Opel Ascona Revival Part 2
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- Опубликовано: 31 дек 2024
- Time for a new cambelt, waterpump, oil and coolant!
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Hearing that hard acceleration brings back memories of my dad utterly ragging his Cavalier estate after I'd missed the schoolbus one morning, and he was meant to be off to work at the same time, and my school and his job were in opposite directions, so had to go a bit fast... :P
They certainly had that harsh tone while being run hard!
My father and now I did the oil and filter change like this. Drive so that the engine is hot. Take out oil. Place new but cheap oil. Drive a week. Then when engine hot after a drive, let oil out. Change oil filter and fill with good new oil. I do know some Danish words because my mother (*1937), still alive, went to Denmark in Juni 1945 with a big row of GMC truck from the Red Baret ( save the child). This to strengthen again after the 1944/45 Dutch Hunger ( see Wikipedia) winter. In Borup, at an Oberst -Leutenant who was a good friend from the king. She also sang live at the Danish radio.
I also had an Ascona but hatchback. An entire bicycle fitted in their. Good, simple and smouth car to drive.
It looks so much more upmarket than the Chevrolet Cavalier we got in the USA. Of course, in the US these were mostly viewed as bottom of the barrel small economy cars vs. mid-sized, mid-level family cars. You could spec them up fairly nice, but the majority of them out there were rental car spec: no gauges, no power options, hard plastic door panels, basic cloth/vinyl seating, steel wheels with only a center cap….but , with power steering and brakes, a/c and automatic transmission….
because….American!
My dad bought a '82 1.6S in 1990. It was a shock to see such a nice car in post communist Poland in that time.. Remember it had a vacuum meter on the dash, and had a weird "octane switch" under the bonnet. Same colour, with Hella additional lights at the back. Brings back memories, nice to see one.
Thank you, Seppo for a long year full of interesting car content from my lovely Denmark. I wish you and your loved ones a peaceful Christmas time and a happy New Year ahead from Bremerhaven, Germany....
I was a mechanic at a Vauxhall dealer in the 1980’s. The mk2 Cavalier was a great car to work on. Replace a clutch in less than 30 min.(no need to remove gearbox), change the timing belt in less than 30 min. Did many at the roadside. ( non interference engine). I wouldn’t mind betting the steering boots are ripped, common MOT item, easy to replace. We had a Taxi that did 340,000 miles, original engine, carb, and gearbox and still drove brilliantly .
I used a bit more than 30 min! But next time will be quick... very simple!
This one is a real survivor. In 2001 I bought a 1988 Vauxhall Cavalier for £20 as a project. It seemed to run OK when cold, but when the engine got fully up to temperature, there was no power at all - it needed revving to the redline just to make the car move without stalling. I played about with the engine for a bit, but when I discovered the rear valence was made entirely of plastic bags, body filler and Hammerite paint, I immediately scrapped it. It was a shame because they're great cars - at the time they seemed so much nicer to drive than the equivalent Fords.
My Vauxhall Cavalier had the same auto choke and, as others have said on here, they could be problematic. I bought mine when it was 13 but had had a quiet life and like yours it had sat unused for quite a while. Started on the key but lumpy idling, sorted by the mechanic removing the airbox and giving the carb a long blast of WD40 while revving the nuts off it. It worked. I did find the autochoke liked regular use, like any engine of course. Sometimes at traffic lights it would stay open even when at normal running temperature, but I found a quick boot on the gas pedal normally cleared it. Although other drivers thought I was trying to make some kind of point..!
Cars just need to be used - if you have minor issues, just drive it.
I loved my Cavalier Hatchback of similar age - simple enough to fix it with a hammer and a screwdriver, and yet still quite refined.
Encountered the same set up for the 1st time doing the belt and pump on a 1.2 Nova/Corsa A i had couple of years ago 😁 nice project you have... virtually same as the mk2 Cavalier we got in the UK. 👍
That water pump/tensioner solution is so Opel. I used to work for GM back in the day, and Opel were the masters of cost cutting.
Why make things complicated. The water pump is very reliable and rarely leaks but if you are doing the belt you might as well change it. They are cheap.
@@delukxy True! And even if the pump doesn't double as a tensioner, it's still good practice to replace it when doing the timing belt.
Most common issues with these Varajet2 Carburetors are vacuum leaks on the throttle body bearings.
But if you have idle when its warmed up it sounds like the pulldown Membran has failed.Tis device opens the Choke flap a litte bit after the engine has started,if not ,the engine has no idle with a completly closed choke flap until its warmed up.
Or the choke mecanism itself is faulty like you mentioned maybe due to a weak thermo coil.
Actually I am suspecting something with the coil.. :)
When car design was at the top. All you need and nothing else. I still regret trading in my Opel Rekord..
Took one from leeds to scotland on holiday, to say it was tired was an understatement, we probably spent more on oil than petrol.
Merry Christmas, I had this model. Very reliable and solid basic technology that was very easy to work on.
Sometimes those water pumps would seize in place and be hard to remove .
Another way to check belt tension was to see if it could be twisted easily by 90° in the midpoint of the long run.
A guy I knew had what you'd probably call a pea green two door 1,6S, with an automatic gearbox. He switched that to a five speed manual, but didn't check on the gearbox to speedo connection.. Fastest Opel I've ever been in, if you looked at the speedo and not outside. At 80km/t I think it read 180.
Anyways: Merry Christmas Seppo. I enjoy these trips down memory lane. Last time I was in an Ascona C, was in the mid-90s I think. Loong time ago 🥴
they actually do very well cornering high speed. way high speed. been there done that.
