was the isuzu engine.........

[Sturge]

fitted to any mk4 astras?

As I doubt the dog would appreciate being put in the boot of a cav saloon been thinking about another Astra estate, would prefer a mk4 to another mk3, but want to stick with old faithful engine wise

[Novasport]

They did fit a 1.7 td to the Mk4, should imagine it is the same basic engine

[kent14sr]

It was a different Isuzu engine fitted to the mk4's iirc - the early mk4s had the horrid Vauxhall 17TD engine and later ones Isuzu 1.7DTI (16v?)amongst other VX diesel engines.

[Balley]

Yes you could get the proper 8v suzu engine in the Mk4, early R regs had them. But as above most were the 16v version which in my opinion isn't as good.

[John]

mk3 astra tds estate chris?

[blue_peg_16v]

Was in early vectras

[Nobby]

ye ive seen them in vectras

[Sturge]

mk3 astra tds estate chris?

is that not the vaux engine? Or as per other tds models, is it a bmw job?


As for the Vectras, that's what I have just now, no point going for an older lesser version of the same car!

[John]

The Astra f came with both the low blow crap the Isuzu Engine till it was replaced with the Astra g. the model variant was tds iirc. Getting a bit thin on the ground now though. Loads of Astra g's with the 16v Isuzu for sensible money now. :)

[Sturge]

the 16v isuzu wont run on any old crap you bung in the tank though ;)


Well it probably will but the pump might not like it so much

[Sturge]

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/$%28KGrHqFHJ%210E8+mP9nGgBPSjZrNkV%21%7E%7E60_12.J PG

this is a TDS engine, is this not the Vaux low blow?

[mowgli]

Low blow looks THIS
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR8MexSeZVhRjwjLkauIE6Ovky6socxn _huji2sQwJNxKSU_x5dqQ

[Andy]

Low blow is such a bag of fail.

[mowgli]

They are fantastic for works vans. Cos they are heffing slow... If our astra vans had been fitted with isuzu lumps, there would have been a lot of crashes & massive engine failures.... I can't imagine too many isuzus have stripped cambelts jumping canal bridges & changing down on landing, and been sent up the road 1/2 hr later with a cambelt & 2 spare rockers fitted..

[Andy]

The last low blow i drove was an astra van in selby when i was looking to setup on my own.
Greeted with a big house,big front garden 1st impressions were good,then a 10 year old kid driving a steamroller comes to open the gates lol
Drove the van up the road,tried the brakes-pedal to the floor.Went back threw the keys at the bloke and got in my car,"not what your looking for mate?"
Nah-fukking dangerous pal,ive scrapped better than that-thanks for wasting 2 hours of my life coming to this sh1thole.
It was also extremely crap to drive.

[Danny s-p]

it still even lives on in the mk6 astra mine has one. it the same block just lots of gay sensors all over it and a new inlet and EGR system

[cormac81]

it still even lives on in the mk6 astra mine has one. it the same block just lots of gay sensors all over it and a new inlet and EGR system

Yeap, noticed on our mk5 that isuzu stamped on it and using one of their belts.

[John]

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/$%28KGrHqFHJ%210E8+mP9nGgBPSjZrNkV%21%7E%7E60_12.J PG

this is a TDS engine, is this not the Vaux low blow?

nope, that's the isuzu engine. get one of these. :)

[Sturge]

Was the inlet and diesel sticker that threw me lol


Might be time for a vehicle change :) although a hilux is quite tempting too lol