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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Shimmy on 15 October 2010, 16:11:47
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Ahoy there.
Is there anyone within 100 miles of my location that could fix my oil leak? I'm fairly certain it's the camcover gaskets, as I can get oil on my fingers by touching the drivers side front from the outside. I can also see the oil collecting on the drivers side above the sump. The passengers side probably isn't leaking, but I'm guessing it would be prudent to replace those at the same time?
I've had a look at the maintenance guide and tbh I wouldn't be confident doing it myself with no previous experience.
I'm willing to travel and obviously will pay for parts and labour, also flexible time wise. If there's no one available to help me out, what should I expect price wise from an independent garage?
Thanks :)
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i was a bit worried when i did it but it really is an easy task. have a read through and see how you feel
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1152564281
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trust me its piss easy
get it done soon as when mine went drivers side oil got in my aultinator and fryed that as well
ps drivers side is the easyest side to do as long and you take your time and dont drop a spanner down the the inlet hole or do up the cam cover bolts up goriller style you only nip em up
it wont be a problem as you could do quite afew times for pratice long before the cost of the labour bill you will get
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ps pull out a couple of ht leads off the plugs that side and see if oil in plug holes
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Yeah I've had a look at the maintenance guide, whilst it doesn't look terribly difficult I really don't want to get stuck half way through it. I'd rather take it to a willing member and pay the labour and hopefully observe and learn so I can have a stab at it in the future.
So, no one offering their services on OOF? :-[
If it comes to taking it to a garage, how much should I expect to pay?
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[size=12][/size] I was quoted £241.00 quid by a garagae for my old R REG CDX. But I would suggest that you buy a cheap set of gaskets first and try doing it yourself....... If you need to replace them again at least you would have done it first time with a cheap set for the test run.
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theres not rally anything to get stuck with doing it
other than relising you lost that one spaner you need or socket as ushally happens lol
basicly you just pull of the plenum and inlet manfold
stuff some rags in hols so you dont drop anything down hole
undo cam covers pull em off clean em up and any oil in plug holes
fit new o rings around bolt holes and gasket and there not really gaskets rather a rubber seal that just pushes in
and put a few blobs of the black sealent on coruners as per pic in guide
left one is easy drivers side on passanger side have slid it under crap/wireing so just watch you dont pinch or drop gasket out
do em up and stuff every thing back
job done
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re cheap gaskets dont dother get the vx ones
9 out of ten times you dont need the parts listed in guide as most can be reused fine
the ones you need are there tiny o ring that go where the bolts are 8 each side there penneys for geuine vx ones
and the cam cover gaskets thers two on each bank
there about 30quid for the two for one side so 60 for both sides
worst that likely to hapen is you pinch one and it dont seal and your end up spend another 30 quid
you really have got to be a kwik fit moron fitter to mess it up
then again they could proberly mange to screw it up lol
its really no diferent that doing a 8v astra one thats siting on the top they only take a couple of mins to do
litraly
only diference with omega is the crap above you have to un bolt to get at thats all it a pain in the ass and it gives the garage a chance to charge you a foutune
if you can read and can change a spark plug you can do it your sel
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i can do it for you if you like.
if you get the car to Newcastle, then we'll do a swap for the night. will cost you £50
pm me for further details if you need
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i can do it for you if you like.
if you get the car to Newcastle, then we'll do a swap for the night. will cost you £50
pm me for further details if you need
Well done 2woody... :y I was going to tell him that the nearest would be Daz or EP but they are a long way away :( Nice to know there is someone more local, for the V6... :y
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If 2woody can't do it, I'm in Teesside. :y
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Thanks for the offers chaps, I've pm'd Pete as he seems closest to me.
Whilst the camcover gasket change itself looks straight forward to me, I'm just worried about messing up all the hose connections, in particular (de)pressurizing the fuel line which I have no experience with.
Whilst taking the plenum and rocker covers off, is there anything else worth changing that would be easy at the same time?
Thanks.