mk5 astra

Hi everyone, I'm Senna Verboven, 21 years old and i drive my second Opel (Astra), a Mk5 3Dr and i'm completely in love with it haha, it's a 1.7CDTI with a full OPC/VXR bumperkit (except the spoiler, still waiting for a the paintjob). Before this car i drove a mk5 convertible, also known as...

Hi, so I recently had the head gasket changed and the head skimmed as the head gasket went everything was fine after that and then one day I started my car and the exhaust sounded louder/deeper than before and it’s lost almost all power, It struggles to get to 70.. it went into limp mode and...

Ive had this p1481 now even got a donor car as i needed an engine so i switched litteraly everything and this is still coming up, Car runs fine, cools fine, inside heating works as it should but still getting this error up, Ive not had my ac tested, i know theres no gas in it cos i dismantled...

hi to those reading, Currently in a horrible situation due to my Astra mk 5 1.6 petrol. Tonight about 50 miles away from home my car has had to be abandoned due to it not being able to start. The first problem I faced is that the starter motor wasn’t working so I gave it a tap with a metal bar...

Hi finaly decided to swap engines on my astra h too many problems to mess about with in the end so found a donor car and done my 1st engine swap :) Anyways got all the serious bits done today but bit stummped on how much fluid and what fluid do i need I have an f23 5speed gearbox and when i...

Hello, I'm new to this site, recently bought a Astra sri cdti. All was well until yesterday and I took off from a round about and went into second gear and my car cut out.. put the clutch in and started it and took off again. Thought maybe I had went into 4th instead of second and stalled...

Hi all my headlights are badly foggy/tinge of yellow. I have tried the toothpaste scrubbing bud no joy i have been told to use methylated spirits. Has any one else tried this. Also has any one got any tips etc on how to get them back to new(ish). Thanks all

Hi guys, I have a problem with Mrs' drivers door lock. The issue started when she started the car to defrost it, closed the door with the engine running, when she went back to it all of the doors were locked. Anyway opened it with the spare set and all seemed fine. Since then the drivers door...