Van broke down

Driving my van yesterday to a job and the engine just stopped. Got my bro in law to try some jump leads but that wasn't the problem. Towed it to the garage I use and opened fuel pipe turned it over and no fuel coming through. So thought probbaly fuel pump, no problem £100 tops to get sorted. Phoned a few motor part shops to see who has one and they all said they don't have them. So phoned Vauxhall and they said my model doesn't have a fuel pump only main injection pump and they are £1,100 + vat
Still waiting for garage to get back to me but fingers and paws crossed for me that it's something else that won't cost that much. Van is only worth £1,500. Hate being self employed sometimes

That sucks If it will cost more than 20% of what the van is worth I'd just get a different one espically with an engine problem

You are having a bit of a crap time of it at the mo

I shall have a beer for you later in commiseration xXx

Wow, that's a lot of money, hope it comes to something cheaper than that

Tell me about it Janey
Only hope I have J if it is that is to phone scrap yard and hope they don't realise the true value of them. Has happened in past. Like ask for £100 for the part then it may be worth the risk

I've gotten some great deals from junk yards before. If you are mechanically inclined the do it yourself routine is great. I'm great on pre 2000 models but anything after that I'm about useless

Wow, hope it doesn't cost that much!

Aww how crap, it's no fun being self employed sometimes, everything crossed here

Ouch I hope it works out alright!

Might have to train Blue up with weight pulling. Then I can buy a cart and get him to carry my tools from job to job

Or maybe something like this



Obviously I'm not going to have police on the side, it will say something like Mike's Joinery..........I'm not a complete idiot

I think that may well be more reliable Mike, what's the insurance like on one

One thing I love about Land Rovers they are still quite easy to repair.

For some reason Kathy this is insurance group 16 as it's the model with the beer rack roof so you can drink and drive

Mike wrote:Or maybe something like this



Obviously I'm not going to have police on the side, it will say something like Mike's Joinery..........I'm not a complete idiot

Might have to get OH one of these he'd love the beer rack obviously not with police either or mikes joinery, have to have Ashton lock & key of course

This is a duel model. It enable the woman to drive down the correct roads and enables the man to park it up without swapping seats

Mike wrote:This is a duel model. It enable the woman to drive down the correct roads and enables the man to park it up without swapping seats

oh he'd love that!!!

Straight to the breakers yard fella, esp for an older van.

There'll be loads of them sitting written off in breakers which you'll buy the whole unit for next to nowt.

Mike wrote:Or maybe something like this



Obviously I'm not going to have police on the side, it will say something like Mike's Joinery..........I'm not a complete idiot

I like it a lot

mike hope it not going to cost you an arm and a leg to fix bud
but your stuffed for getting to the scrappy your vans knackered

have you noticed if your car/van knackered you have to drive somewere to get it fixed whats that all about if you could drive it it wouldnt be going into the garage /scrappy as the case may be

PS
if you do end up scrapping it ask them to put it at the top of the pile so you get some free advertising

Hope you get it sorted soon mate , one of the major benefits of being a company car owner for me

Warren wrote:PS
if you do end up scrapping it ask them to put it at the top of the pile so you get some free advertising

Not a bad idea

Still no word from the garage
But I walked 2 miles to work today and it payed off. Guy doing the pebble dashing on the house I was working at over heard me talking and said I can get the part for you. Phoned his mate who works for a big local parts company and said tell him what part you need. I told him and he said no problem since your a mate of Nicks (Pebble Dasher) you can have it for cost £240
So when the lazy sods at the garage stop reading the paper and look at the van and if they tell me it is that part I can get it at a decent price.

Ahhh * one mate. i hate fuel pumps!

make/model/year/engine?

i'll use my limit(ed)less knowledge to help

Astra 1.7 cdi 53 plate, no fuel pump just main injection. Turning over just not starting, driving pervectly then engine just stopped. Turning over but not starting, opened fuel line and no fuel coming through

pumps arnt a common fault, only possibles i can think of
-fuel filter (knackered seals will draw air, no fuel will get to engine)
-pump (you'd have noticed a decrease in performance/starting if it was worn out, else its complete failure)
-pump ECU (quite common, can be repired by several companies)

whatever it boils down to, most parts on that car are repairable by specialists, for not a great deal of money. i would highly recommend Diesel Bob in Preston, ive had numerous parts rebuilt/recoded by him,

http://www.dieselbob.co.uk/

if its the ECU then thru work we use a company called ECU Testing, great value, but their turnaround is about 6 working days at the minute

http://www.ecutesting.com/

put a bit of duct tape on it.

asa-james wrote:pumps arnt a common fault, only possibles i can think of
-fuel filter (knackered seals will draw air, no fuel will get to engine)
-pump (you'd have noticed a decrease in performance/starting if it was worn out, else its complete failure)
-pump ECU (quite common, can be repired by several companies)

whatever it boils down to, most parts on that car are repairable by specialists, for not a great deal of money. i would highly recommend Diesel Bob in Preston, ive had numerous parts rebuilt/recoded by him,

http://www.dieselbob.co.uk/

if its the ECU then thru work we use a company called ECU Testing, great value, but their turnaround is about 6 working days at the minute

http://www.ecutesting.com/

Funny you should say about ECU as that went 8 months ago. Not main ECU some smaller one had a dodgy solder point. Maybe thats knackered it up again. Thanks I'll mention it to garage and see what they say. Well I will when they answer the bloody phone

Hayley wrote:put a bit of duct tape on it.

I can probably manage that

works in the movies

Nice one James today found out it is the ECU which controls the fuel. They put one in off another astra and it started straight away.

Isuzu 1.7 ECM Part Number 8971891362 or 16267710, if you know anyone who has one decent price let me know
Probably gonna phone round on Monday as most places shut tomorrow

there you go mike
http://the-edu-exchange.com/purchase.html

Nice one cheers Wazza. Mine is cooked beyond repair but £140 is still a good price. Then normally about £220. Gonna see how much from scrap yard to see if worth just getting one of the for now as I can pick that up tomorrow and have van straight back.

how do you know its beyond repair?

Garage said but not sure. Just seen same company advertised on ebay but only £109 with £30 given back if able to repair. Next day delivery. Only thing is if you send off and it's not repairable or is japonise/chinese they chage you another £150

Think I'm gonna get this one

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VAUXHALL-EDU-1-7-16267710-8971891362-LIFE-WARRANTY-NEXT-DAY-UK-SHIP-30-CASH-/221226470262?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3382200b76#vi-ilComp

No extra charges if I return my old one and it can't be repaired but £30 back if it can

its not that i dont trust ebay companies, but i dont trust ebay companies...

http://www.ecutesting.com/vauxhall_astra_combo_1_7_dti_e.html

£100 delivered next day

Nice one.

On ebay they all say part number 16267710 compatibale with
8971891360, 61, 62 & 62

Mine is 62 is this one alright even though it's 60?

best bet would be give them a ring tomorrow, really friendly and definitely know their stuff

Will do. cheers mate