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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: drinksoptional on 20 August 2014, 20:53:22
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Went to local autoparts as vauxhall place bit of a trek.
Ordered rocker cover gaskets he handed me payne ones but no o rings fir the bolts after 20 mins of comp searching and phone call he cannot find on system.
Its a 98 3.0 v6
Is this a dealer only part ? I thought surely cant be hard to get the orings but he couldnt get part numbers or find them. I havent opened gaskets yet as i maye return if i cant get o rings
they were 9.99 each .
caN any one shed bit if light please .
thanks
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As we (currently) recommend that these particular gaskets are only supplied by dealers, I've always got the o rings from the dealer as well.
We have yet to find a decent cam cover gasket that consistently lasts more than a few weeks, other than the genuine GM ones. Those Payen ones are know to go rock hard very quickly, and piss out everywhere :'(
Sorry, I know its not want you want to hear.
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No no thanks it is what i want to hear rather get feedback on brands and honest advice than my mates uncle stuff. Will see if he will refund n pop up to vx.
do you know price roughly of top off head.
and again thank you
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do you know price roughly of top off head.
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Not cheap ....... £80+ IIRC plus a tube of black sealant.
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And still need sealant on top at 80 quid :o
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And still need sealant on top at 80 quid :o
Err!? That might have included the sealant :-\
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Ment shouldnt need to use sealant
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Ment shouldnt need to use sealant
Have a read through the guide. The black sealant is just used in the corners of the front cam bearing housing and on the D section at the back.
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Ah i see , we design flaw in the seal along with the general issue
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Not really... more a cast iron guarantee against manufacturing tolerances :y
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I'm collecting parts from vx tomorrow even manged to get the oil level sensor rings £2 and the orings for bolts alone are 76p each I think
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My N/side one went last last year the day before we where due to go on hol,s (typical ) only ones I could get hold of at short notice on a Sunday were Elring gasket so fitted that using Hondabond HT sealant in all the right places the intention being purchasing Vaux kit on return from hols which I did and they are still sat in a draw waiting for the Elring ones to let go .Been over 12 months now and still OK so maybe I just got lucky but might be usefull for someone stuck with the same lack of time to fix ,parts not available scenario.
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The side under the wiring loom absolute pain in the rear.
71p each for the bolts seals . I bought the oil level o rings only 2 quid when I do oil change will do them