Will a 2003 engine fit a 1998 car

dillo2k10

Will a 2003 opel astra engine fit a 1998 astra both 1.4

Nissan doctor

dillo2k10 wrote: »

Will a 2003 opel astra engine fit a 1998 astra both 1.4

If they are both the same engine type then yes but you'd need to be sure they match.

lifer_sean

Probably not. The early ones had throttle cables and the later ones (post 2002 I think) were drive-by-wire. As the Doc said, check the engine codes (first part of the engine number, stamped on the block).

tossy

It is possible to fit almost any engine to any car - the questions you should be asking are it feasible to do it ? and why you want to do it ?

Blazer

tossy wrote: »

It is possible to fit almost any engine to any car - the questions you should be asking are it feasible to do it ? and why you want to do it ?

prob the same reason I'd had for my first car...the timing belt happened to go as I was accelerating hard
goodbye 98 engine...hello 97 engine

Muckie

Its very possible, it takes a bit of work though. Have fitted newer engines into BMW's, Escorts and Fiats. If your handy with the spanners you are good to go. Hope it works out.

W.Shakes-Beer

lifer_sean wrote: »

Probably not. The early ones had throttle cables and the later ones (post 2002 I think) were drive-by-wire. As the Doc said, check the engine codes (first part of the engine number, stamped on the block).

Correct, the 98-01 engines in the mk4 Astra have the code X14XE and 02-04 mk4's are Z14XE which are drive by wire.

The Z series are more reliable but not sure if the swap would be easy due to a few small differences.

lifer_sean

Muckie wrote: »

Its very possible, it takes a bit of work though. Have fitted newer engines into BMW's, Escorts and Fiats. If your handy with the spanners you are good to go. Hope it works out.

If the OP is trying to put a "drive by wire" engine into an "accelerator cable" Astra, it will not work. Might be possible if you swop the cylinder head, or if you swop the complete wiring loom in the car, neither of which are really feasible. Swopping the external bits such as the manifolds etc is not sufficient.

In many cases it is possible to swop in older/newer engines from the same model, but this isn't one of them.

Unless the OP is lucky that the 2003 engine is not drive by wire; if it isn't, then it will drop straight in.

crosshair1

Pretty sure this goes straight in once you swap over all old ancillaries to new engine.
You will also have to swap the exhaust cam pulley and sensor. Check the no of teeth on the crank sensor wheel just to make sure it's the same