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Re: Anyone know about Astras?
« Reply #45 on: 05 April 2020, 17:19:45 »
Quote from: JamesV6CDX on 05 April 2020, 17:10:06

Top marks to anyone who can guess what is wrong :y
The engine  ? :-\   ;D

swirl flaps
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Re: Anyone know about Astras?
« Reply #46 on: 05 April 2020, 17:27:49 »
How can you tell it’s ex rental? I didn’t know that :y


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Re: Anyone know about Astras?
« Reply #47 on: 05 April 2020, 17:33:23 »
Quote from: JamesV6CDX on 05 April 2020, 17:27:49
How can you tell it’s ex rental? I didn’t know that :y
It's clearly a fleet car in that spec... Enterprise or Budget would be my best guess, or that bodgit alarm outfit that Mark Alarmingman works for although I think they went for 1.3 diseasals, blue chip pool car (JLP) for example. ;)

No retail dealer worthy of employment would sell an Astra J with steel wheels... :D
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Re: Anyone know about Astras?
« Reply #48 on: 05 April 2020, 23:04:25 »
Flattened cam lobe,... chipped valve, snapped shaft.
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Re: Anyone know about Astras?
« Reply #49 on: 06 April 2020, 12:04:24 »
Quote from: JamesV6CDX on 05 April 2020, 17:10:06
I’ve found the problem. I’ll post up the results with photos later once I’ve showered and eaten etc :y

Top marks to anyone who can guess what is wrong :y

Detached swirl flap holding a valve open (if your lucky !!)
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Re: Anyone know about Astras?
« Reply #50 on: 06 April 2020, 12:05:33 »
Come on James you must be starving by now  ;D
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Re: Anyone know about Astras?
« Reply #51 on: 06 April 2020, 12:22:33 »
Glow plug leaking or missing,
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Re: Anyone know about Astras?
« Reply #52 on: 06 April 2020, 12:28:21 »
Broken rocker arm, cam pulley fitted wrong
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Re: Anyone know about Astras?
« Reply #53 on: 06 April 2020, 13:29:16 »
The huge-a-me-flip wasn't engaging with the thingybob properly!  ;D
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Re: Anyone know about Astras?
« Reply #54 on: 06 April 2020, 13:36:59 »
Quote from: Sir Tigger QC on 06 April 2020, 13:29:16
The huge-a-me-flip wasn't engaging with the thingybob properly!  ;D

Joking aside, is it the giggling pin or the laughing shaft?

Can't wait for the release of the official report.
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Re: Anyone know about Astras?
« Reply #55 on: 06 April 2020, 18:31:12 »
Just had a look at the video... glow plug out :y
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Re: Anyone know about Astras?
« Reply #56 on: 06 April 2020, 19:32:57 »
Not had time to upload pics. But as I suspected. The tip of no4 glow plug has dropped into the cylinder
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Re: Anyone know about Astras?
« Reply #57 on: 06 April 2020, 21:29:00 »
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Re: Anyone know about Astras?
« Reply #58 on: 06 April 2020, 21:48:53 »
How much damage to piston/cylinder bore/ head ???   Recoverable or dead ...     :(
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Re: Anyone know about Astras?
« Reply #59 on: 06 April 2020, 22:45:33 »
Quote from: Entwood on 06 April 2020, 21:48:53
How much damage to piston/cylinder bore/ head ???   Recoverable or dead ...     :(

Hi Nige

Head looks unscathed, but I will remove the valves for a close inspection

Piston is obliterated.

The bore is hard to say. All the pictures I take make it look deeply scored but that doesn’t represent how it appears to the naked eye

It looks to me as if something has melted against the inside of the bore, rather than deeply scoring it
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