im looking for a decent van

I would look at other manufacturers if want something decent .

My dads got a astra van 1.9 se model with the sport button remapped due to egr deleate love that van its smart and goes very well 

The 1.3 cdti do head gaskets and turbo as said the 1.7 that ain't the Izuzu lumps are not the best the 1.9 seems ok similar to the  vectras etc so parts ain't bad. The 6 speed boxes suffer oil starve on top bearing so just slightly overfill. 
I think a lot of it is people buy them map them right up the dual mass fail it's expensive and say there shit

Go old skool and find a Nissan sunny n14 mini van and put a gtir bonnet on it and gtir front bumper. Then lower it and fit some sweet alloys

What like one of these Stu

https://flic.kr/p/cDYfDG

shroom wrote:What like one of these Stu

https://flic.kr/p/cDYfDG

Yes Tom.
I think it would look sweet with gtir side skirts. Bonnet and front bumper
Lowered and on a set of rays wheels

I did have one of them about 10 years ago. .
More like a primera than a sunny . Not many parts similar

Im not so sure now Stu think it might look at bit ott, one of my design friends has created this amazingly detailed depiction of what it could look like!

shroom wrote:Im not so sure now Stu think it might look at bit ott, one of my design friends has created this amazingly detailed depiction of what it could look like!

Lmfao
Thats class mate

Wow photoshop king or what

Thats awesome Nice choice of colour with the poo coloured brown

Thats go faster gold actually I will have you know its only fools and horses special!

Well I didnt want to boast it wasnt a mate it was me with my absurdly amazing paint skills. I dont need photoshop thats for n00bs im on paint as it takes true skill to make something like that.

I had an Astra 1.9 cdti the main problems are egr valves, it's either buy a cheap one and have the same problem a month down the line or pay stupid money for main dealer or blank it off with a metal plate and have it mapped out, another is the gearboxes are like chocolate and are very weak but on the other hand Saab used the same engine but rarely have the gearbox problems, and finally dpf but it the same with most diesels now cut it out weld a straight pipe in and get it mapped out. Other than them problems it's a fairly decent engine, oh 1 last thing steer well clear of tuning boxes they melt your engine and go through God knows how many turbos lol.