Water pump twice, both after the timimg belt had been changed. Seems that tensioning the new belt damages the pump seals.
Antenna amplifier blown.
Discs worn out, replaced.
Various dashboard bulbs.
Not much else!
It's pretty easy to work on yourself, if you are so inclined. I do a bit of both. Essentially it's a Cavalier with a nice shape body. Which means all the oily bits are cheap and easy to get hold of.
Rust has started to show on the rear arches, common on Cavaliers/Calibras.
The SE1 is the Carribic Blue edition, (they are all the same colour) which is a really nice finish. My one has leather which is wearing well.
The 8 valve though seems slower than my prevoius SRi cavalier (also 8v), probably the CAT restricting the flow.
Most modern 2 litre cars will keep up with it. But it's fast enough for me!
Although a V6 would be nice.
I always change water pump at the same time as the belt, saves the aggro later on.
It depends on what type of cam belt kit you get as to whether you risk damaging the pump, the older type manual tensioner, requires you to turn the pump to set the correct tension of the cam belt. you do risk damaging the pump housing, the water pump bearings and the seals by doing that, not a very good idea. if you buy the spring tensioner version (both tensioners are the same dimensions) you set the tension by turning the inner shaft of the tensioner, thus not touching the pump at all, a much much better idea.
As said basically a cavalier in drag, so everything cheap and pretty reliable.
Only downside is the tin worms if they aren't washed properly throughout their lives.
Still not a bad car tho.
There nice cars, good seeing them about, but driving them just feels too old to me.
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