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2006 1.8 Astra
Losing water and overheating
Join us as we go through the full diagnostics and how to test the various components to see exactly what is going on always best to test before you replace just because you've got an obvious problem doesn't mean you haven't got a secondary problem
A head gasket is a gasket that sits between the engine block and cylinder head(s) in an internal combustion engine.
Its purpose is to seal the cylinders to ensure maximum compression and avoid leakage of coolant or engine oil into the cylinders; as such, it is the most critical sealing application in any engine, and, as part of the combustion chamber, it shares the same strength requirements as other combustion chamber components
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Composite - an older technology. Typically these are made from asbestos or graphite but are more prone to blowouts than newer gaskets. Asbestos gaskets are becoming increasingly rare due to health concerns.[4]
Elastomeric - a gasket type used by Rover on their K Series engines. It utilised a steel core plate with molded in place silicone rubber beads to seal oil and coolant passages. The bores were sealed by rolled steel fire rings in a more conventional manner. The idea behind the gasket design was to produce a production version of the technology used in F1 engines at the time. The original application of the gasket on the smaller versions of the K Series was very successful. However, an engine redesign resulted in persistent problems with the design - the joint interface became unstable and the gasket could not cope.
The cost of a replacement gasket is usually not extreme, but the price of total repair is significantly high. This is because the process of removing/replacing an engine head is very time consuming - around 75% of cost will be labor. Furthermore, untreated blown gaskets usually seriously damage the engine, then requiring even more expensive work
Radiators are heat exchangers used for cooling internal combustion engines, mainly in automobiles but also in piston-engined aircraft, railway locomotives, motorcycles, stationary generating plant or any similar use of such an engine.
Internal combustion engines are often cooled by circulating a liquid called engine coolant around the engine block, where it is heated, then through a radiator where it loses heat to the atmosphere, and then returned to the engine. Engine coolant is usually water-based, but may also be oil. It is common to employ a water pump to force the engine coolant to circulate, and also for an axial fan to force air through the radiator - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
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Tremendous detective work to diagnose the faults. Shows how complex it all is.
Andy K. UK thanks mate
hi Leon love watching your videos are brilliant I have be working on cars for 50 years your videos show what can happen when working on cars it is a true reflect of things that seem to be a simple job can turn out to be a nightmare you are funny and you are honest keep doing these vids Leon would miss them if you stopped doing them ok mate bye for now
thanks alot mate i will not stop doing vids
I would love to see a part 2 of this... thanks for your thorough investigation, i learnt some stuff there :-)
If vauxhall had put a temperature gauge in there astra h instead of hidden menus you have to get in then people driving would see that car is running hot and pull over before it cooks itself
Martin Burbridge yes mate I 100% agree with you
Very nice video, great testing techniques used
New Level Auto thanks mate
Thank you for all ur hard work and explanation have a nice week end bro
Thank you too
Great job and through as we have come to expect from yourself Leon.
125 SM thanks mate
Gotta love how they removed the temp gauge on the dash on this generation of Vauxhall. Legend has it, that they removed it because the temp of these engines is "normal' at well over 105c and they didn't want people complaining that there cars were over heating. XD
DIY Carguy sounds about right I knew it was higher than normal that's why you certainly need coolant in these endings
My 2004 Mariva has the 1.4 version of that engine and usually sits around 90c However recently the connection on top of the water pump sheared... Have replaced it and the car really didn't like having water in it for a week or so. Now replaced it with coolant and going to see how it goes
One of the best video I've seen.
Great vid Leon good diagnostic process
Vdubs 60 thanks mate
Nice work. If only all the mechanics were honest and good as you Love watching your videos
Chris thanks mate
great informative video ace mechanic
Fantastic troubleshooting mate!! It's always best taking the "CYA" approach as you mentioned that would be hard to explain later. Bam sweet sorted, even left a wet spot 👍
robinsonsauto thanks a lot mate
Great video. Love it. Have seen too many simple brake videos lately. Like the more advanced stuff so I can learn :-)
thanks mate
thanks dear friend to give evry one so interesting and wide information,,
No problem anytime that's what it's all about
By watching this I'm a bit more clued up 👍
thanks mate glad u like it
Great job,I like it.my opel astra H flushes water from coolant water tank during overheating process,what possible prom
Evening mate
Many years ago I had a cavalier 1.8 Sri , and the cap on that would never tighten right up , that used to boil over on a run and use all the water up in the expansion tank , if that old motor was mine I would give it a bottle of bars and a bottle of the head gasket repair shit and a new exspansion tank cap or bottle if the thread has gone on it , and see what happens, good video yet again mate , cheers Phil,,,,, shame Vauxhall never put a temp gage on the Astra daft really
Phil Long thanks mate
Leon I remember from back in the day that there was a tsb for the radiator temp sensorwhere the wire would break at the plug the z16/18 xer engines were particularly prone to it, although it would throw on the mil. Would not cause overheating but though I would mention it for your viewers.Joe
V4VAUXHALL thanks mate I'm sure that will come in handy for some people
Good video dude
thanks mate
Hey I have changed my thermostat and coolant but now I have problem I have noticed that the hoses have pressure in them when the engine is hot but this was never the case before. I have taken all the air out while I was putting coolant in. Please help thank you
So it's equiped with AEW... Great video as usual!
