hi guys ,   neighbours T reg 1.7 diesel Astra van,  came to junction across the road from here & just died. Pushed it to outside of his house.

Turning over fine but will not start. Half tank of fuel,  no management light.

Any pointers would be great. TIA   Al :y :y :y :y

Check for fuel/leaks at the injectors will be the best place to start ;) ;)

If it was running fine it sounds like the shut off solenoid has activated... May be a fuse, may be a broken wire but checking for fuel is the best start (assuming it's not turning over quickly... i.e. Cam belt ;))

Lazydocker wrote on 22. Apr 2011 at 18:19:

Check for fuel/leaks at the injectors will be the best place to start ;) ;) If it was running fine it sounds like the shut off solenoid has activated... May be a fuse, may be a broken wire but checking for fuel is the best start (assuming it's not turning over quickly... i.e. Cam belt ;))

Gonna give  him half hour of my time -  last thing I want tonight is to get covered in diesel. >:( >:(  Just trying to point him in the right direction -  :y :y :y

Essex Big Al wrote on 22. Apr 2011 at 18:11:

hi guys ,   neighbours T reg 1.7 diesel Astra van,  came to junction across the road from here & just died. Pushed it to outside of his house. Turning over fine but will not start. Half tank of fuel,  no management light. Any pointers would be great. TIA   Al :y :y :y :y

Guessing it's a low blow 1700 single over head cam diseasal - X17DTL. Get a code reader on it, good chance it'll be the fuel pump (can't remember the code  :-/). As they're a fortune new there's loads of dead 1.7 TD Astras around. I got a recon'd pump for £350 for mine.

Thanks Andy.   could really do without this tonight  ::) ::) ::)