Corsa Engine Chip

tdavfc

Hi,

Just wondering could someday help me out. The Mrs Opel Corsa is playing up lately. When driving it cold in the morning it splutters and loses power when you press accelerator. When it warms up a bit it doesn't do it as much only when going up hills. I brought it to a mechanic and he thinks some Chip is gone in the engine and said its around 140 euro for it. Would anybody know what chip he is on about and could I get it from a Breakers Yard. Its an Opel Corsa 1 liter, year 2000... Any help would be grateful...

TDAVFC

crosstownk

If I was you I'd get a second opinion.

Seriously.

markkelly2

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] sounds like your air flow meter


Vauxhall Astra 1.2i, and Corsa 1.0i and 1.2i (1996-2000) are fitted with Bosch type air flow meters, part number 0 280 217 123. We are seeing these commonly fail, suffering usual air flow meter problems such as poor idle and stalling.
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crosstownk

markkelly2 wrote: »

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] sounds like your air flow meter


Vauxhall Astra 1.2i, and Corsa 1.0i and 1.2i (1996-2000) are fitted with Bosch type air flow meters, part number 0 280 217 123. We are seeing these commonly fail, suffering usual air flow meter problems such as poor idle and stalling.
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That's a big 'chip'

Guy:Incognito

crosstownk wrote: »

That's a big 'chip'

markkelly2

only real fault it can be???

Alz®

I owned a 99 1.2 Corsa and the main things that go wrong regarding idling is the throttle body getting clogged with dirt (carb cleaner) and the air flow meters as mentioned above..

Great little car and reliable once there looked after... :cool:

tdavfc

markkelly2 wrote: »

only real fault it can be???

Cheers for that Mark. Would you have an idea what it costs new??

Thanks,
TD