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Mk3 Astra 98 Automatic transmission by Opel India

TomVauxhall said:
Excellent choice of car sir. With regards to more power, with the dealers not stocking parts in your country, the best option would be to find a whole donor car with a more powerful engine and manual gearbox. Then swap the whole engine, gearbox, pedalbox, gear linkage, ecu, etc etc
. It would be easier if you found a whole astra mk3 (because of the pedalbox)
but other engines from other cars will fit, depending on how much work you want to do. Also, excellent English grammar sir. A lot better than a lot of English people!
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Thank you for replying.
Rancid_Ron said:
Welcome Dominic :)

You mention rain has been getting inside the car- because of this, I would remove the lower sill kick panel in the passenger footwell and check the large, multi-pin electrical connector that is located on the inner A-post.
This connector is very prone to getting damp, particularly if the bulkhead has become flooded. Corrosion in the connection causes all sorts of funny problems as this is where the dashboard loom connects to the car loom. Well worth a check!
Good luck with your Astra.
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Hey Thank you so much for that valuable information.
 
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TomVauxhall said:
Excellent choice of car sir. With regards to more power, with the dealers not stocking parts in your country, the best option would be to find a whole donor car with a more powerful engine and manual gearbox. Then swap the whole engine, gearbox, pedalbox, gear linkage, ecu, etc etc
. It would be easier if you found a whole astra mk3 (because of the pedalbox)
but other engines from other cars will fit, depending on how much work you want to do. Also, excellent English grammar sir. A lot better than a lot of English people!
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I'd wait till you're in the UK then! Plenty of these old cars around!

i like how this model has little round fogs!
 
Too bad that my mk3 astra was hit by an SUV recently and I had to spend a lot of time and effort getting myself new tail lights (rear), the rear bumper, etc. I have new problems now since it is a automatic transmission. When I switch on the car I have a "S" flashing for a few seconds and my dad said I can turn the engine ON only after the "S" flash goes off. He said its sports mode. I'd been searching and reading a lot about mk3 astra or Opel Astra F with the 16NZR engine Automatic gearbox. I hardly knew anything about the torque convertor inside a automatic transmission until I started watching beautiful videos explaining how it works.
 
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The "S" FLASH is it SNOW mode or SPORTS mode?? I was reading online and came across it who had this problem when he noticed it on his dashboard.
 
Also I wonder if I can connect my laptop to my mk3 astra and make changes to the 16NZR engine. Like in the fast and the furious movies hehe :) Ive been reading about a paper clip trick on the ecu or get a OBD2 TYPE connector for the ecu to remap or tune the engine. I hardly know anything about cars and this is my first experiment
 
Dominic Angelo said:
The "S" FLASH is it SNOW mode or SPORTS mode?? I was reading online and came across it who had this problem when he noticed it on his dashboard.
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The S Flash means a Problem with the gearbox, it'll stay on constantly if its in sports mode, and the snow mode only illuminates on the button beside the gear lever...
 
usually it's the selector switch ontop of the gearbox that gets mucky. Open it up and cleaning out the contacts usually resolves it :)
 
hey everyone.. Im glad that Im learning so much about this car from a website. I wish I could find a wiring diagram of the air conditioner or the workshop manual. I've wasted all these years playing silly pc games like NFS Underground 2 :) what Im trying to communicate is that I've just started to get the feel of the car. Im sure this car is built for cold climates like Germany or the UK. But in South India especially cochin city, Kerala is close to the equator and its very HOT. My air conditioner doesnt work so that is something Im looking forward to repair. All my life Ive seen different cars being repaired at my dads automobile workshop but never have I taken the effort to learn something useful. Im gonna post pictures of the gear selector as it has a little round button on the crown of the selector. So i have unintentially pressed that little round button with my thumb several times while changing from "D" to "N" and back. mine is a right hand drive mk3 astra.
 
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There is a button on the console near the shift lever or gear selector with the snow flake (frost) symbol on it. I wonder why GM introduced this version of the Opel Astra in India. I mean I have never seen snow in my life. I guess they built this car for the northern states of India close to the Himalayan mountains.
 
There's still plenty of automatic Astra-F's running around here in the UK. They tended to get driven a little more sympathetically so lasted longer than some of the other models and the transmission is inherently strong, particularly compared to modern semi-autos.
That colour was quite common here, too!
 
I'm so happy to know that I can still get parts for my car such as the tail lights, headlamps, ECU or useful electronics and electrical parts. Relays, etc. It was my very first time that I was involved in a car crash and so I had to arrange for all the damaged parts like the rear bumper, dickie (trunk lid)+tail lights. But I also managed to get the silencer and good headlamps from the Opel Astra Club lying in the backyard of the guy who sold it to me. My dad usually takes care of everything related to repairs of the car. I've just started to learn about repairing cars from YouTube videos.
 
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Just watched a YT video about Hybrid cars. The Contradictions of Battery Operated Vehicles by Graham Conway. The Ted Talk is amazing and let me just cope paste the Note from TED. This talk will challenge the popular perception that Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) are environmentally friendly, and will argue that we are inappropriately rushing the market introduction of these vehicles. BEVs are commonly sold under the guise of being ‘Zero Emissions,’ an assertion that is not true by any definition. Brake pads produce emissions, as do tires and even interiors under sunlight. The electricity that powers BEVs is generated by power plants, 64% of which burn fossil fuels in the U.S.—fossil fuels that contribute to greenhouse gas emissions and global warming. Even more importantly, there are significant CO2 emissions created during the manufacture of the battery pack, meaning that in order to offset the carbon created during the production process, a BEV must drive 40,000 - 100,000 miles before being environmentally comparable to a gasoline-powered vehicle. Hybrid vehicles, on the other hand, which combine much smaller batteries with efficient internal combustion engines, have been shown to be a much better option for lowering global CO2. Unfortunately, they do not receive the same marketable ‘kudos’ or policy backing as full BEVs. We are headed down the wrong path by rolling out BEVs before making the manufacturing and electricity generation CO2 neutral. Dr. Graham Conway is a Principal Engineer in the Automotive Division at Southwest Research Institute. For the last ten years he has been immersed in evaluating automotive technologies and consulting for car companies and suppliers. This gives him unique insights and perspectives on the industry. He is passionate about making vehicles more efficient to ensure the future of the planet and has a message to share about some common misconceptions about electric and non-electric vehicles. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.
 
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