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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: JoeBirt on 12 November 2008, 11:37:17

Title: Advise Please
Post by: JoeBirt on 12 November 2008, 11:37:17

I have an Omega Elite V6 - The headgasket right bank has gone - Is it worth spending the money to replace it (146000 + Miles - No Mot Susspesion Bushes OSF and two Tyres and NSF Dip Headlight no Pattern) or is time to send this miggy to the great Miggy graveyard? :-/

Title: Re: Advise Please
Post by: jonathanh on 12 November 2008, 11:59:04

are you sure it is the HG?  symptoms?

often mis diagnosed for oil cooler or HBV failure

Title: Re: Advise Please
Post by: JoeBirt on 12 November 2008, 12:16:46

Symptons are

Starts fine - When warm starts to miss and feel lumpy - Pulled No 3 Plug (RH Bank Centre) loads of water on the plug

BTW what is HBV?

Title: Re: Advise Please
Post by: Welung666 on 12 November 2008, 12:18:08

HBV = Heater By-pass Valve :y

Any oil in the expansion tank or mayonaise looking gunge on the dipstick?

Title: Re: Advise Please
Post by: JoeBirt on 12 November 2008, 12:34:46

Expansion tank looks oily and Mayo on Oil Filler cap

Title: Re: Advise Please
Post by: Welung666 on 12 November 2008, 13:03:12

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Expansion tank looks oily and Mayo on Oil Filler cap

More than likely oil cooler then :y

Title: Re: Advise Please
Post by: JoeBirt on 12 November 2008, 13:40:43

Scuse my ignorance bu is tis adifficult job?

Title: Re: Advise Please
Post by: Welung666 on 12 November 2008, 13:50:49

Fairly difficult, there is a HowTo here (http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1221081908) :y

Title: Re: Advise Please
Post by: JoeBirt on 12 November 2008, 14:11:24

thanks for that I will look into it before making my mind up :y Unless anyone knows of a good mech aroundthe Surrey Camberley Area?

Title: Re: Advise Please
Post by: Elite Pete on 12 November 2008, 19:13:45

Mayo on the inside of the oil filler is generally because the car has been doing short journeys, using Vauxhalls oil goes someway to curing this. Oil in the water is more than likely the oil cooler as said above ;)

Title: Re: Advise Please
Post by: Bandit127 on 12 November 2008, 19:41:06

If it was the oil cooler - would it cause these symptoms?

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Starts fine - When warm starts to miss and feel lumpy

I reckon a compression test is in order first...

Title: Re: Advise Please
Post by: JoeBirt on 13 November 2008, 15:19:33

Actually there is water in the cylinder head - pulled one plug and it was soaking :(

Title: Re: Advise Please
Post by: JoeBirt on 21 November 2008, 11:48:10

If no one is intrested in saving this Elite - It will be going tothe Graet Miggy Scrapyard in th Sky 30th Nov 08 - I would break it myself but donot have the space - Another one bits the dust :'(

Title: Re: Advise Please
Post by: markey mark on 21 November 2008, 12:06:40

were you based joe ?? and how much mate ??

Title: Re: Advise Please
Post by: Kevin Wood on 21 November 2008, 13:36:43

Have you confirmed there's coolant leaking into the cylinders? Sounds to me like it could just be a leak from the scuttle area filling up the plug wells with water and causing a misfire. :-/

I am in the Camberley area occasionally if you want a second opinion.

Kevin

Title: Re: Advise Please
Post by: Albatross on 21 November 2008, 23:15:31

This car should not be scrapped until further investigation is done. It's a waste of a potentially very savable Omega.

Title: Re: Advise Please
Post by: JoeBirt on 21 November 2008, 23:36:25

O know thats why i would like someone to take it off my hands - i do not have room to store it - the knowledge to repair it - surely someone could revive this motor to its former glory [smiley=undecided.gif]

Title: Re: Advise Please
Post by: JoeBirt on 24 November 2008, 21:59:07

Last Chance

WILL BE SCRAPPED SATURDAY

JBirt99708@aol.co.uk

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