Hello to all,
Oil change schedule today. Somebody told me Castrol Edge 5w40 is better than GM oil. So now i bought Castrol Edge turbo diesel 5w-40 TITANIUM FST. What you think about this oil and oil grade for Opel Astra J 1.7 cdti, 2011? This oil is full synthetic. Usually I'm changing GM 5w30, now this Castrol is 5w40, can this be a problem?
Car passed already over 185 000km.
So far with GM oil I did not have any problems. But I just want to try Castrol. Changing oil yearly not passing too much km.

Any comments appreciated.

Cheers, Zoran

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I have a 2015 1.6 cdti 136 Astra GTC, I’m trying to locate the fuel rail sensor but cannot seem to find it. Could anyone point it out for me please?

Got some shiny new shoes for my car. 

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Irmscher Evostar 20" 8.5J ET40 235/35. They came with 245/40 which looked good, but they were rubbing and to be fair falling apart. Just need to get the wheels aligned now. 

I haven't done many other mods. I've changed the DRL to LED and changed some of the internal bulbs to a cyan colour, which look great with the red colour of the car. 

I'm thinking about fitting some Eibach springs to lower another 20mm, but to be honest it doesn't look too bad on the SRI springs.

Hi all,

very new to forums and not modified my car at all.

I have an Astra J 1.7 CDTI EXCLUSIV. Nice car to be honest, no rocket ship though.

Looking to get some help with front headlights, dip and high beam.
So fed up of these new cars lately with these bright white lights blinding me as they drive towards me when my yellow lights barely light up the road.
Not sure what my options are but i'm sure i'm in the right place to find out.

Found this wire behind the radio can is it the centre speaker wire ??



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Hi all,

It seems like everytime I search for an answer about something to do with my car I end up on this forum. It's an amazing source thanks to the community you've built and as I've finally taken the plunge and picked up an Astra, it only made sense to join!

I'm now the proud owner of a 2013 face lift Astra 2.0 CDTI SRi Sports Tourer with 62k on the clock in grandad brown (sculpture bronze).

We have a baby on the way and I'm into cycling so the extra boot space is very much welcome. I think the colour may have helped with the price I paid for the car as its a bit like marmite. You either love it or you hate it and I happen to love it. Plus I quite like the sleeper look the colour gives the car.

Plans / dreams (for now):
- 17" steel spare running 225/50R17 tyre
- Bluetooth setup (additional 12v cig socket wired behind the dash, powering a Bluetooth receiver which feeds to an aux cable feeding through the dash near the aux port, controlled by a seperate battery-powered Bluetooth button for play/pause/skip)
- Wireless phone charger / mount setup - I aim to have the cable tucked away nicely and powered from the same 12v socket as the Bluetooth setup. But right now I'm having difficulty finding a decent wireless charging phone holder that actually fits somewhere in the car (vents are wierd so mounts don't secure fully, cd player too close to gear stick to use a mount that slots in the cd tray, not wanting anything stuck to the windscreen)
- Heko wind deflectors for front windows
- Space saver subwoofers for under front seats (keeping original head unit and speakers for now and will review again once subs are in)
- Chrome exterior trim tinted
- Wing mirrors colour-matched to the tinted chrome trim (haven't figured this out - perhaps wrapped in chrome then sprayed with the rest of the trim?)
- tail lights tinted
- Alloy wheel upgrade, likely to be some sort of 19's in black
- Remap

I could keep going and going but that's enough to keep me going for a little bit so I'm going to leave the list there.

Thanks All,

Simon K

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Strange thing on my bum. My GTC has factory fit LED rear lights but the O/S tailgate light is always on. So during the day none of the rear lights are illuminated except for the tailgate one. I know I have a reverse light bulb to change on the same side as this is inop but has anyone seen anything like this?

Hello.


I'm Mario from Holland i bought a Astra J 1.4 turbo sport.
I registered because i have seen some nice Astra's in here with great updates.
That i would like to do on my Astra,like automatically folding mirrors.


greetzzz

Hi all,

Last night I purchased some new wheels for my car, and I suspect they may have TPMS sensors fitted, but my car doesn't have TPMS.

I have a couple of questions:

1. Can I still use these wheels with the sensors installed? 
   
2. Is it possible to replace the sensors with normal valves?
   

Hi, apologies if this has been asked before but i cant find any treads about it. I have a 2010 Astra J which recently had battery problems. I had to jump start car recently before replacing the battery. After jump starting it the radio and display stopped working along with the indicators working but with no sound?? I have checked wiring behind radio and display along with all the fuses but can't find anything wrong? I have searched online but can only find a Youtube video in which another person has the same problem but no remedy? If anyone could point me to a tread about this or has any ideas as to a remedy i would be grateful. Thanks