Which Haynes covers 20XE motor

[Mike]

Anyone enlighten me as to which Haynes is better for coverage of 20XE motor? If any??

[mayhem]

i have a kadett (Astra mk2) one, that does the trick

[Andy]

vauxhall cavalier

[Mike]

Any cavalier one Andy?

[Andy]

the 89-95 brown coloured one mate

[Mike]

the 89-95 brown coloured one mate

Haynes no 1570?

[General Baxter]

iv got spuds cav book here, ask him, if you can have it lol

[Andy]

thats the one mike

[Mike]

thats the one mike

Diamond bloke :) just got one off eBay for £1.99 lol lol

:( "You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Andy again."

[steviegsi]

I think there was a brown one forsale in the for sale section mate

Edit- sorry didn't see your last post . Ignore me:roll:

[Sloth]

mike the wiring for the early xe isnt in the cav one, only the m 2.5 post 1990 stuff. i have ordered the astra mk2 one off ebay. also have a look at my post in how to....

[General Baxter]

mike the wiring for the early xe isnt in the cav one, only the m 2.5 post 1990 stuff. i have ordered the astra mk2 one off ebay. also have a look at my post in how to....

yeah and the colours are all over the place lol

[Sloth]

correct mr baxter, theyre a fooker to get right. the info i posted has got the pins the ecu needs for it to run in there....

[General Baxter]

seeing how you have my old engine, yes there are

[Sloth]

mate the wiring on that one is "interesting".....

[General Baxter]

none of it my doing lol

[Sloth]

ive redone it all, its missing the main plug in the bay......

[General Baxter]

ive redone it all, its missing the main plug in the bay......
you mean the big round thing,

it dont have one as std, hard wired into early astras :thumb:

hows the engine run ?

tappets still ok ?

[Sloth]

it should have a grey rectangle plug near the fuel pump relay..... its not there..... lol

anyway it runs mint, one tappet is noisey from cold but shuts up 2 mins later. runs and goes fine, scared my uncle ( he builds 7 ltr v8 hotrods...)

[General Baxter]

oh that connecter, was on there when i had it lol

whats it like with that box on?

[Sloth]

67 in second..... 95 ish in 3rd and off the clock in 4th.... on a private road.

[General Baxter]

ha, i knew it was nuts lol

[Sloth]

your not fukking wrong.... our lass hates it because she cant drive it without going over the limit....

[General Baxter]

:)

i put that box on, as the f20 did 70mph at 3500rpm in 5th, **** that lol

[Sloth]

i find f20s are like that, i prefer the f16wr's. esp on 2.0 8v's. nice and leggy