Body & Soul1 min ago
astra diesel
hi there can anyone help i have a asrta diesel 2.0 was driving fine then suddenly cut out got it towed by rac to garage they say its the fuel pump and it will be about a grand to fix. Is this right or am i being ripped of. If right its not worth mending and to the scrap heap it will go boo hoo..
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Be very carefull, make sure you understand whats wrong with your car before asking advice to avoid confusion. Ask the garage if the problem is with the injector pump as I suspect it is. If it turns out to be the injector pump then a thousand pounds sounds about right, unless Norm can do it for �200.
sorry to be the bearer of bad new but i had a company Astra diesel van (MK4) and the diesel pump went, a Vauxhall dealer quoted in excess of �2,000 + eventually got it done through a local diesel specialiest but the bill was stll over �1,200+vat, being a comapny van we just wanted it back on the road so never went down the secondhand route. From what i remember some Astras are fitted with electric injector pumps rather than mechanical and such cant be reconditioned or exchanged...(after spending all that money 3 months later the gear box went!! the van had only done 70,000)...scrapped it
dont care how hard a van is driven you should get more than 66,000 , (which was the exact mileage , averaging 15,000 a year ) out of a gearbox & injector pump...its a commercial vehicle , it should be designed & built for hard work....Got 300,000+ out of an escort van which was thrashed by daily delivery drivers (1 g/box + 2 clutches + normal servicing...)..
I got bitten last year with a similar problem on my Xantia 2.1td.
This particular model is neither a HDi, nor the older mechanical type pump. Intead, it's a semi electronic pump system which preceded tha HDI models.
Spares were rare as hens teeth, I searched high and low for a second hand pump on ebay and all the breakers yards but could find nothing. I sent the pump off to a specialist who reported thae pump was scrap bue to excessive corrosion from water present in the fuel. A new Lucas pump was over �700. I cut my losses and scrapped the car. Pity because the Xantia with 2.1 is one of the best diesels around (until they go bang)
This particular model is neither a HDi, nor the older mechanical type pump. Intead, it's a semi electronic pump system which preceded tha HDI models.
Spares were rare as hens teeth, I searched high and low for a second hand pump on ebay and all the breakers yards but could find nothing. I sent the pump off to a specialist who reported thae pump was scrap bue to excessive corrosion from water present in the fuel. A new Lucas pump was over �700. I cut my losses and scrapped the car. Pity because the Xantia with 2.1 is one of the best diesels around (until they go bang)