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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: smoothomega on 11 July 2007, 20:28:33
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Weather permiting this weekend i will be doing my breathers and now leaking rocker gaskets, however i do have a slight blow on the o/s manifold gasket that is noisey on start up but does go after a few mins when all is warm and expanded. The question is do i do the gasket at the same, however i have heard that if the studs are broken or snap then it is a head off job, which i cant afford to happen at the moment as the car will be needed again at 4.30 monday morning. So, is the head off sinario correct? and should i go for it or not :-/
Cheers, Jez
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I personally feel that, if you get snapped studs, you need to take the head off to do a proper job of drilling and re-threading. Others may disagree, but that's personal opinion.
And on a V6 - you don't just do one head.... ::)
The drivers side one is not so bad, but you still need to strip all the inlet/plenum off, and get the rear coolant transfer pipe off..
Suggest taking your time - if you're going to be against the clock, and it's your first time, it won't be ideal :)
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Mine just passed MOT with blowing manifolds today. My plan is to wait 3 more years until the cambelt is due again and if I still have the car I may worry about them then . . . [smiley=evil.gif]
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Mine passed just the same, just get a bit embarassed when starting from cold and the old girl sounds like a spitfire :(
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Mine passed just the same, just get a bit embarassed when starting from cold and the old girl sounds like a spitfire :(
Not as embarassing as having to borrow a car 4 times to keep getting more carbide bits to drill out the studs. :-[
If it's that loud the studs are defo gone. Be ready to take off the heads when you do it. :'(
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Consider that you have a later Omega with the improved head studs which, I am yet to see break.
I personaly would do it.......do you want a spare prepared manifold to fit as I think I have one which I can flatten in preperation.
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Cheers for that Mark, i will pm you tomoz as i am just off to bed now as a 4.30 start beckons :( Mine is the mini facelift so they have the improved studs, good news :y
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Consider that you have a later Omega with the improved head studs which, I am yet to see break.
I personaly would do it.......do you want a spare prepared manifold to fit as I think I have one which I can flatten in preperation.
Do you want to volenteer to do my snapped studs on my manifold Mark?.....its not summat i could do...
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Cheers for that Mark, i will pm you tomoz as i am just off to bed now as a 4.30 start beckons :( Mine is the mini facelift so they have the improved studs, good news :y
Shame you didn't live a bit closer to me, we could have had a ' Change the o/s manifold gasket on a 2.5 mini facelift with improved head studs party ' at the weekend ;D Got to do mine on the project car weather permitting :-/
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Consider that you have a later Omega with the improved head studs which, I am yet to see break.
I personaly would do it.......do you want a spare prepared manifold to fit as I think I have one which I can flatten in preperation.
Do you want to volenteer to do my snapped studs on my manifold Mark?.....its not summat i could do...
If he doesn't - then I'll do it...
But I don't have any kit that could drill it in-situ - so it will mean pulling the head...