Good call in doing the timing belt and water pump. If one of them goes than its a really bad day. I do use the silicone grease as well with O-rings. Also if the mounting flange is corroded its always best to clean it and see if its not pitted or corroded. Happens to engines that have had stagnant coolant in them for decades. When you did the initial drive with the vehicle it send me back to the memory lane.
My dad had one of these as a company car. Well it was a Vauxhall Cavalier, but the same thing. Merry Christmas 🎄
Merry Christmas to you and happy holidays.Thank you for putting time and effort in this Ascona.Great video!
Loving the videos! Have a great Christmas!
Sounds Great !!! thanks for my stickers as well 🥰
Glad you like them!
Really interesting, very well done. Thank you for sharing.
Brilliant video! Thank you! 💜
Loved working on these engines. So very simple.
Used to have "competitions" when serving my time on how quickly we could do a timing belt on these from lifting the bonnet to starting.
One of the guys I worked with got it to about 10 minutes!
Changing camshafts were remarkably easy too, especially with the hydraulic tappet pushers..
I think a clutch change can be done in less than 30 minutes. You don't even have to remove the gearbox. When the clutch diaphragm gets old, tired and rather heavy to clear, the cable takes a lot of strain and is liable to break. 10 minutes to change, I've changed several on my 3 Cavalier estates. Has a very neat clip on the adjuster. Don't lose/drop it. I have a new clutch in the cupboard but It's virtually impossible to send anything to Europe now.
@delukxy Was talking about this last week at work. When engineers do sometimes right! 🤣🤣
Tinka har ringet! Hun vil gerne ha sin hue tilbage! 😂🧑🎄
They were called 'Cavalier' over here, I had a couple of the SRi versions some years back. Excellent cars and very under-rated these days.
Det bringer minder frem, en Ascona c var min første bil :-D
I learned this type of cambelt change when I was first doing the job so for me it seems the most simple but also the best system (just about - the water pump failing badly can then jeopardise the cambelt etc). VW used it on both the Polo/ Golf engines smaller than 1.3 and on the larger 5 cylinder engines, it meant when I first encountered weird tensioners, idlers and massive long belts I thought back fondly to the eccentric water pump tension system and changing a cambelt in about an hour.
Its honestly a nice little simple system!
Glædelig Jul ❤
Christmas came early this year!
Glædelig Jul ! :)
Bad idle is typical issue with those Varajet II carbs, my father had Rekord E 2.0S with that same carb, and it never ran well in idle. Iirc, it had automatic choke, and that was the culprit.
There is some Fajs-carbs (chinese Weber-copy), and if I recall correctly, there was some conversion kits to fit directly into this car and the original airfilter. Manual choke, and can be upgraded with genuine Weber parts later if needed.
Happy Chrismas Seppo!
Perhaps the idle jet was clogged, explaining why it wouldn’t idle?
Merry Christmas!
HI happy holidays 👌👌👍👍🎅🎅
That car you have that is called the vauxhall cavalier in the uk
Merry crismas🎉
The drive belt was really exposed to road debris they must have failed a lot with road spray and grit being thrown into them, not designed for northern climates, I do love old 8 valve engines though instant torque low down better for towing, I feel the things started to go downhill in engine design when they introduced 12 & 16 valves and Catalysts and O2 sensors into the mix, on Euro cars at least. Japanese were the masters of multi valve tech followed by The Svenskar.
There were a few clever design features in that engine, it's just a shame that GM didn't get the durability right at the beginning. The last of them as a 2.0l fuel injected was a nice driving car (at least the Australian version was) but by then reputation was shot..
Needs an alignment.... though 😉
Those varijet II carbs were indeed notorious for giving trouble. I put an aftermarket twin choke Weber on mine as there were no good ones at the scrap yard and the brand new Weber was cheaper than a brand new Varijet. Never had an issue with the Weber and the car went like a stabbed rat!
Would be nice with a weber!
Is like the chevrolet monza
General Motors J-body platform. Opel Ascona in Europe, Vauxhall Cavalier in the UK, Chevrolet Cavalier/Buick Skyhawk/Oldsmobile Firenza (plus others) in the USA, Holden Camira in Australia, Chevrolet Monza in Brazil, Isuza Aska in Japan. The 1980s models all look very similar because they all share the same body structure.
horn & lights?
Shines and honks!
@SeasideGarage try in the next video it's fun to see and hear
I had this car with an automatic choke in the 80's. I converted it to manual choke as it was notorious for poor idling on start up, whatever the weather. Merry Christmas 🎅
I may be misremembering from when these Cavaliers (as we called them here) were new but I think they had an automatic choke which was very unreliable and a lot converted them to a manual choke carb. I may be wrong though!
Yea Auto choke.... not good it seems
Your accent sounds exactly like a UK mid to North Wales, maybe even Ruthin / LLangollen and your skill at speaking English ..says to me you spent a lot of time here.
I take that as a compliment! I never been to the UK
Gas is 13,79 Kr. these days! Are you mad?
RUclips Automatic Dubbing: TURN IT OFF! Here one moment videos are in English, suddenly Portuguese, then French, to German, even Japanse! And back to English. All Ai. It s*cks big time. TURN IT OFF when uploading your contained. Thank you.
Watch it... You are making the same comment again and again- it will be reported as spam at some point.
The auto dubbing is meant for people who don't understand english... the user/viewer can turn it off at any point.
OMG!...what is wrong? Every time he has to fill a liquid like oil or coolant he pores it straight next to the filler gap! This is so clumsy. Rechip your brain and use a funnel! (...and glasses too! 🤓)