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    Hydrauliced my 1.0, about to replace it....

    Morning, will try to confirm when I get to work but faily confident this is part of the EVAP system, is a carbon canister which absorbs fuel vapours and sends it back into the intake manifold to ensure as few hydrocarbons as poss are released to the atmos. Don't think this would affect MOT etc...
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    Hydrauliced my 1.0, about to replace it....

    What year Tigra is it ? Could be part of the EVAP system.... let me know the model year and I'll find out tomorrow if poss :)
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    Hydrauliced my 1.0, about to replace it....

    Lol Ok no worries, just because I work for Vx, thought I might be of some assistance to someone :) So if my engine has dizzy, is it likely that the crank sensor issue is sorted as well ?
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    Hydrauliced my 1.0, about to replace it....

    Well that's spot on then - I was under the impression they changed the engine in 2000, guess it was 2000.5 they changed it since mine was first reg in march :D Out of interest, any of you guys own Vauxhalls ?
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    Hydrauliced my 1.0, about to replace it....

    Could get a pic tomorrow but am currently in bed waiting for pain killers to kick in (throat infection). However, there's no little box on top of the plugs in either engine - both HT leads from distributor, just that one distributor looks as if its been rotated about 20 degrees. My god you...
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    Hydrauliced my 1.0, about to replace it....

    Hi, perhaps my spelling is poor, what I mean by hydrauliced is I drove it into some unexpectedly deep water, some of which got sucked into two of the cylinders and bent at least one con rod. Kept driving it for about 3 months with it sounding like a tractor till finally it threw the piston a...
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    Hydrauliced my 1.0, about to replace it....

    ...only thing is, mine is a 1.0 2000 Celebration, and the engine I have is from an M reg. Both say CG10 on them, but by the looks of things the original engine had electronic distributor and the replacement has a traditional distributor. The connecter on the loom is the same, so will I get...
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