Greetings :)

[BradstaMS]

Hey guys, I'm Brad :)
Im a n00b to Astras, this be my first car too. I get my P's in september.
I bought myself a 2000 Astra City Olympic... manual ofcourse, last Monday, love it so far :D
heres some pics, ones from when it was on carsales.. I'd take some myself but I cant find the charger to my camera :(
http://i782.photobucket.com/albums/yy107/BradstaMS/astra1.jpg
http://i782.photobucket.com/albums/yy107/BradstaMS/astra2.jpg
http://i782.photobucket.com/albums/yy107/BradstaMS/astra3.jpg
http://i782.photobucket.com/albums/yy107/BradstaMS/astra4.jpg

Not bad for $5000 and 100,000 KM, eh? ;)

Only one thing, the poor girl has an engine tick. It only ticks when its cold, and disappears after the temperature is past half way. I have read in alot of places that it could be one of the pumps, or crappy/wrong grade oil. I bought myself some Magnatec 10w/40 after reading the oil thread on here, but havent had a chance to do an oil change.
Any advice guys? she sounds so sick :( but she still goes hard, so the smile is still on my face :)

[sooty]

Welcome to OA mate

[hazrd]

welcome
and very nice pickup mate

start by changing the oil, and go from there, if the tick remains, it could be the lifters or the oil pump, which (if you have a bit of a read through the site) you could get quite cheaply from a place called autovaux in the uk... http://www.autovaux.co.uk


best of luck, and enjoy the site

[BradstaMS]

Thanks for the welcome :)

I forgot to mention in my first post, the timing belt is new, and so are the brakes and tyres

[metry]

welcome to oa. i see your moulds have faded. i have this polish for mine that slowly restores the black in them. idk what its called but ill let you know if your interested. however if your interested in colour coding them dont apply any chemicals/polishes on the moulds

[BradstaMS]

Thanks mate :) I do like the black, and I'm one step ahead (I think). I got some stuff called forever black, which does pretty much what you said, but haven't had time to use it yet

[btm]

g'day mate and welcome to the site

congrats on the purchase, and always good to see another shireite joining the ranks ;)

[boorny88]

welcome to OA mate hope you enjoy and gain some knowledge from everyone here

[Keep'emRunning]

welcome dude.. you're in the next suburb from me.. might see ya around the traps.

if you need any help just bring her around.

dave

[BradstaMS]

Thanks for the welcomes guys :)

The car went to the get the diagnosis for the tick today, turns out the belt isnt correctly put on / tensioned, gets fixed next tueday :D

[Neeko]

welcome to opelaus :)

[guy 27]

Welcome to OA

[rodsfromday]

Welcome to OA!!

[metry]

yeh forever black is good. be careful not to get it on the paint work though. im using this meguirs one atm. both are good products though

[BradstaMS]

Today I went and started the car, when I revved, the speedo moved off 0 to about 5 KMH and then dropped back to 0, happens everytime I rev, any ideas anyone?

[gmonkey]

Today I went and started the car, when I revved, the speedo moved off 0 to about 5 KMH and then dropped back to 0, happens everytime I rev, any ideas anyone?

Dodgy voltage to sensor? It's a wierd one

[BradstaMS]

Its very weird, I'll mention it to the mechanic on Tuesday when it gets a full service

[maloo97]

g'day mate and welcome to the site

congrats on the purchase, and always good to see another shireite joining the ranks ;)

+1 Welcome!

[EAS51]

Welcome, Nice price.. Pitty about the lil issues though.