1997 Opel Astra poor fuel economy

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1997 OPEL ASTRA
4 CYL
FWD
AUTOMATIC
45,000 MILES

I have opel astra 1.8i 16v and it consumpt 13.8 l/100km which is too much consumption for 1.8 echo tec xel type motor knowning that it should consumpt 8.4 l/100 according to the manufacture reports not missing that there are poor tourk

Thursday, February 21st, 2008 AT 3:01 PM

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Injectors are clean?
Catalytic sensor?
C18XE, X18XE, C18XEL PETROL ENGINES
Which type is yours?

As for do it yourself repair I would suggest to be adviced with opel repair software (03/2008) or autodata with 135 euros each

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Friday, May 9th, 2008 AT 1:33 AM

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MY ASTRA IS X18XE
SO HELP PLEASE

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Monday, May 19th, 2008 AT 8:43 AM

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Complaint: Hesitation while driving around between 40 - 80 km/h with constant speed. While accelerating the engine hesitates up to the 3000 RPM. Also during deceleration the engine hesitates. Above 120 km/h there are no driving problems. Sometimes DTC P0400 or P1405 is set.
Cause: Faulty PPS signal (Valve Position Sensor).

Complaint: Poor idling, Engine stalls.
Cause: Sticky idle air control valve caused by oil vapor.

As for do it yourself repair I would suggest to be adviced with opel repair software (03/2008) or autodata with 135 euros each

OPEL PARTS GREECE
E-mail: alpharm@otenet. Gr
Online: Opelparts@hotmail. Com
Skype: Opelparts

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Monday, May 19th, 2008 AT 10:10 AM