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Went to local  autoparts as vauxhall place bit of a trek.
 Ordered rocker cover gaskets  he handed me payne  ones  but no o rings fir the bolts after 20 mins of comp searching and phone call he cannot find on system.

Its a 98 3.0 v6

Is this a dealer only part ?  I thought surely cant be hard to get the orings but he couldnt get part numbers or find them.  I havent opened gaskets yet as i maye return if i cant get o rings
they were 9.99 each .

caN any one shed bit if light please  .
thanks

[TheBoy]

As we (currently) recommend that these particular gaskets are only supplied by dealers, I've always got the o rings from the dealer as well.

We have yet to find a decent cam cover gasket that consistently lasts more than a few weeks, other than the genuine GM ones. Those Payen ones are know to go rock hard very quickly, and piss out everywhere 

Sorry, I know its not want you want to hear.

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No no thanks it is what i want to hear  rather get  feedback on brands and honest advice than   my mates uncle stuff. Will see if he will refund n pop up to vx.

do you know price roughly of top off head.

and again thank you

[Andy B]

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do you know price roughly of top off head.

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Not cheap ....... £80+ IIRC plus a tube of black sealant.

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And still need sealant on top at 80 quid   

[Andy B]

And still need sealant on top at 80 quid   

Err!? That might have included the sealant 

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Ment shouldnt need to use sealant

[Andy B]

Ment shouldnt need to use sealant

Have a read through the guide. The black sealant is just used in the corners of the front cam bearing housing and on the D section at the back.

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Ah i see , we design flaw in the seal along with the general issue

[05omegav6]

Not really... more a cast iron guarantee against manufacturing tolerances

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I'm collecting parts from vx tomorrow even manged to get the oil level sensor rings £2 and the orings for bolts alone are 76p each I think

[sjr47]

My N/side one went last  last year the day before we where due to go on hol,s (typical ) only ones I could get hold of at short notice on a Sunday were Elring gasket so fitted that using Hondabond HT sealant in all the right places the intention being purchasing Vaux kit on return from hols which I did and they are still sat in a draw waiting for the Elring ones to let go .Been over 12 months now and still OK so maybe I just got lucky but might be usefull for someone stuck with the same lack of time to fix ,parts not available scenario.

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The side under the wiring loom absolute pain in the rear.

71p each for the bolts seals . I bought the oil level o rings only 2 quid  when I do oil change will do them