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Hi guys, first of all seasons greeting to everyone. Now I bought my first car in September, a mighty fine 2001 Corsa 1.0 12v. The missus test drove the car and it worked fine, we was told it needed a new CV joint, no biggy. Whilst the car was sat doing nothing I would start it up every other day to keep the battery alive, me being an idiot started it for 5 mins then turned it off, thus knackering the battery. So the car pretty much sat doing nothing til Monday. I passed my test on the 11th and thought I'd get the garage to come and pick it up and get it sorted, it had a slow punny on the drivers side too. They jump started the car and drove to the garage.
Now yesterday I popped in as they said they was having a few issues.
The car will not start, nadda. New battery is on but it will not start. Now they are mechanics so they have obviously tried everything to sort it but they are stumped, so the ECU is being sent off for testing.
The car had a musty niff to it, they guys have deduced that where the brake servo ( I think ) is attached to the bulkhead it corrodes, apparently a common fault for this model. The guys showed me the standing water in the rear footwell, and there was freaking loads.
They also mentioned a niff ( electrical ) coming from behind the radio when they drove it to the garage, also the power steering had intermittent faults.
So given this set of faults do you clever Corsa bods maybe know what the issue is, or had a similar issue which you fixed?
Also, the car cost me £450 ( I haggled him down from £800 ). The service is £130, new battery £45, to fix the seal is £150. You can see where I'm going here, do you guys know what the ECU checks prices are, also is the car at a point of being economically unviable?, or is a quick easy bish bash bosh, get these bits done and the car will last me a good few years?.
Now yesterday I popped in as they said they was having a few issues.
The car will not start, nadda. New battery is on but it will not start. Now they are mechanics so they have obviously tried everything to sort it but they are stumped, so the ECU is being sent off for testing.
The car had a musty niff to it, they guys have deduced that where the brake servo ( I think ) is attached to the bulkhead it corrodes, apparently a common fault for this model. The guys showed me the standing water in the rear footwell, and there was freaking loads.
They also mentioned a niff ( electrical ) coming from behind the radio when they drove it to the garage, also the power steering had intermittent faults.
So given this set of faults do you clever Corsa bods maybe know what the issue is, or had a similar issue which you fixed?
Also, the car cost me £450 ( I haggled him down from £800 ). The service is £130, new battery £45, to fix the seal is £150. You can see where I'm going here, do you guys know what the ECU checks prices are, also is the car at a point of being economically unviable?, or is a quick easy bish bash bosh, get these bits done and the car will last me a good few years?.