Opel Vectra A

since 1988-1995 of release

Repair and car operation

Check all external lighting and a sound signal.

1. Carefully check a radiator and hoses of cooling liquid on all length. Replace hoses with cracks, gaps and aging signs. Cracks are easier for finding if to press a hose. Pay special attention to collars which attach hoses to elements of system of cooling. Collars of fastening of a hose which were strongly tightened, can cause a gap or a hose puncture, leaks in cooling system will be result of that. Examine all hoses and surfaces of connection of hoses about leaks. If any problems of similar character with leaks are found, replace this component or laying.

2. Precisely it is difficultly to define leakages of fuel, while leak does not become essential and, therefore, easily visible. Fuel tends to evaporate quickly as soon as it contacts with air, especially in a hot motor compartment. Small drops can disappear before you can define a leak place. If you suspect that leakage of fuel in the field of a motor compartment takes place, then cool the engine and start it, while it cold, at an open cowl. Metal subjects tend to be compressed in a cold condition, and rubber hoses tend to be weakened, so any leaks will be more obvious, while the engine heats up from start from a cold condition.