ONE POORLY SOUNDING VAUXHALL ASTRA!!!!! BUT CAN WE SAVE IT!!!!

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@Howt-ooo 5 ай бұрын

Baz lad... I'm from Flint. But moved to Belfast this year. You would of been my go to man if I still lived your way. Honestly mate it's class watching someone who knows what they are doing!!! Keep up the amazing work and smash it!!!!

@bazmeredith 5 ай бұрын

Cheers buddy really appreciate this 🤙

@GhostLead65 5 ай бұрын

Brilliant work as always Baz.Its good to see the chain at the right end of the engine.Well done.

@558vulcanxh 5 ай бұрын

Nicely done Baz . Our family have had Vauxhalls since 1986 and the only trouble we ever had was the valve stem oil seals hardening, so we changed them , quite straightforward and the new ones were better material than the old ones. But what I wouldn't buy now is ANY car with a wet belt or the timing gear at the back of the engine and your video shows why . Well done again 👏 😊

@user-jg6vw3em9f 5 ай бұрын

Hey Baz, what a cracking video. Hugely enjoyable and thanks for sharing your knowledge !!!

@adrianflower3230 5 ай бұрын

Great save, Baz. I can see motorists flocking to your garage from all over the UK. Great work 🤘🤘👍👍

@paulscarrepairs 5 ай бұрын

“What’s going on with this floody camera” ha ha nearly swore there mate! 😂 great video BTW 👍👍👍

@waynebrinkley6284 5 ай бұрын

Baz it's never boring, love watching your videos, top quality as always.🤙🤙

@PTRsTransport 5 ай бұрын

Excellent video as usual Baz. Yes, please do a behind the scenes video because i would like to see how you appear to use 'the force' to spin the camera around etc. I have tried for many (too many) years to use the force, but to no avail lol. Keep up the good work 👍

@victorbox6289 5 ай бұрын

Looks a well maintained and loved car with the owner growing a vegetable patch on the front chassis rails!

@TheMerlin672 5 ай бұрын

That first start-up after major surgery STILL gives me palpitations.😂

@bazmeredith 5 ай бұрын

2 choices it starts or it don't 😂😂😂, my anxiety used to go mad

@Theneurodivergentmechanic 5 ай бұрын

Great video Baz. I love these engines.

@bazmeredith 5 ай бұрын

Epic ain't they

@stugbroon16 5 ай бұрын

Another top class job from baz again nice one👌🤝😉

@markkiernan8007 5 ай бұрын

Top Video Baz, I did the exact same job on my GTC a couple of weeks ago, the bottom of the left hand guide had snapped so it was sump off to remove the debris 👍

@vincentbitter9479 5 ай бұрын

Very nice video to watch, keep up the good work 🤙🏻

@andytownsend1642 5 ай бұрын

Great work there Bazza. My wife's Mokka is the same engine. They are cheap quality compared to older Vauxhalls and that's coming from someone who spent 9 years at a dealership. Water pump, head gasket, expansion tank, various coolant hoses, crack in inlet manifold, talk about Triggers broom. Last issue was PCV valve internal to inlet manifold gone, £1000 for new manifold! Got a kit from USA instead which adds the PCV stuff externally and actually replaces that plastic pipe you replaced at the end as they are common to break. Be careful as there's a 1 way valve at the turbo end. Certainly not Vauxhalls finest hour but at least you do have access round it.

@bazmeredith 5 ай бұрын

I did a video making my own kit on the pcv valve took some figuring out but wish I knew about the kit tho, but I enjoyed doing it so weren't so bad

@bazmeredith 5 ай бұрын

Hence why I checked the short/long term fuel trims to see if it's not getting to much air

@Driver-UK 5 ай бұрын

Another great job and video 👍👍

@Flyboy1066 5 ай бұрын

Baz as always fantastic blog and video, true professional and quality ❤💪

@derekgb3780 Ай бұрын

The straw in that engine bay was stressing me out. 😂

@fishwag 5 ай бұрын

I’m not a Vauxhall hater, I own one, but these petrol engines that GM used in most of their Vauxhall and Opel vehicles was not the best designed engine. Stretched timing chains are a given if you own one and they don’t like long oil intervals which this one has definitely been subjected to

