Vauxhall service PHOTO's

My friend commented on the funny burning smell when i arrived in Belfast,

I just told her its a diesel!

Underside of the car still has a nice oily coating 15'000 later!

still it lubed up my stiff throttle/pump assy!


Tom

 

Had to be the latter. NOBODY is so stupid as to believe anything a salesman
tells them....

Vin

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the

Simply Directory Enquiries for Vauxhall UK in Luton, phone and ask.

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Anthony Britt"

OMG! The sneaky bastards have swapped the engine on him.

 

Ok let's get this sort once and for all.

Can anyone give the GM & Isuzu engine serial number ranges
for Astra's registered 08/08/1997

I think it's the GM engine, but that is purely based on the
fact that it has GM cast into the exhaust manifold.

-
Fatsod

 

If the oil filter is on the back of the engine near the top at the gear box
end then it is isuzu.

mrcheerful

 

Can't help with the serial numbers, I'm afraid.

If the exhaust exits the engine on the bulkhead side of the cylinder head,
then it is the GM unit. The Isuzu exhaust manifold is on the front.

HTH

Anthony
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I always top up oil Via the dipstick. I can't find anywhere else to put
it into the engine.

 

I have read all the posts but cant get the above url to work . Have you
taken the pics down ??
S

 

Some cars have dipstick sitting in a hole different from the oil filler cap.

 

Surely you mean _most_?

 

Well, I have owned 2 cars, a Peugeot and a Vauxhall. The peugeot engine oil
dipstick was in the same hole as the filler cap. The vauxhall has a
seperate filler hole and dipstick for the engine oil (the slushbox shares
its filler hole with its dipstick on the vauxhall but we'll leave that be
for now).

Statistically, that means 50% of cars in my ownership experience have an
engine oil dipstick/filler assembly combined.

I'd equate that to roughly half.

More if you count the last 4 cars my parents have had between them - all
Peugeots. (c:

Douglas

 

I work just around the corner from a Fiat main dealer. A while ago
there was a guy walking up and down outside the dealer wearing a "Don't
buy a Fiat!" sandwich board and attracting many hoots from passing
traffic on the busiest road in Slough (A4). Less than an hour later he
was gone - not due to giving up I'm sure, I believe he gained a
concession in whatever his gripe with Fiat was.

The moral? There are ways and means to get past dealer intransigence
and making a fuss and giving them some bad PR is a good way.

 

cap.

All BMWs and Escorts have the dipstick sitting in the driving seat.

 

Sorry - but I found this really, really funny - given your sig ;-)

"YESTERDAY is history.."

 

LOL, I completely agree. BMW drivers have some kinda secret understanding
with each other that they always have to be 10 mph ahead of all other traffic.

 

Don't if it's a GM or Izusu

Are there two different 1.7 litre units then ?

 

Indeed there are. The GM unit is very similar to other Vauxhall OHC
engines. It started out as a 1.6 unit fitted to the Mk2 Astra/Cav, grew to
1.7 for the Mk3 Cav/Astra. Low pressure turbo-charging was added for 1995
Model Year, used in the facelifted Mk3 Astra. This continued on, being
given engine management for the MK4 Astra, until approx 2001 when it was
superseeded by the 1.7 DOHC Isuzu unit.

The Isuzu engine was first used in the Nova as a 1.5TD, soon after appearing
in the Mk3 Cav/Astra as a 1.7TD (they had the red/black turbo/intercooler
badge on the back). Only Isuzu Diesel engines were used in Corsa's/Combo's
for some reason, and mostly NA apart from the 1.5TD, which disappeared from
the range around 1996.

The Isuzu 1.7TD was a very nice engine - very reliable. We had a Vectra
used as a taxi come in every 5-6weeks for a 10K mile service - it was on its
36th annual service by the time I left the garage. Original engine,
although it did have a head gasket replaced at some point.

Anthony
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Sorry Martin but yes, I've taken the photo's down now
that the matter has been resolved.

Oh my god, it doesn't bare thinking about (cringe)
Yup the thought of a big fatsod with hairy arms in a
frock waving pom poms.

I too can see how you found that funny. Seriously
though the website was started on behalf of my niece
and I just needed somewhere to host the pics.
'honest guv'

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Fatsod

 

Talking of BMW......

Tiger Woods drives his BMW into a petrol station in a remote
part of the Irish countryside.

The pump attendant who knows nothing about golf, greets him
in a typical Irish manner, completely unaware of who the golf
pro is.

"Top of the mornin' to yer, sir" says the attendant.

Tiger nods a quick "hello" and bends forward to pick up the nozzle.
As he does so, two tees fall out of his shirt pocket onto the ground.

"What are those, son?" asks the attendant.

"They're called tees" replies Tiger.

"Well, what on the good earth are they for?" inquires the Irishman.

"They're for resting my balls on when I'm driving", says Tiger.

"Feckin Jaysus", says the Irishman, "BMW thinks of everything"