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Vauxhall 1.7 DTi Engine
« on: 19 June 2009, 21:07:25 »
Anyone know anything about these? As fitted to Astra etc. Are they commonrail? Not the old izuzu unit?

I've read they do about 70mpg - is that for real?!?
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Re: Vauxhall 1.7 DTi Engine
« Reply #1 on: 19 June 2009, 21:11:18 »
Very economical, got one in the combo will run with the fuel light flashing forever I mean forever too  :o
Reliable and easy to work on too, I think they're Isuzu unless you get the CDTi version.

Very good engine's I swear by them (had 3 astra vans, astra car and now combo) all with same engine  :y
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Re: Vauxhall 1.7 DTi Engine
« Reply #2 on: 19 June 2009, 21:18:05 »
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Very economical, got one in the combo will run with the fuel light flashing forever I mean forever too  :o
Reliable and easy to work on too, I think they're Isuzu unless you get the CDTi version.

Very good engine's I swear by them (had 3 astra vans, astra car and now combo) all with same engine  :y
all them cars with the same engine  :-? must have took ages to change over ;D ;D sorry i had to
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Re: Vauxhall 1.7 DTi Engine
« Reply #3 on: 19 June 2009, 21:23:52 »
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Very economical, got one in the combo will run with the fuel light flashing forever I mean forever too  :o
Reliable and easy to work on too, I think they're Isuzu unless you get the CDTi version.

Very good engine's I swear by them (had 3 astra vans, astra car and now combo) all with same engine  :y
all them cars with the same engine  :-? must have took ages to change over ;D ;D sorry i had to
;D ;D ;D Your cursed now 666 posts
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Re: Vauxhall 1.7 DTi Engine
« Reply #4 on: 19 June 2009, 21:25:58 »
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Anyone know anything about these? As fitted to Astra etc. Are they commonrail? Not the old izuzu unit?

I've read they do about 70mpg - is that for real?!?

if its a CDTI yes, just as good as any other 1.7
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Re: Vauxhall 1.7 DTi Engine
« Reply #5 on: 19 June 2009, 21:28:17 »
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Very economical, got one in the combo will run with the fuel light flashing forever I mean forever too  :o
Reliable and easy to work on too, I think they're Isuzu unless you get the CDTi version.

Very good engine's I swear by them (had 3 astra vans, astra car and now combo) all with same engine  :y
all them cars with the same engine  :-? must have took ages to change over ;D ;D sorry i had to
;D ;D ;D Your cursed now 666 posts
omg i didnt see that better change that  ;D ;D
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Re: Vauxhall 1.7 DTi Engine
« Reply #6 on: 19 June 2009, 21:35:34 »
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Very economical, got one in the combo will run with the fuel light flashing forever I mean forever too  :o
Reliable and easy to work on too, I think they're Isuzu unless you get the CDTi version.

Very good engine's I swear by them (had 3 astra vans, astra car and now combo) all with same engine  :y
all them cars with the same engine  :-? must have took ages to change over ;D ;D sorry i had to
;D ;D ;D Your cursed now 666 posts
omg i didnt see that better change that  ;D ;D
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Re: Vauxhall 1.7 DTi Engine
« Reply #7 on: 19 June 2009, 21:54:06 »
you want the 1.9 over the 1.7 from what i heard....
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Re: Vauxhall 1.7 DTi Engine
« Reply #8 on: 19 June 2009, 21:59:12 »
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you want the 1.9 over the 1.7 from what i heard....


or the 3.0/3.2 over a 2.2  ::)  ::)  ::)  ::)  :y
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« Reply #9 on: 19 June 2009, 22:00:38 »
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you want the 1.9 over the 1.7 from what i heard....


or the 3.0/3.2 over a 2.2  ::)  ::)  ::)  ::)  :y

Out of our fleet of Omegas, i would take my 2.2 over mother tunnies 3.0 any day  :y
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Re: Vauxhall 1.7 DTi Engine
« Reply #10 on: 19 June 2009, 22:00:44 »
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you want the 1.9 over the 1.7 from what i heard....
They're the newer versions of the engine's in Astra's from MY 07 onwards and 1.9's in Astra's & Veccy C's 05 onwards I think.
The one James was on about is in the Astra G mostly and Combo, corsa's etc  :y
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Re: Vauxhall 1.7 DTi Engine
« Reply #11 on: 19 June 2009, 23:17:19 »
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you want the 1.9 over the 1.7 from what i heard....


or the 3.0/3.2 over a 2.2  ::)  ::)  ::)  ::)  :y

Out of our fleet of Omegas, i would take my 2.2 over mother tunnies 3.0 any day  :y



Out of 'our' fleet of cars, my daughter will take the Astra auto any day ...... cos that's all she's allowed to.  ;)  ;)  ;)  ;)
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Re: Vauxhall 1.7 DTi Engine
« Reply #12 on: 20 June 2009, 02:24:22 »
Not bad engines but economy figures can be ambitious... My van was driven hard from start to stop and did 350ish miles to the tank... Although it was lugging a lot of tools :y :y
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« Reply #13 on: 20 June 2009, 08:41:57 »
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Not bad engines but economy figures can be ambitious... My van was driven hard from start to stop and did 350ish miles to the tank... Although it was lugging a lot of tools :y :y

My old 8 valave seems to manage around 470 to a tank, not matter whether it's driven around town to work or on a run.  :-/
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Re: Vauxhall 1.7 DTi Engine
« Reply #14 on: 20 June 2009, 10:54:16 »
The CDTi range of engines are OK, on a par with other manufacturer's similar sized engines. The CDTi are common rail.  You have to fight the gears a bit to keep it on song though, and power drops off dramatically if the revs are wrong (usual overblown modern diesel)


The pre CDTi range - which I think from memory includes all Astra-G engines - are bloody awful, certainly I find them very frustrating to drive.
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