astra diesel

[katie28]

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..

[NORMANTHEDOG]

it should cost no more then �200 to replace the fuel pump,take it to another garage

[twazerk]

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.

[chas2008]

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

[david1702198]

chas thats probably because the clowns who drive company vans dont give a **** about them therefore they get horsed every day.

[chas2008]

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...)..

[xud]

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)

[avondale]

some times it is the manegment box it is situated under nearside wing.best of luck