Astra Turbo Diesel 1995 (Isuzu)

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Wed 30 Jan 2002 19:32
Astra Turbo Diesel 1995 (Isuzu) - Paul Richards
My daughter has an Astra turbo diesel with the Isuzu engine, and currently has a problem with the cooling system. There is water in the expansion tank, but when I removed the bottom radiator hose to change the antifreeze, the radiator appears empty. Has anybody had similar problems with this model?? If so your suggestions would be appreciated.
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Wed 30 Jan 2002 20:04
Re: Astra Turbo Diesel 1995 (Isuzu) - Richard J
Are you sure you disconnected the bottom hose and not the air hose from the charge cooler to the turbo.
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Wed 30 Jan 2002 20:46
Re: Astra Turbo Diesel 1995 (Isuzu) - mike
easily done, bit still quite amusing
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Thu 31 Jan 2002 08:36
Re: Astra Turbo Diesel 1995 (Isuzu) - David Lamb
>Are you sure you disconnected the bottom hose and not the air hose from the
>charge cooler to the turbo.
...which, somewhat unrelated to this thread, has a bit of a habit of disconnecting itself due to the rather poor excuse for a hose clip fitted as OE.

Made a noise 100 times more impressive than any boy racers dump valve, though :)

-David L
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