My grandfather has a Opel Astra F, he drives it rarely since he's too old to drive, sadly he passed away 1 year ago and now is sitting in the garage and keeping it there for sentimental value.
Same! I have got an Opel Ascona C with the 16DA engine. Quite slow but the most reliable car ever. Needs about 5-5,5 l/100km, needs no Oil (have 149.000 km, but I don't know exactly..could be 249.000 km or more too), and everything is easy to repair or service.. I also have had an Opel Kadett E with the 17D-engine. Just had 3 hp more but felt like a rocket compared with the Ascona. It had an 5-gear-gearbox and needed about 4,4-5,5 l/100 km. Had to sell it one month ago (bought it in September 2023) because I didn't need two cars, and I felt bad to use it in winter on salty roads. Bought it from a 94 yo lady who bought it new in 1990. Was a garage car with just 98.000 km!! But the Ascona is my baby and I never give him away. I think I will buy an Opel Frontera/Monterey/Campo for the next winter so I dont need to drive the Ascona during our Austrian salty winter... These 70s, 80s and 90s Opel are so lovely. Quite indestructible, very reliable and so good-looking. One day, if I find one, I will buy an Opel Ascona B 2.0D or an Opel Rekord E 2.3D or 2.3 TD. Also cool would be a Senator Comprex Diesel. (If you don't know it, google it..extremly cool!)
My first car was a 1996 Astra F Caravan, 1.7 TDS Isuzu engine. Loved that car. It's indestructible. I literally cried, when i had to sell that thing. It had 438.000 km's, and now, a year later its still in use. Would definetly buy it back, if theres a chance.
We had an Opel Astra F for almost 9 years. It was comfortable and had a lot of space. It went well...if it was able to do it, as it had technical problems many times. My father sold it for only 200,000 FT (500 dollars). I know there were a lot of problems with that car, but I miss it.
we have too but we had 10 years my dad buy the astra F when i birth and got scrapped because astra was very rusty and she did not pass the inspection. it was best family car we ever have.
@@lukasdobrodej6310 My dad bought a new Astra F Caravan (Station Wagon) on April 1997. Engine 1.8-16V (X18XE), automatic tranny and "Winter Package". he drove the Astra till 2007 when he (sadly) passed away. from this point i drove the Astra till 2015, than i scrapped it because the car fell literary apart to rust and failed the security inspection in germany. the odometer shows 384.000Km. it was smooth to drive, reaches 220Km/h, had a lot of space and was very reliable. the Astra survived 4 crashes (2 caused by other drivers, 2 by myself). today i miss it.
@@taunus1990 There's not much I can compare it to. We've had it since I was born, and what came after wasn't so comfortable. (Fiat Panda, Opel Zafira A)
Добротная крепкая машина, какие сейчас не делают, даже подсветка бардачка работает. 👍 Немного подварить, обслужить, обновить лкп и отъездит ещё полсотни без проблем.
I was surprised it had two airbags considering it's a low spec model: no electric windows, no electric door mirrors, no A/C, no front fog lights... Someone replaced the original door mirrors with the ones from the facelift model, though, the original were more square and painted in the same colour as the body. 🙂
This is what i call a great car,not this plastic cars they now do. I have 1 1.4 16v what a car. I hope it makes someone happy and still lives this beautiful family car. Love your guys work and videos,great weekend for you.
Great car and one of the best station wagons of the 90's. For me its the most beauty astra caravan body generation. We have one bought new by my dad in 1992( Gasoline C16SE version ). Thanks for save this unit! Regards from Catalonia
Greetings from Spain I had an Opel Astra 1.7 Isuzu Turbo Diesel engine, from 1998, it has the same engine as the unit in the video but with a turbo. Regarding the engine, I did not have any problem, as for the external elements, some, but few... The starter motor failed once, the steering box had a hydraulic leak and the alternator also failed once, which caused the same failure that appears in the video unit, it does not charge, that is why the battery warning light is on and The rev counter doesn't work because it takes the signal from the alternator. As for the rust, nothing is a problem, and that he made trips to the maritime areas very frequently and from time to time to the snowy mountains ... As for the interior, the talks and adjustments hold up very well over time except for the ceiling upholstery that ended up hanging... but that is a typical fault in many cars of all makes of the time. That if my car always slept in a covered garage. And the metallic paint shone like new. I think that unit has rusty bottoms because it circulated a lot on snowy roads that had deposited salt to be able to travel them. With 170,000 km I donated it to my father who lives in a town. He practically spends 6 months resting in a garage and when summer arrives he connects the battery and starts almost instantly. In addition, he is passing all the mandatory ITV inspections to be able to circulate. In short, a good car...of which I have good memories.
These cars with the diesel engine, 1.7 were the best ones. 200,000 miles was very common if the engine was looked after. They were mostly vans with the lower powered engine, but they still went on and on for ever. I had a new 1.9tdi engine van in 2009, it was superb, 130 bhp. I wish I still had it, went like a rocket.
had great engines. i have a saab 93 with b207 (z20net), 270k km on the clock, zero issues. i also have opel insignia with a20nht, the engine literally fell apart after 110k km
@@massimo6770 Was also in 115 in the late years. Same engine - just more honest data. Never dyno'ed a Twinport-engine from Opel, that did not have 10-15 more hp than the official papers said. ;)
I love opel. We still have a Astra F Cabrio and its so awesome to drive these in the summer. Great car. As a main car i use a Astra G caravan. Solid and not expensive to repair.
