Not happy fan resistor,heater box £280.00,then they said the EGR is knackared £350-450 for an Egr (broken swirlflaps)with upto 6 hours labourand too to finish me off £320 for a sunroof motor:bang:xmas is over
According to the garage the egr & the swirl flaps are shot the flaps have broken there quoting me for flaps egr & inlet manifold very strange,where can i get a egr for £100 ?I'm with Doofer. Shut the sunroof and never use it again - it will only keep breaking. EGR valve is only £100 max and it's only a 10 minute job.
Swirl valves are not generally a Croma problem. Only BMW 3 series.
dave can you recommend any dpf egr removal firms in the gloucestershire or surrounding area ?avoid angel tuning but you can get egr and dpf removed from other decent non rip off places.
if flaps are really broke i cant see why you would want to replace them later cars dont have them, making them stay open or removing them will be better.
As for the sunroof, don't listen to the non believers! Mine wouldn't close properly when I bought the Croma, but a bit of tlc and regular maintenance and it works fine. I use it on a weekly basis and if you drop the back windows an inch, you don't get the buffeting noise.
The quote was from a reputable garage who phoned up for genuine fiat parts ouch ! Really need someone who knows these cars .I suspect the group conclusion would be to try another garage - was the original quote from a Fiat dealer? The prices sound like it.
I'm a non-believer! I did use white grease on mine, will try silicone grease next time. It's a rubbish design though - basically the huge heavy slab of glass runs on pegs in a track. It should be rollers or something more elegant. The whole thing is a brilliant grit and muck trap too.
I will try dropping the back windows one day too. Perhaps I'm too old, but I prefer everything shut and the air con on - it's much easier to hear Radio 4 that way.
I really really like the daylight you get through it though. Peugeot and others fit glass, but it doesn't open.
I'm sure 1000's of Mercedes owners would disagree with you.....Me too. Sunrooves (or should that be sunroofs?) are so 1980's anyway.
Something so unnecessary that requires so much maintenance? Frankly I just couldn't be arsed - life's too short.
Doofer is right. The design is abysmal and the execution flimsy. Even British Leyland would have done it better.