nemanja dzombic thanks mate
My old vectra with the same engine had coolant leaks from the radiator and thermostat fortunately I caught it early and replaced both and the water pump. Got a big shock when I bought the thermostat £280! The plastic housing cracks especially if they get put on tight
Andyvxr91 yes mate they are prone to cracked even if they are typing properly they are very weak point of the car
Great work, that really sucks but people need to learn to stop driving once it starts to over heat
The mech a nic thank mate
Great diagnosis & not losing the forest amongst the trees. Nice water injection video that's one way to decarbon the combustion chamber...powered by steam :D
Hayward's Automotive 😂😂😂🤣🤣😂🤣
Another great vid leon mate. Can you tell me why does the fan kick in when u plugged out sensor for -40c. I thought the fan only kicked in to prevent over heating?
What he said😁😁😁
Hi mate currently having this problem on my 05 astra the coolant temp says 95 while engine is actually sitting 120°c plus I have a thermal camera that's how I know any advice not the head gasket no blockages in system and thermostat has been replaced
23:32 I can't remember the last time I laughed so much!!! Thank you!
I can 04:15 ... hahaha
nemanja dzombic That was also funny!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 thanks guys
I’m so fucking shite with electrical jobs that I bought myself a bottle of Moët and Chandon after fixing my wife’s Kenwood Processor🍾🍾🍾 Well done Leon, very thorough job and instructions🍺
Krzysztof Kacprzak thank mate
My 1998 2l ie 8 valve ASTRA have a bubble sound from the small pipe that goes in ontop of the exspansion bottel starts to make the bubble sound when the car idle for a while the fan kicks in as it should their is no oil in the water or water in the oil. it have 160000 and something origonal kilos on the clock
Great diagnostic procedures Leon! Really sucks at the head gasket being shot! What did the customer finally want to do? 👍
stuzman thanks mate yes they are going to fix it
You are going to fix it*
Haha just nit picking :D
PS
Coolant tank cap was broken by pressure probably :(
It should be noted that you can get water from the exhaust even when the head gasket is fine, Water comes from fuel and oxygen naturally
I have been watching the whole video without blinking, really impressed with the explanation. One question thought, where is located the b××%$*#& engine sensor that you are removing in order to activate the fan? I can't find it. Thanks
Hi mate you can see on the video and crossing the fan with with a switch directly onto to the relay I show in the video the wiring diagram with the numbers of the relay and the the fuses
What that diagnostic machine you got . Where can I get one .
Had the same car in today for a Radiator and aircon condenser rad after minor front end collision...I had to laugh i had the same issues with the rad cap..I couldn't get it off, then i couldn't refit it...
shauns auto repairs 😂😂🤣😂🤣🤣
Won’t the catalytic converter be knackered as well with the coolant going through it?
Brian Beale yes mate that's a very good point
Not sure if you will reply..
I have a problem with my astra h 1.7 cdti
It was low on power i used egr valve cleaner but didnt make no difference..
I removed egr and pipe cleaned both out noticed the inlet manifold was also very blocked so screw driver and vacuum came out.
Cleaned it the best i could put it all bk together but no start 😔
Was expecting some loose carbon to be in the inlet port/valves.
After hours of pissing about trying to remove the manifold i got it off cleaned it like new also hover and driver in the pure carbon inlet ports.
Bk together still no start 😣😣😣😣😣😠
Please help im a 🤡
So long video... I have 1.3 and it leaks 0,2 liters of coolant, sometimes in period of 500 km and sometimes 20 000 km. It always gets better after oil change and when i keep cabin heat on. In the other hand it get lost more in winter than summer. No leaks, pressure stays. On hot days i have tried to caught radiator cap in action but it has never leaked. I wonder if the radiator and hoselinks are just kind of sweating or something. To be honest with all GM enginers radiator hoses really suck after ten years. Is it common for radiator and coolant system to block for Opel Astra H? I dont have EKG-cooler in this car because i removed and overpassed it for weight savings. In total i removed more than 100 kilo weight and now the car is with 190 mm ground clearance.
I'll buy it for 100 bucks 😜
Nice video. Thx Leon 👍
Dylan 😂🤣🤣😂
Have you done any video's on flushing the cooling system
not yet but i will be soon mate
Hello, I want to ask how many hours to replace a couple of pipes in Passat car due to the coolant leak?
I'm not sure how to answer that as I don't know which pipes which Passats whether the Rusty connections where they are on the car unfortunate impossible for me to say
Great vid, what did the customer say? Are they fixing it?
chungaleta1234 thanks a lot mate yes more videos to come
Hi man, Where can I find the relays tester? What's the name of it? Maybe give a link to ebay or amazon?
Thanks very much!
Hi mate it's called a relay tester you answered your own question LOL
Had a different problem myself with my Astra G underheating ! What year is this car ?
2006
So you turn on your fans🤣🤣🤣🤣
Great Video Leon.
