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General Car Chat / Re: Nice mig in the scrappy

« on: 17 April 2013, 22:21:58 »

Well it's here, top end stripped within half hour along with the obligatory cut's to my hands. Drivers side coil pack bathed in oil and cracked, drivers side dry as a bone but original coil pack a bit manky so will need cheap/used replacements. Gaskets on order!!

2.6 is a much tidier engine bay than a 3.0 

I had an oil spill in the same location as the one you mention plus bad misfire and management light flicking on and off. Still made it back from Glasgow to Northampton though. Fault-coded it and it listed a misfire in the RH bank. Turned out to be the rocker gasket breaking down and letting oil fill the plug recesses plus letting oil flood down the gearbox and exhaust from that half-moon shaped bit. Hot oil cooked the coil pack which cracked and was full of oil. I got a dis pack for £70 from VauxhalWorldParts.com (half price effectively, and it arrived next day). That's for the v-6. Not tooooo bad a job if you have all day!! I managed to do it without removing the fuel lines from the intake but is was a very tight squeeze to get the cover back in without dropping the rubbery bits. Oh, and I've got three hands.

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General Car Chat / Re: Sick of it !!

« on: 17 April 2013, 21:59:07 »

of course you could always have the totally unreliable 2.6-with its Dont Bloomin Work throttle and gay coil packs and dearer than 2.5 as you cannot do paperclip test

Hey there. Sorry for butting in, but there's a different test you can do which involves only the ignition key and the brake peddle, so it's easier and cheaper too 'cos you don't have to ransack the house for that elusive paperclip. I think it's called the peddle test, but you know forums..Anyhow, I believe the info is on here somewhere.

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General Car Chat / Re: where is it now?

« on: 17 April 2013, 21:45:37 »

Glad to see a fair number of views on this, a topic which bugs me beyond belief. And thanks for the replies too. Still, got me another one. Only driving to the station now so she's not been warm for about 8months now. Feel guilty and down to 17mpg too.....

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General Car Chat / where is it now?

« on: 12 November 2012, 22:19:17 »

Hi to all

Wondering if anyone on this forum has my much-missed MV6 reg SP03DJV?  It was written off in 2010 but I recently noticed ("accidentally" put the reg no into a government web-page, as you do), that it's still showing as on the road. Wanted the new owner to know that it was a cat c or d write off, just in case you weren't informed. I was very suspicious all the way through the process due to bad vibes from the repair shop. I basically still think they decided they wanted the car and made a few "mistakes" on pricing the repairs. They said it was in poor condition basically due to a light mark in the paint on the bootlid (probably from a ring whilst cleaning the car), but it was a very nice manual car in an unusual pearlescent green with good miles and a leccy roof too. If you weren't told, then go and get a few quid back. Ill show you the photo's.

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General Car Chat / Re: Coil Pack Vibration!

« on: 28 December 2011, 20:33:52 »

Cheers RobG, chappie on phone confirmed numbers etc so it's defo a bosch one. £74 inc postage, Vauxhall wanted £134 and couldn't get one until the 3rd. I will check it carefully tho'.

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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: hello

« on: 28 December 2011, 19:55:10 »

Hi again, and thanks to all for the welcome messages. Got my passenger side cam cover seal back on and the injector set back in, still cleaning the intake plenum breather pipes etc - and yes there was indeed a certain amount of sludge in there.... could've filled a bucket.
See you around on the forum.

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General Car Chat / Re: Coil Pack Vibration!

« on: 28 December 2011, 19:34:22 »

70 thou eh? That could explain why mine was running very lumpy on originals and 92k. Just changed cam cover gaskets and drained about a litre of cr4p from the plug area, and cleaning the coil pack I noticed it's got loads of hairline cracks on it. Ordered one from the super-dooper vauxhallworldparts.com at under 1/2-price tho', should be with me tomorrow. Suppose I should do both sides but there's a budget involved...

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Newbie Welcome Area / hello

« on: 27 December 2011, 22:45:28 »

Hi to all other members, just joined what looks to be a very helpfull and friendly forum so I'm looking forward to reading & posting etc.  Currently halfway through cam cover gasket swap on my 2.6 so I've got bits of plenum etc all over the gaff. Bit like climbing a tree - alright till you try to come back....guides here very helpfull tho' so all should be good.
I found out that I need a coil pack too as mine is cracking. Probably due to being immersed in hot oil for a few thousand miles. Off to read about cleaning my breathers now. Toodle pip