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Folks, hendry noticed that his engine type was incorrect for his car and when I checked I also found my engine type was incorrect. I wonder how many more are like this and whether it was simply the fact that Opel were swamped with orders for the E and had a shortfall of engines so used whatever they had available in february? or is it simply the manual being incorrect.
Vauxhall/Opel have many different power outputs of the 1.4 engines and the following are used in the UK to my knowledge.
1.4 turbo engines:
B14NEJ = 100PS / 74kW (for Corsa E)
B14NEL = 120PS / 88kW (for Meriva)
B14NET = 140PS / 103kW (for Mokka)
B14NEH = 150PS / 110kW (for Adam Grand Slam)
1.4 normally aspirated engines:
B14XEJ = 75PS / 55kW
B14XEL = 90PS / 66kW
B14XER = 100PS / 74kW
ONLY the B14XEJ (75PS), B14XEL (90PS) and B14NEJ (100PS) should be used in the CORSA according to the manual.
However my LE is fitted with a B14NEL (120PS) engine instead of the 100PS ordered and hendry has a B14XER (100PS) in his SRi instead of the 90PS ordered.
I think we'd both be very grateful if you folks could check your car passes and see what engine code is on there. (In both our cases the car pass shows the same engine type as the physical engine fitted, ie. the wrong one) so if you car pass shows anything other than B14XEJ, B14XEL and B14NEJ then can you post here with the engine type fitted and the trim level. That way we can see how big a problem it is.
Clearly I'm not that unhappy as my performance is and economy is great
but it may affect insurance, servicing and parts ordering so, like Hendry, I'll need to speak to VX next week.
Thanks,
Ian
Vauxhall/Opel have many different power outputs of the 1.4 engines and the following are used in the UK to my knowledge.
1.4 turbo engines:
B14NEJ = 100PS / 74kW (for Corsa E)
B14NEL = 120PS / 88kW (for Meriva)
B14NET = 140PS / 103kW (for Mokka)
B14NEH = 150PS / 110kW (for Adam Grand Slam)
1.4 normally aspirated engines:
B14XEJ = 75PS / 55kW
B14XEL = 90PS / 66kW
B14XER = 100PS / 74kW
ONLY the B14XEJ (75PS), B14XEL (90PS) and B14NEJ (100PS) should be used in the CORSA according to the manual.
However my LE is fitted with a B14NEL (120PS) engine instead of the 100PS ordered and hendry has a B14XER (100PS) in his SRi instead of the 90PS ordered.
I think we'd both be very grateful if you folks could check your car passes and see what engine code is on there. (In both our cases the car pass shows the same engine type as the physical engine fitted, ie. the wrong one) so if you car pass shows anything other than B14XEJ, B14XEL and B14NEJ then can you post here with the engine type fitted and the trim level. That way we can see how big a problem it is.
Clearly I'm not that unhappy as my performance is and economy is great
Thanks,
Ian