Very nice FLEXINY I'm proud of you I've been watching your channel for 4 years and I could watch your videos over and over it's nice and sweet how you save these old cars these new ones have nothing to compare I like to learn from you Keep it up. Good mechanic from CB Greetings to you and all of Estonia I'm waiting for more movies
Thank you!! Sadly we are getting car tax soon and alot people brings their cars to scrapyard because of fear. And abandoned cars are getting more expensive (almost same as driving cars)
@Flexiny these government crews just are making things so much of a mess. This thing wasn't even smoking and it was placed in the woods 😐. This just blows my mind 😮😊
Gosto demais dos seus vídeos, assisto 5 até 7 por dia,mas me dá raiva quando você tenta funcionar o carro sem retirar o filtro de ar, limpar o terminal da bateria, retirar as velas e colocar óleo na cabeça dos pistões, ver primeiro o combustível que na maioria das vezes está Velho, retirar as filhas,trocar o filtro de ar e trocar o óleo e o filtro antes de tentar funcionar o veículo, daria muito mais prazer de ver o vídeo, faça isso por favor, vai ser muito mais gostoso de ver o vídeo, um abraço de Juliano de Ponte nova MG Brasil
The Astra F is pretty much the successor of the famous Opel Kadett, I'm surprised they changed the name as this generation carried many traits from the previous Kadett. One of which was the many body styles, you could get something from a hatch, all the way to a van. And also, I heard those horse flies flying around so be careful! Their bites pack a wallop.
It was part of GM's unifying of names in the 90s, a lot of the UK Vauxhall marques were lost and took on the Opel names (Nova to Corsa, Cavalier to Vectra, Carlton to Omega, etc.), the Astra name was about the only name that went the other way, taking over from Kadett, and given Astra is latin for Stars, it sounded better than some low-level military-rank... :)
Here in Brazil, these Astras sold by Chevrolet became known as (Belgian Astra) because it was imported from Belgium, it arrived here at the end of 1994 as a 1995 model, only in the 4-Door Hatch and 4-Door Station Wagon version, they remained until 1996 and only returned with its new generation in 1998, it is very rare to find a whole one here, most are falling apart, as a curiosity the car's engine was placed here and when it went to Belgium they assembled it and came back with the Brazilian engine without any changes to the engine in this case it was the 2.0 MPFI
This old Isuzu 1.7 DTI will last for many decades with only a drop of diesel and cheap maintenance. Unfortunately the body has significant rust common issues at Vectra A and Omega A from the same generation. I miss my C20NE 😢
@@MecartisanaleNot so rusty but there is no real value to repair/restore this car.Its pretty basic equipment and need lots of lots of work,simply not worth doing it
@@nikolakurjakovic2188 you must see the bottom from the Astra. especially the fixing-points from the rear axle and the coil-spring mounts. the most Astras are so rusty at these points that there is a great risk to loose the rear-axle. my Astra F Caravan began to press the springmounts thru the floor-pan and had many many rust under the floor-pan protection.
I was driving Opel Astra F CC 1.6 8v 75HP she had a problem with the cooling indicator that turned on the fan at 100 degrees and with rust at the fuel cap, there were no other problems the engine was durable
Almost identical to my first car, a Feb 1994 1.7d merit estate in white. Mine had the GM 1.7dr non-turbo engine with about 60HP. This is the more powerful 82HP Isuzu unit. Good cars in the day and better than the equivalent Escort in my opinion. Mine Did not have power steering though. Sometimes the handbrake used to stick badly if it was parked up wet and left for a few days!
Oh old TC4EE1 Engine Because of that i drive still Isuzu 1,7 diesel (1x Vectra-B, 2x Astra-G, now Astra-J) all with 1,7 Isuzu- never had serious problem - much more than 250000km
Opel diesel sitting there eight years test drive stick shift air tires battery full detail awesome videos friend bless you keep bringing new videos best mechanic in the world that's entertainment for ya
Great, great, I always look forward to the release of a new video and wait to see what will happen in it, it's a shame that there can't be a video from the day, but as always, a great video😁
31 years ago we got such a new Opel but only with 57 PS Opel engine. This ISUZU engine wasnt available at this time, Finally the rust divorced us 2009 😢
Abbiamo avuto in famiglia una 1.6 16v e andava benissimo, consumava poco e volendo andava forte. Rotta la pompa acqua e quindi la distribuzione.. macchina da rottamare a 230000km. Peccato era davvero ben fatta. Il condizionatore era un freezer, fumavano le bocchette. La pompa acqua era da cambiare ogni distribuzione.. ed è stato il grande difetto mortale di questa macchina. La ricordiamo con affetto
It runs very good! The body seems to have survived better than some other 1990s cars such as maybe a Mazda or Ford. I had a Vectra A with the same engine and it was quite smooth considering how old it was. A little fiddly to work on though.