I bet that was an expensive phone call 😉 Didn't know they have phones in Ireland.
Dylan, Leon heeft zijn postduif met het slechte nieuws op pad gestuurd🤣🤣🤣
Haha 😂
It takes years to train my pigeons
😉 What did Google tell you Leon? 😚
What a shame, i hoped it would be ok with the lack of coffee on the oil cap :-(
Looks like a nice little car, if it's been reliable up to now, the owner may say fix it.
zx8401ztv more videos to come on it mate
Serious question: what's with the car in an inflated plastic bag?
It needs a coolant bottle cap that holds pressure.
More than likely problems solved.
Hello i have Opel astra 1,6l year model 2005 when the radiator fan should come on, yesterday the cooling tempature was 115 and the fan dont come on. Where should be problem or can be. ?
Hi mate they could be several issues first thing I would try is the fan make sure it's beans by hand it's not seized or making a lot of noise it could also be your temperature sensor it could also be your thermostat it could be a blocked radiator the list unfortunately goes on and on first thing to check is your fan you can take out the relay and cross it to see if it comes on and then take her diagnosis from there
bodgit and leggit garage ok The fac come on 115c is that normal or do it come earlier on. ?
@@user-di7rw7nd6j hi mate personally I've never seen that high is the highest I've seen is 110 but that doesn't mean you have a problem
bodgit and leggit garage ok my astra tempature is coming to 118 Celsius and the fan dosent come on, are There 2 speed what should the fan come on. I have test the 3 relay and the fan i dont know anymore where is the relay. There are 3 fould code in There U2103 CAN-Databus and U2100 CAN-Databus U2100 CAN-Databus infodisplay
Where can be the broplem if you take the cooling tempature sensor off and the fan dosent come on. ?
Hi mate it depends on the car some do some don't it could be 101 things impossible to guess
That tailpipe was peeing. Good trouble shooting there mate.
Ozzstar thank mate
Hi mate
U got very good videos I like them all
Just curious how much would total head gasket on astra h cost for everything please can you tell me the total cost so I know not getting ripped off thanks mate
Hi mate thanks a lot I don't talk about prices on my channel as there's too many variables of where you're from in the world garages prices of parts there's just too many variables to think of
@@bodgitandleggitgarage
Well I'm in the Yorkshire area what do you think the cost would be mate please it would help me a lot if you told me thanks again for replying I will be waiting cheers
@@sundusshazadi9046 hi mate unfortunately I cannot say I'm in Ireland and parts are more expensive and labour rates are different I do not know what the labour rates and parts are in the UK so impossible for me to answer this question
Thanks anyway mate I appreciate it cheers
@@sundusshazadi9046 your best thing to do is simply call a few local garages and get an average for a headgasket replacement
My astra 1.7 Desal leaking water when the engine hot Los water any information
First thing to do is get it pressure tested
Please I’m opel astra gtc 100 cv 2008 please fusible airbag?
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Thank fuck I got rid of the Vauxhall I owned! I'll never touch another!
Pritesh Champ I guess the older Vauxhalls were better than the newer ones .Iv a year 2000 MK 4 Astra still on original engine and clutch.There is 140000 miles on it and still goes. One good thing about Vauxhall is there are videos to fix just about anything on them on Utube and most of the jobs are relatively not too complicated.
its a diss astra with a self cleaning exhaust system
Simon Rawle 🤣🤣🤣🤣
when key is turn then fan starts working on may car
Is the water supposed to get hot?? I have a astr a 1.7 cdti Sri
yes
@@bodgitandleggitgarage okay no problem, just wondering coz I was looking at mine and when I opened the cap there was some pressure which resulted in water spraying out of the hole where the cap was.
@@bodgitandleggitgarage hey leon. Can you answer the question below from W5G. is it normal for hot coolant to flow out of expansion tank once it get hot and no lid on expansion tank?
It's a very hard question to answer because I don't know exactly what he's been going on has the expansion bottle been overfilled which would cause issues is the fan switching on is the thermostat ok is the water pump working is the radiator switch Ok is the thermostat ok these are questions that need to be answer first I need to be checked when a car is operating at proper temperature you're not supposed to open the expansion bottle this can cause hot water to spray out it could also be air locked there's so many questions it could be and without really knowing exactly what's going on it's very difficult to know
Is the car overheating when driving normally is the top and bottom radiator pipe hot at the same time is the radiator hot at the same time as the pipes
Thats not a leak Thats to keep the engine colderrrr like a marathon runner
hahahahahahah
I had a astra and twice the bitch over heated water pump failed and the new one failed
I think I have the same problem 🤔
ok good luck mate
Time for Steel Seal!
If you want to wreck your engine then you use that crap,take the time to read up on it
SO'EETTTT!
spankmeister 😁😁😁
I take it u don't like Vauxhall!!. did I ever mention u look like johnny vegas?
WEAPON HEADZ 🤣🤣🤣🤣😘😘😘
Typical opel..loosing coolant..scrap
Conor Cousins 😂😂😂😂
Not worth repairing :( unless they really love that car 😄
Paul Wilkinson maybe there's more parts of this video😁😂😂🤣