Hi there i have a 2007 vauxhall zafira lossing coolent needs top up every two weeks at times smells of burning rubber and gets very somkie can run this off after about 5 minutes

SOURCE: vauxhall zafira overheating

It sounds to me like your thermosdate is not opening and it should be replaced.

Matthew Reed

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• Posted on May 27, 2009

SOURCE: Was running rough at stop signs. Ran fine while accelerating. Problem has changed into loss of power, and a burnig rubber smell. (According to wife)

I've had two Mercury Villagers - I love them, I think they are great cars!

I think the problem your having is a bad injector. You can measure the resistance of each injector, they are suppose to be within a certain tolerance I forget what that is.

The burning rubber smell is because you have raw fuel going into the catalytic converter, this causes the converter to get very hot.

What I've found is that if you use a fuel system cleaner or an injector cleaner - then use only high-grade gas it will usually work as well.

I've also found that you can get re-built injectors for a pretty reasonable price. Installing the front three is not much work, but the rear three are worth paying for someone else to do it. Just google "rebuilt injectors" and you'll find lots of places.

-Matt

SOURCE: on my vauxhall zafira 2007 the rear offside wheel bearing squeaks after driving for five to ten minutes tust pass mot wheel smoked when get home is it bearing

What makes you sure its the bearing? Sound like your brake to me? Is the brake disc or brake drum a rusty red colour?

Marvin

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• Posted on Jul 17, 2012

SOURCE: vauxhall zafira 2.2 tdi loss of power and will not rev past 3000 revs

Hello
The engine and transmission in this cars drive train are fully electronically controlled by a computer called the PCM (Power Train Control Module). Whenever a problem like this occurs the computer stores a record of the problem (there are of course some exceptions to this, like the fuel pump, engine coolant temperature sensor and MAF sensor for instance) in the form of a fault code in its memory, to read these fault codes you must have the systems memory scanned with a special tool. Once the fault code(s) are read you then must perform the appropriate diagnostic testing to find and resolve the problem(s) DO NOT REPLACE ANY PARTS UNTIL A TRAINED TECHNICAIN HAS DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM TO AVOID SPEDING YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY ON PARTS THAT MAY NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM

SOURCE: my 2011 corolla has a burned rubber smell. runs fine, not overheated. any suggestions?

Make sure you oil cap is on properly, look for oil underneath. Make sure emergy brake is not ceased and on!!