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>I too am unfortunate enough to have an astra with the >dreaded 2.0L dti engine fitted.I purchased this car on >the basis that a cavalier i bought 12 years ago,has >done over a 100,000 miles and has neverhad an oil top >up between changes.Its never been inside a garage as I >have managed to cope with all maintenance.I expected a >more modern car to have been of similiar quality.The >astra has done 17,000 miles in 18 months and I >regularly put a litre of oil in every 1,000 miles.The >engine sounds like something is about to burst through >the block.A friend of mine who has been employed at a >vauxhall franchise for over twenty years has informed >me that the pistons pick up on the bores and he was >even repairing a three month old astra with the same >fault as we speak.He also basically told me that these >days the customer does the testing.Lets just hope that >top gear or the like pick up on it.

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