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[Paulus62]

As for all that crud you can see when you took the sump off.I would use paraffin soaked rags and an old tooth brush to remove all that you can get at,and do the same to the sump pan itself.Then chuck some cheapo oil in there and run the engine for a while,then drain it and refill with the good stuff.
For what its worth,imo your going he right way about this.Systematically and methodically.Not cutting any corners.Your engine should run as sweet a nut when your finished.

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Camshaft sprocket to camshaft   50 + 60° + 15°   1

That is correct-just ignore the 1  everything else is correct

Many thanks 

That looks like someones oven after a good turkey roast   

LOL   

I now have another problem  although I think I've sorted it but would like to run it by those who know 

Put cam belt on as per the DVD, (not as simple to a novice as the DVD shows ) Got bottom lines in the right place worked upto cam 1 & 2 & got them in the right place, then realised it was on backwards! re did it again and moved on to cam 3, the line was short of the mark by a good inch    went back and re checked everything and was ok so took it off again and compared it to the belt that had come off, both have same GM code number & all the line in the same place 
Refitted all around ignoring marks on 3 & 4 cams only to have too much tension to put the roller in place, whereas on the driver side there was quite a bit of slack. So I removed the wedge and moved the belt towards the passenger side which enabled me to fit the roller.
The pictures below show how it is at night fall!


Cams 1 & 2 lined up with cam belt & cover marks

Cam 3 lined up with cover belt way off

Cam 4 lined up with cover as cam 3

Bottom line a tooth towards Cams 3&4 TDC lines up with cutout in cover

Have I done something wrong, or is it that the layout of the 2.6 is slightly different to the 2.5?

 

[Paulus62]

I've started the cleaning of the inside of the sump if I remove the bolts arrowed in the pictures bellow can I remove the oil lift pipe for cleaning or do I leave it alone and clean around?



Still looks worse than my oven does 

[omega3000]

Looks a lot better though  What did you use to clean it 

[Paulus62]

Looks a lot better though  What did you use to clean it 

A small wire brush dipped in jar of white spirit for the thick stuff then carb cleaner sprayed onto a rag and lots of rubbing 

[aaronjb]

Personally I wouldn't worry about trying to remove all that black varnish - it'll come off (slowly and in solution) given a few short mileage changes with good oil..

If you do take the oil pickup off there'll be a gasket to renew between it and the oil pump entryway, I would think.

[Paulus62]

Personally I wouldn't worry about trying to remove all that black varnish - it'll come off (slowly and in solution) given a few short mileage changes with good oil..

If you do take the oil pickup off there'll be a gasket to renew between it and the oil pump entryway, I would think.

That's a good enough reason to leave be.

Thanks  Aaron