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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: john1dart on 09 May 2007, 14:23:02

Title: Rocker gasket leak
Post by: john1dart on 09 May 2007, 14:23:02

Firstly Hello to all as i'm new to the site.
After finding all the help i need on here I'll now be doing the above work myself as i'm a skilled engineer.
Are there an specialist tools i will need to replace rockers gaskets and clean crankshaft breather system?
should I clean the breather whist the top half of the engine is stripped down?
how long will this take start to finished?
any help will be greatly recieved.
Kind regards

I forgot to mention the car. its a 1996 2.5 V6 CD

Title: Re: Rocker gasket leak
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 09 May 2007, 14:47:19

If you look in the Maintence section you will find Beather cleaning, also Mark has done a section on Cam Cover Gaskets :y
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1152564281

Title: Re: Rocker gasket leak
Post by: ians on 09 May 2007, 15:31:03

Welcome John!

Apart from a selection of torx bits,  a big spanner (adjustable) is useful to disconnect the EGR pipe, and a torque wrench that goes down to 8Nm for the camcover bolts.

Loads of carb cleaner for the breather cleaning.

Oh and I forgot the double jointed knees and the extra hand ;D ;D

Cheers,
Ian

Title: Re: Rocker gasket leak
Post by: cdx25 on 09 May 2007, 18:05:19

Its in the maintenance guide but just to emphasise...

And the genuine Vx gaskets !

Jon

Title: Re: Rocker gasket leak
Post by: amba on 09 May 2007, 18:34:19

Toally agree..only use genuine Vauxhall gaskets/"o" rings and Black sealant..that way they should stay oil tight....I speak from several bad experiences with after market parts,,,good luck

Title: Re: Rocker gasket leak
Post by: TheBoy on 09 May 2007, 19:17:25

Genuine gaskets, as said!

Title: Re: Rocker gasket leak
Post by: Markjay on 10 May 2007, 17:50:53

Quote

Genuine gaskets, as said!

Yep, genuine Vx everything....