It is a 1.7 L; 102.9 cu in (1,686 cc) inline-four 16-valve turbocharged diesel engine originally designed by Isuzu but now owned by General Motors.
The engine was produced in Europe by General Motors for use in the Opel, Vauxhall and Chevrolet vehicles and by Honda for use in the Civic compact car.
For this purpose it opened a new plant in the city of Tychy, in Poland, called Isuzu Motor Polska.
60 percent of the components for the production of the engines at Isuzu Motor Polska come from Germany, as well as the aluminium alloy for the manufacture of the cylinder head.
This motor is similar to the one signed Z17DT it replaces, and features a number of minor improvements.
It was fitted in With the exception of the Opel Astra 1.7 CDTI 16V, this car had a Bosch engine management system, and the other four models are equipped with a Denso control unit.
They also meet the Euro 4 standard, but feature a slightly lower compression ratio of 18.2:1.
Introduced in 2008, is based on the Z17DTJ engine developed simultaneously, and is characterized by a reduction of friction of the moving parts in order to optimize the thermal efficiency and meet the stricter Euro 5 standard.
It is fitted in: The Honda version features their i-CTDi high-pressure common rail direct injection technology, while the Opel 4EE2 unit uses low-pressure DI.