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[STEMO]

always scary when you first turn the key after a rebuild and it bangs and clatters 
then the lifters fill with 710 and all is good with the world 
i'm sure it will be a great run-a-round when done 
i much prefer the astra estate to the hatch 

ESP in diesel form 

I drove a 1.6 petrol Astra J last year, a 2011 model, with only 30k on the clock, a very reliable and good car, but it lacked any poke at all, and only averages 35mpg!

Whereas, in comparison, the work cars I used to drive a few years ago, were 1.3CDTi - and much better than the 1.6 petrol.

My 2.0 165bhp gets along the road nicely, and 40+mpg around town.

If ever I'm in your neck of the woods, we'll have to go for a couple of pints, and I'll have a go in that

In reverse order, obviously!

Make sure your passport is up to date 

[Andy B]

always scary when you first turn the key after a rebuild and it bangs and clatters 
then the lifters fill with 710 and all is good with the world 
i'm sure it will be a great run-a-round when done 
i much prefer the astra estate to the hatch 

ESP in diesel form 

I drove a 1.6 petrol Astra J last year, a 2011 model, with only 30k on the clock, a very reliable and good car, but it lacked any poke at all, and only averages 35mpg!

Whereas, in comparison, the work cars I used to drive a few years ago, were 1.3CDTi - and much better than the 1.6 petrol.

My 2.0 165bhp gets along the road nicely, and 40+mpg around town.

If ever I'm in your neck of the woods, we'll have to go for a couple of pints, and I'll have a go in that

In reverse order, obviously!

Make sure your passport is up to date 

& inoculations .... 

[Raeturbo]

My 1.6 16v sure ain’t shy when pushed 101bhp in that is quite ok, plus I get to do 120 miles per tenner on LPG.

[henryd]

always scary when you first turn the key after a rebuild and it bangs and clatters 
then the lifters fill with 710 and all is good with the world 
i'm sure it will be a great run-a-round when done 
i much prefer the astra estate to the hatch 

ESP in diesel form 

I drove a 1.6 petrol Astra J last year, a 2011 model, with only 30k on the clock, a very reliable and good car, but it lacked any poke at all, and only averages 35mpg!

Whereas, in comparison, the work cars I used to drive a few years ago, were 1.3CDTi - and much better than the 1.6 petrol.

My 2.0 165bhp gets along the road nicely, and 40+mpg around town.

If ever I'm in your neck of the woods, we'll have to go for a couple of pints, and I'll have a go in that

In reverse order, obviously!

Make sure your passport is up to date 

& inoculations .... 

 

[STEMO]

always scary when you first turn the key after a rebuild and it bangs and clatters 
then the lifters fill with 710 and all is good with the world 
i'm sure it will be a great run-a-round when done 
i much prefer the astra estate to the hatch 

ESP in diesel form 

I drove a 1.6 petrol Astra J last year, a 2011 model, with only 30k on the clock, a very reliable and good car, but it lacked any poke at all, and only averages 35mpg!

Whereas, in comparison, the work cars I used to drive a few years ago, were 1.3CDTi - and much better than the 1.6 petrol.

My 2.0 165bhp gets along the road nicely, and 40+mpg around town.

If ever I'm in your neck of the woods, we'll have to go for a couple of pints, and I'll have a go in that

In reverse order, obviously!

Make sure your passport is up to date 

& inoculations .... 

 

You can laugh, yokel 

[henryd]

always scary when you first turn the key after a rebuild and it bangs and clatters 
then the lifters fill with 710 and all is good with the world 
i'm sure it will be a great run-a-round when done 
i much prefer the astra estate to the hatch 

ESP in diesel form 

I drove a 1.6 petrol Astra J last year, a 2011 model, with only 30k on the clock, a very reliable and good car, but it lacked any poke at all, and only averages 35mpg!

Whereas, in comparison, the work cars I used to drive a few years ago, were 1.3CDTi - and much better than the 1.6 petrol.

My 2.0 165bhp gets along the road nicely, and 40+mpg around town.

If ever I'm in your neck of the woods, we'll have to go for a couple of pints, and I'll have a go in that

In reverse order, obviously!

Make sure your passport is up to date 

& inoculations .... 

 

You can laugh, yokel 

Oooh arghhh

[Doctor Gollum]

Not so many Grockles this year... 

[terry paget]

Not much progress today, spent most of it drinking beer, went for a dog walk and lazing around.

But, I torqued up the con-rod for the piston I fitted, and fitted the cover protection plate thingymabob that covers the bottom end, as well as the strainer:



I then had a look at the upper sump:



And cleaned it up a bit



Can't get any dealer parts at the moment, so I made do with some loctite grey sealant I had, which I'm sure will do the job (Grey is correct for sumps)



And after cleaning it up, placed a bead around the sump:



And refitted it to the car.

It actually took ages - it was really fiddly to get back on, it connects to the gearbox, and also a bracket on the OS driveshaft, which really got in the way when trying to maneuver it back on.

The lower sump is also back on, so, sumps, done

I used to buy Vx parts fom Downside Motors, a local Vauxhall dealereship, who usually got them from Platinum Vauxhall, Trowbridge. I get the impression that access to Vauxhall stores for spares is currently impossible. Is this so, or is there a postal route still available? 

[JamesV6CDX]

Had to go to that silly thing called work today, but had a spare hour this evening, so as promised, a post-mortem on the suspected blocked DPF.

I'll let the pictures do the talking, other than to say, how the bloody hell is an engine ever supposed to breathe with all of this crap clogging up the exhaust 

[Andy B]

.....

That looks betterer ..... 

[STEMO]

Jeez, the shit that was in there.

[Sir Tigger KC]

So I assume some of that is supposed to be in there?    The white bits? 

[JamesV6CDX]

So I assume some of that is supposed to be in there?    The white bits? 

Yes they are, the whole thing is meant to be like a fine honeycombe........

I just don't get how an engine can breathe properly like that.... I'm prepared to bet if I were to weld up and refit that DPF*..... a few horses would be unleashed!!

* for off road use, only!

[YZ250]

Jeez, the shit that was in there.

That's how they all are, layer upon layer of a honeycomb type material.    When I bashed out the contents of the truck dpf, and then refitted it, my lad said to me "F**k me, it goes like a scolded cat now". 
It was easy on the pick up dpf, wait for it to regen, and then remove the pipe and ram a bar in to the box and smash it out with no damage to the casing. As far as the mot went, it was still there untampered with and sailed through each time. 
Things may have been tightened up since then though as that procedure became common knowledge.

[JamesV6CDX]

remove the pipe and ram a bar in to the box and smash it out with no damage to the casing. As far as the mot went, it was still there untampered with and sailed through each time. 
Things may have been tightened up since then though as that procedure became common knowledge.

It's still a "visual inspection".

So, they can't tap it to see if it's hollow.

If one were to therefore hypothetically, weld the box back up, and fit a generic round heat shield around the DPF...............


Personally, Id rather cut it open than run a bar through it. That shit gets in every nook and cranny, and I'd want it all fully removed