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[Big_Al]

hi guys ,   neighbours T reg 1.7 diesel Astra van,  came to junction across the road from here & just died. Pushed it to outside of his house.

Turning over fine but will not start. Half tank of fuel,  no management light.

Any pointers would be great. TIA   Al

[Lazydocker]

Check for fuel/leaks at the injectors will be the best place to start

If it was running fine it sounds like the shut off solenoid has activated... May be a fuse, may be a broken wire but checking for fuel is the best start (assuming it's not turning over quickly... i.e. Cam belt )

[Big_Al]

Check for fuel/leaks at the injectors will be the best place to start

If it was running fine it sounds like the shut off solenoid has activated... May be a fuse, may be a broken wire but checking for fuel is the best start (assuming it's not turning over quickly... i.e. Cam belt )

Gonna give  him half hour of my time -  last thing I want tonight is to get covered in diesel.   Just trying to point him in the right direction - 

[Andy B]

hi guys ,   neighbours T reg 1.7 diesel Astra van,  came to junction across the road from here & just died. Pushed it to outside of his house.

Turning over fine but will not start. Half tank of fuel,  no management light.

Any pointers would be great. TIA   Al

Guessing it's a low blow 1700 single over head cam diseasal - X17DTL. Get a code reader on it, good chance it'll be the fuel pump (can't remember the code  :-/). As they're a fortune new there's loads of dead 1.7 TD Astras around. I got a recon'd pump for £350 for mine.

[Big_Al]

Thanks Andy.   could really do without this tonight