Astra GTE 1.8 fuel injected, A221YCF, in 1983.
A Cavalier SRi 1.8 FI, C882PJB, in 1985.
An Astra GTE MkII 2.0litre 8 valve FI E68VJO in 1987
Escort 1.6 MkIII estate wreckmobile in 1987. Auto choke.
Orion 1.6 wreckmobile in 1988. Auto choke.
An Astra MkII wreckmobile in 1990, 1.6 non injected.Auto choke.
An Astra GTE MkII Campaign 2.0 16valve FI in 1990 H833JOO
The wreckmobiles were all company cars that got driven into the ground in short time due to the horrendous miles I used to do. Served their purpose, drive, go bang, get another, repeat.