@gameova5962 5 ай бұрын

I have the same engine in my GTC - Guides break on every 1.4t eventually as the plastic drys out. But thats not the only issue with these engines..... ☠

@lanehogger1532 5 ай бұрын

I drive 30000 miles a year and have done for 30 years. I have owned many cars in that time driving them upto an average of 150000 miles. My 14 plate Astra J was S**t. Not least because the doors would fill up with rain water and slosh about. I removed the rubber bungs at the bottom of the door in the end 😂

@flippingcarsrepairs 5 ай бұрын

Great job 👍👍👍

@andrewarmes4607 5 ай бұрын

You probably know this this, but….. you can take the timing cover off these without removing the water pump, only 5 of the bolts go through both, saves a water pump gasket if the pumps good, replaced recently etc

@plugman1963 5 ай бұрын

Top job!

@shaunblakemore7150 5 ай бұрын

Great work Baz 👍

@bazmeredith 5 ай бұрын

Cheers Shaun 🤙

@dejanprsic159 7 күн бұрын

Totalno sranj. od motora. Opel je zaista, nakon mnogo dobrih godina, upropastio sve sa nizom loših agregata. Propast auto industrije u potpunosti. Uzgred, odličan posao brate... pozdrav iz Srbije...❤❤❤

@j.f5212 5 ай бұрын

That hose you replaced with coolant hose, doesn't the manufacturer one have a 1 way valve built into it as part of the pcv system? The other classic is the one way check valve built into the inlet manifold normally disappears into the engine in about 5000 miles ?

@bazmeredith 5 ай бұрын

There's a check valve on the connector, all I did was cut the plastic pipe off the connectors and reused them with new pipe

@cabottaxi 5 ай бұрын

What a guy . Great job completed to the usual high standards

@n3hp5 5 ай бұрын

What do you think of the 2.0 CDTI Insignias? any good? do I just get the oil pickup seal done on them and they're pretty "reliable"?

@bazmeredith 5 ай бұрын

Great engines when the pick up ring has been done

@Howiezat 4 ай бұрын

Just bought a 2019 Astra 1.0 eco petrol estate (w/turbo😂) 65K miles for £7K, sounded OK at dealer/test drive.....watched this first so must be mad. Assume its a engine out/similar setup? Asked the dealer for an oil/filter change before buying. Im in Cardiff so first sign of trouble im coming to you for a doctor's diagnosis 😊

@paulrowlands8666 5 ай бұрын

Well done Baz that was a great result for that car. Would you be interested in doing a timing chain on my 2017 BMW X1. Only from Oswestry so local

@bazmeredith 5 ай бұрын

Yes mate of course, drop me an email and we'll get it sorted

@TS-bn7zt Ай бұрын

Top man Baz, got to ask mate….. did you re torque the cam end cap 😂

@bazmeredith Ай бұрын

@@TS-bn7zt i sure did

@TS-bn7zt Ай бұрын

@ I know you did mate, just got into your channel and I’m loving it. Spot on stuff Baz, cheers 👍

@bazmeredith Ай бұрын

@TS-bn7zt cheers buddy

@TS-bn7zt Ай бұрын

@@bazmeredith 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@cypeman8037 5 ай бұрын

I'm supporting the engine by telling it I love it, I'm here for it and I'll standby it. I'm presuming it's ok with that pronoun. 🤔

@fill7t1 5 ай бұрын

Vauxhall did an engine with the timing chain on the gearbox side? Can imagine that's a lot of work in that!. Have you done one before?

@emmanuila7747 3 ай бұрын

Amazing job! This engine is very derty or my eyes have a problem? They maybe did 15K oil changes?not good

@simonbailey2151 5 ай бұрын

Honestly, how do you change a timing chain basically one-handed, whilst filming with the other? Anyway top work as always.

@bazmeredith 5 ай бұрын

It's hard work buddy I might do a behind the scenes one day and just show people how i do it all

@chrisvalentine-vs7ey 5 ай бұрын

Why you need sealer if there is a gasket 😁😁😁

@Philunited 5 ай бұрын

Did you take the sump off to just clean it out or can you do them without the sump off pal

@bazmeredith 5 ай бұрын

It's best to take the sump off as the timing cover is on dowels and can be tricky to get back on with the sump off, and always best to remove to clean