opinions on 1.7d astra van

pudzey101 · 23-06-2011 11:11PM #1

Has anyone ever had one or have any good recomendations about these vans:) eg what there like on diesel,faults etc?
Any help greatly appreciated
David.

mondeo · 23-06-2011 11:15PM

1.7 diesal astra van, sounds like dooms day is upon us all.

Why not look at a focus van instead? I hear from friends they are a great van. Has to be a nicer drive aswell.

Rick Deckard · 23-06-2011 11:15PM

we used to have them as company cars. the job bought them cause they were too cheap to get something decent like a focus van.

And they do feel very cheap, plastics especially. Load space was very good, bit of poke out of the 1.7 lump.

If it was my money, i'd go for the focus van.

Rick Deckard · 23-06-2011 11:16PM

mondeo wrote: »

1.7 diesal astra van, sounds like dooms day is upon us all.

Why not look at a focus van instead? I hear from friends they are a great van. Has to be a nicer drive aswell.

beaten to it

pudzey101 · 23-06-2011 11:20PM

love to go for focus van:) but getting VERY good deal on this 01 van:) are they troublesome? thanks for all your replys!:)

Rick Deckard · 23-06-2011 11:24PM

pudzey101 wrote: »

love to go for focus van:) but getting VERY good deal on this 01 van:) are they troublesome? thanks for all your replys!:)

no not really, we had five of them in the galway office, and the dublin lads had something similar. Diesel, tires and service and your good

Mycroft H · 23-06-2011 11:26PM

The 1.7 is a izuzu lump and its trouble free for the most part.

pudzey101 · 23-06-2011 11:52PM

landyman wrote: »

The 1.7 is a izuzu lump and its trouble free for the most part.

once its trouble free its good for meeee

:)

David09 · 23-06-2011 11:59PM

Is it an isuzu engine though? I thought there were two different ones available. The isuzu and opel's own 1.7 "low-boost" engine.

Mycroft H · 24-06-2011 01:00AM

Yea the old astras had the izzuzu engine, newer ones had a general motors one, which wasnt as good, though someone round here will know the difference

dirtydiesel · 24-06-2011 08:35AM

I had a 99 for 12 months, never gave an ounce of bother, very easy to work on and quite comfortable to drive, good on fuel and loads of space in the back.
As long as the 01 your after has a decent service history your on the ball.
When I sold mine the guy who both it rang me a day later saying it was broken down and his mechanic said the fuel pump was gone and the cost of repair was down to me etc, so I went and checked it out and only took me a minute to realise he had put petrol not diesel into it:D

GTDolanator · 24-06-2011 08:37AM

David09 wrote: »

Is it an isuzu engine though? I thought there were two different ones available. The isuzu and opel's own 1.7 "low-boost" engine.

correct this is commonly mistaken,the isuzu lump was finished in the ashtray in 98 i think,the other engine is a GM low blow diesel which was no were near as good as the isuzu lump.but its hit and miss some were just as reliable some werent just depends weather you get a dog or not

L1011 · 24-06-2011 09:26AM

mondeo wrote: »

1.7 diesal astra van, sounds like dooms day is upon us all.

Why not look at a focus van instead? I hear from friends they are a great van. Has to be a nicer drive aswell.

Have an (08) Astra 1.7 van, have had a Focus 1.6 van; prefer the Astra. The spec level of the Focus might have changed my mind - the Astra has AC, a grid bulkhead and alloys where the Focus didn't.

Its reliable but I have an inverse reliablity relationship with vehicles - a brand new Toyota Auris I had briefly has electrical gremlins and has blown its turbo despite Toyota's reputation; my Citroen C4 never missed a beat in 250,000km...

pudzey101 · 24-06-2011 02:07PM

dirtydiesel wrote: »

I had a 99 for 12 months, never gave an ounce of bother, very easy to work on and quite comfortable to drive, good on fuel and loads of space in the back.
As long as the 01 your after has a decent service history your on the ball.
When I sold mine the guy who both it rang me a day later saying it was broken down and his mechanic said the fuel pump was gone and the cost of repair was down to me etc, so I went and checked it out and only took me a minute to realise he had put petrol not diesel into it:D

ahh some people...no words for it hahaha

Irish Fire · 24-06-2011 02:16PM

I worked for a company that used nothing but ashtrays for the engineers and most gave no trouble, down to the driver really......

The only fault I would have is a lack of side doors, bit of a struggle to get something out of the very front when your standing at the rear, other than that They're an OK van. And to be fair '01 van if it's the right money with a DOE and it's tidy it should be OK........

If you want perfection and warranty....... buy new..... and at that you may not get pefection with a new one.

Best of luck......

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