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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: tunnie on 27 April 2013, 17:23:03

Title: Astra H - 17. CDTi: Headgasket?
Post by: tunnie on 27 April 2013, 17:23:03

Next door from my parents have an Astra H 1.7 CDTi, its loosing coolant, on a drive to Banbury and back looses maybe half a cup? About a finger or two's worth from the tank, they have had it at a "specialist" which had it all day, they said they could find no coolant leak so saying its head gasket!

Its got 170k miles so fair few under it, I could not see a HBV or anything similar, only the big coolant pipe from the rad into the block, appeared to be weaping:

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/803897/Omega/Misc/2013-04-27%2010.35.01.jpg)

That be the course, not sure what these 1.7 CDTi engines are like  :-\

Title: Re: Astra H - 17. CDTi: Headgasket?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 27 April 2013, 20:03:55

Any sign of oil in water or water in oil

Title: Re: Astra H - 17. CDTi: Headgasket?
Post by: andyc on 27 April 2013, 21:18:07

Yeah it could be the oil cooler that gone, done three last week at our workshop.

Title: Re: Astra H - 17. CDTi: Headgasket?
Post by: tunnie on 27 April 2013, 21:27:30

Balls forgot to check coolant, from external view it looked clear, but did not inspect it. Will check  :y

Title: Re: Astra H - 17. CDTi: Headgasket?
Post by: tunnie on 01 May 2013, 16:46:51

So an update on this, coolant clear and not water in the oil.

Still looses a little bit of coolant, on a short runs  :-\

Title: Re: Astra H - 17. CDTi: Headgasket?
Post by: Omegatoy on 01 May 2013, 19:13:39

try changing the coolant tank cap!!they  do get tired and its a cheap option,report back when done!1

Title: Re: Astra H - 17. CDTi: Headgasket?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 01 May 2013, 21:50:11

There are also a couple of small coolant pipes near the egr cooler which can split

Title: Re: Astra H - 17. CDTi: Headgasket?
Post by: tunnie on 02 May 2013, 12:23:22

Thanks chaps  :y