codfather

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Hi, hopefully im on the right section to post this..
Well i bought myself an astra diesel van for work and oddjobs but after only having it for 5 minutes the Engine seems to be on its way out.
Its the GM td engine, but i hear the Isuzu 1.7td engine is alot more bulletproff so im wanting to know if the isuzu engine will drop straight in after removing the gm engine or will i need alot of other stuff to completer the transplant?
Thanks in advance

codfather

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bttt

johnnyroper

different wiring loom,clutch and flywheel,engine mounts,radiator and intercooler probably gearbox casing and ratios may be different.

in my opinion i would say it would be more trouble than its worth but each to their own i suppose.

codfather

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well i wanted to know if it would be alot of trouble, looking at it, it would be so il prob look for a gm engine if i can get my hands on one which aint banging and smoking like mine

evo north

I have the 1.7 dti y reg 16v ,,
The engine is about the only thing any good and that debatable,
There have been oil in the water for the last 3 yrs,
They don't no if it the oil cooler and head gasket,
The engine management is always on, glow plugs apparently,
If you go at say 70mph from cold it cuts the turbo out,
Your gm engine is defo no worse if you can source one than the isuzu crap
All gm are crap

al4x1

we ran the isuzu engined ones while vauxhall did them with unlimited mileage warranties, lets say they revoked the warranties on us in the end and took the vans back, they were going through head gaskets every 40K and you could can only skim the heads twice so on vehicles doing 100k a year as you might imagine vauxhall got the hump rather fast. So I'd say don't go to the hastle

superdan

if you are going to engine swap i would go for the y20dth lump as they are the best of the bunch of engines that would go in the astra g or just bin it and buy a escort van