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Omega General Help / Re: Smoke coming out from LH side

« on: 08 January 2008, 14:50:06 »

Dear All,
Many thanks  for the great advice. Mark , you are absolute correct. I plug the orange connector, the EML did goes away.
Now for the smoke part. I will drive around to see whether it will goes away. Hope it is nothing serious. It was kinda of mayo/ oily inside the plenum before this. But everything looks clean.
For the gasket, I bought from the Vauxhall southampton. I think they are original. the part no is 90511451 and cost 26.60 per bag(each bag got 2 gaskets). Bought 2 bags to replace right and left. I also replaced all those small o rings.However, i did raised the question about the sealant that this is green. However, they said this sealant(green) is listed in the database and recommended by the vauxhall. So  I used this sealant. Can this sealant caused leaking again? It kinda a melt liquid not the glue type.
The part no is 90542114 for this sealant.

Again, many thanks for the help.

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Omega General Help / Smoke coming out from LH side

« on: 08 January 2008, 09:51:41 »

Hi,

I have problem with my vauxhall omega 2.5 CDX. Initially, the oil was
leaking from
the camshaft cover and white smoke (smell like burning oil) comes out. I
already replaced with the new gasket and cleaned up the breather plus plenum.
Now there is no sign of oil leak at the cover, but I still have white smoke comes out from
the left hand side of the engine as in this picture (it comes from
underneath / cylinder head):
http://www.soton.ac.uk/~ay1a06/smoke1.jpg
This smoke starts to come out few minutes after warming up the engine.
I did some servicing such as replacing engine oil, plugs, cambelt and air
filter and there is a thin mayo (milky) near the tip of the oil filler and
none at the dipstick hole as in this picture:
http://www.soton.ac.uk/~ay1a06/smoke2.jpg
Also now the EML is stay on after ignition. Normally, it goes off after
starting the engine.
The paper clip test are:
12
12
12

21
21
21

73
73
73

17
17
17

31
31
31

Coolant level in the expansion tank is normal, no loss here.

I have no clue what is wrong and how to fix this. Please help me how to fix this.
Thank you.
========
Amri
amriyu@yahoo.com

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Omega General Help / Re: Can't rotate crankshaft when fitting in new timing

« on: 04 January 2008, 14:03:15 »

Thank you...So silly of me for being ignorant. I will try it backward, thks for the advise.

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Omega General Help / Can't rotate crankshaft when fitting in new timing

« on: 04 January 2008, 12:36:57 »

Hi,
Help...!
I have problem in fixing a new timing belt for my Omega(Automatic , 2.5cc)

1) After I took out the old timing belt, I rotated the Camshaft sprockets
to markings (1,2,3 and 4).
2) Then I tried to rotate the crankshaft sproket clockwise to 6 o clock (cut -out position)
but unfortunately I'm stuck at 1 o clock position no matter how much force I put on it.
The original position was at 8 o clock position with the old timing belt.

I didn't adjust the sprockets to TDC markings prior took off
the belt could be the caused for unable to rotate further?
Also I did take out the spark plugs but it didn't help either.
What will happen if I rotate it anticlockwise?
Right now the car is empty with coolant and the engine oil. Could this be the
caused for none lubrication?

Is there any "trick" or an easy way to rotate the cranshaft to 6 o clock position?
Please Help...
Thank you
amriyu@yahoo.com

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Newbie Welcome Area / Hi & merry christmas

« on: 13 December 2007, 10:46:07 »

Hi all...newbie to this forum..
merry christmas everybody