Hi.... I have a vauxhall Vectra 1998 CDX and the thing is I have had the car for 6 months now and problems with the car are starting to creep in ! when I bought the car it was smoothe and tickety boo but after 1 month things started going wrong, I would start the car and a clicking noise was coming from the engine and it was very loud and would calm down after 2-3 mins of the car starting I dident know what it was so a local Mechanic changed the rocker gasket cover flushed the engine and treated the tappits with a special kind of oil ? 3 days later it came back ! my friend said it was the Cam belt so again it went back so to test it the Mechanic tested it without the cover on,bad move.. it flew off and wrapped itself round 6 valves in the engine and twisted them beyond recognition ! it got put all back together and replaced the valves and this got rid of the noise which was great but not on my pocket as now I had to pay for the gasket, 6 valves and a cam belt kit costing me over =A3465 in total . Now I have noticed the car seems to be running rough sounds weird but thats the only way I can explain it ! the engine sounds great when idle and is ok when pulling off but when travelling over 30MPH the ride feels rough and not smoothe like it is supposed to be like . When I first had the car it Ran smooth so has all these problems caused the car now to run rough ? I simply dont know ? The only way I can explain it is driving over a lightly gritted road ! by the way I also found a breather pipe that had broken off from the engine as well could this make it run rough ? any help would be appreciated many thanks ....
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17 years ago