Hi.

Looking to lower my 63 plate 2.0 CDTi 5dr.
It's currently on a set of vx 19s.

I'm not keen on going for Eibach springs as I think it's a tad too low. 

Am I right in saying the VXR springs are 25mm and should fit the 5dr 2.0d?
I have these part numbers:
F - 93189755
R - 93186751

Three brands come up for those part numbers, Lesjofors, KYB and Kilen.
Any advice on which to go for?


Thanks

I have a problem with my 1.7 in the morning. I can feel it vibrate a bit to strong when the engine is cold. Everything is back to normal after 4 minutes. I haave read the injectors values and they are jumping around for 4 minutes until injectors will stabilize. Any in here that can read these values and tell me if the injectors are running properly?

(2:nd-Mar-2020, 21:56:04)kartush45 Wrote: I have a problem with my 1.7 in the morning. I can feel it vibrate a bit to strong when the engine is cold. Everything is back to normal after 4 minutes. I haave read the injectors values and they are jumping around for 4 minutes until injectors will stabilize. Any in here that can read these values and tell me if the injectors are running properly?

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Very strange one this morning. Cranked it over and it appeared sluggish, eventually started. Immediately went into SVS mode. Limping along.

Mate said to try charging the battery then disconnect and reconnect and see if that works. Amazingly did this limping along with revs not going over 3k. Big mistake to take it along the A1 but there you go.

Disconnected the battery when I got back, left it for 45 mins. Car started normal with SVS & limp mode cleared.

So now Im after a new battery (fingers crossed this was the issue) conflicting info as to which battery I actually need.

The one in is a OEM GM AGM which Im guessing will be expensive so an aftermarket will do. Any ideas which one I should get.

Vauxhall Astra j 2.0 CDTI elite model 2014 with S/S. My S/S hasnt worked for well over 18 months so not sure if its needed or not battery wise.

Any advice?

Hi There,


I search on this forum about this issue, i don't know if it's common or not i couldn't find any answer.
I own an Astra J Hatchback 1.7 CDTI 96kw 131hp 2012 (A17DTF) with ECU ACDelco AA6P 55584315.

I got 2 main errors prompted on OPCOM and also on other diag tools.
P261A -- Low voltage on Auxiliary Water Pump Circuit (this was the first time i diagnosticated the problem on a service with a delphi tool) 
P067A -- cylinder*4 glow plug control circuit low voltage

Additional
P268A -- i changed the fuel injectors and couldn't learn the low pressure values because i have DTC errors that i cannot solve.

It does quite a lot of DPF regen , i counted like 4-5 cold starts(60-100km) will bring an DPF regen this when outside it's under 4 celsius grades.
During the summer it's the same just it increases the count of cold starts , like 10 (100-150km) .
On tester when i go to DPF regen it's saying that last regen was 480+ km ago and the average of regens/km is also this high. I don't understand why . 
During the regeneration it has a lot of emissions and white smoke with very pronounced smell of CO2 , it lasts for like  5 minutes and the instant consumption goes up to 2.0-2.2l / minute. 

Can this regen issue be caused by the 2 errors above (glow plug + water pump) ? i'm thinking due to the glow plug , the regen is incomplete everytime as it doesn't make enough compression ?


I didn't managed to change the water pump as the water temperature is stable at 90 grades celsius and it doesn't seem to get up to 90 very hard, so to me it works pretty good, didn't understand why the code says the fault it's on auxiliary water pump while the remedy is to change the main water pump (driven by the engine) (https://www.hella.com/techworld/uk/bi/Op...s-up-8824/)

After a while the glow plug error was prompted, bought a brand new BERU glow plug 4.4v with pressure sensor and replaced the cyl4 glow-plug , this didn't solved the issue , although i suspected this wasn't the issue , the service where i was to change the glow-plug  advised to check also the glow-plug harness. I also changed them and this issue wasn't solved, so i went to another service to verify the harness continuity and glow plugs again . The guy from the new service said that the continuity is ok but the ECU is not giving voltage on the pins for the 4th glow-plug and either for the pump.

Do you guys think this is possible? Have anybody met this situation ?

I mention that this car doesn't seem to be a regular one , it doesn't have the glow-plug module mounted on the battery tray , it has a lot of quite expensive parts that are hard to find and replace.



The engine water pump is around 330E
Glow plug is 100E
ECU is around 1250E

I don't want to change the ECU to find that will not solve the issue... plus that it's very hard to find someone that really knows what to do with the ECU.
I've called so many people to ask about this and almost everybody said that it's very difficult to clone the ECU and to pair with all modules, and it might include an IMM OFF , which i don't really understand why ...

Any advises from your part ?
I really like my car and i want to fix it.

Thanks and really appreciate for your time.

Hi, Has anyone else own an Astra GTC 1.6T 200bhp, Mine is on a 64 plate.

   

I've just aquired a facelift sport tourer with the 1.7cdti engine and 6 speed box, with ecoflex and s/s
question - what is this combination like? economy and reliability etc?
It's the first modernish diesel I've owned
any comments gratefully received

Good Morning,

I would like to introduce myself, my name is Zaf and I have bought a 64 plate Astra GTC 1.6T 200bhp.

A few months ago my car started consuming around half a liter more of diesel on a regular basis. I thought maybe it was the winter weather, but the winter was very mild here in the end. Now the temperature is usually pretty high, as we are approaching spring, so I'm having a hard time finding temperature the problem.

I waited to see how the car will behave after doing a yearly service - oil change, new oil filter, fuel filter, air filter and also changed the timing chain oil tensioner because of the rattling chain. This yearly service was done about 15000 km (9300 miles) after the first one I did after buying this car.
Now, two weeks later I can say that nothing has changed - the average consumption is 6.2 l/100 km (per the BC, while the exact value would be around 6.5 l/100 km). Before this "issue" the consumption was on average 5.7 according to BC and 6.0 was the true calculated value.

My usual driving schedule is a week or two of city driving and then a round trip of 300 km (190 miles).
The round trip is where I'm noticing the most significant changes. When driving around 130 km/h (80 mph) on the motorway the consumption shown on the BC is usually 6.5 l/100 km, while before it was 5.5 l/100 km. And when driving 100 km/h (60 mph) I get around 4-4.3 l/100 km, while before it was 3-3.5 l/100 km.
So basically what happens is that I fill up the tank, reset the BC, drive one leg of the road trip and my average consumption is more than 6 l/100 km, while before at times it would be less than 5 l/100 km in this use case.

99% of the time I'm driving alone in the car and it has 185000 km (115000 miles) on the clock. It's a 110 hp model.


Sorry if I bored you with too much information, I just wanted to be thorough.
tl;dr would be - the car is consuming 0.5-1l more of diesel fuel than expected, yearly service done, chain rattling fixed, no errors read with diagnostics.


Does anyone have an idea what could be bothering me and the things that should be checked first?

Hi I'm from west Yorkshire and have a Astra j sport tourer 1.7cdti ecoflex the cars been great apart from fuel gauge problems when It gets to just under half a tank