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[Big_Al]

Anyway, this mobil oil...?

Yer    thinking the same myself Chris . . ..      could be a long night

[Big_Al]

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just curious RobG . . . is that Genuine or patten popcorn  in that there box ?

[dbug]

I may post again later - especially about Mobil oil 

[doz]

Ahhh there's nothing wrong with the pattern parts it's all down to you lot being ham fisted with the spanners










(Sit's back and awaits a flaming)
 

[Elite_L0ver]

Ahhh there's nothing wrong with the pattern parts it's all down to you lot being ham fisted with the spanners










(Sit's back and awaits a flaming)
 

GIFSoup

[Elite_L0ver]

And another one dave you asked for it 

[bored bigyin54]

And another one dave you asked for it 

just like women no fists

[Webby the Bear]

I think that Bear needs to be put down 

i just spat my earl grey out hahahahahahaha

[twiglet]

In this case - Omega V6 Cam Cover gaskets, the only sane advice, with the experiences we have gathered, is Genuine GM parts. Sadly, as they certainly are not cheap.

If you have to pay someone to fit them - about 2hrs labour - then even attempting non GM is likely to prove an expensive mistake.  If you DIY, and are happy to check the plug wells every couple of days, all you lose is your time, and the cost of the gaskets and O rings...  ...that's when you can experiment.


Elring V6 Cam Cover gaskets, as sold by the likes of those lying scumbags at Autovaux as Genuine (based on Elring being a GM supplier, but not for that part), are known (based on numberous reports here) to fail very prematurely.


I'm all for reducing my motoring costs. I buy many pattern parts if they are cheaper than I can get genuine parts for, but there are some things I will only buy genuine. GM V6 Camcover gaskets being one of them.

I think that one sentence sums up this thread, and the entire topic of cam covers, perfectly! 

[JamesV6CDX]

got mine from vx started leaking after 2 years so figure tha one out 

1) Incompetent Mechanic
2) Breathers not properly cleaned when gaskets changed
3) Mixture of the above

I would have said warped covers eg through over tightening, but if that were the case it would have taken more than 2 years to present itself.

[Steve B]

ok so its not a cam gasket..
 its a cheapo pattern nasty thing from a auction site.
do i use it....


http://dl.dropbox.com/u/70807181/gasket.JPG

[tunnie]

Looks like a throttle body gasket, should be fine 

[Steve B]

yep it is ......and thats what i thought 

some pattern parts r ok..........but some are not

[feeutfo]

Here's another option for you. Oe supplier.

..., Yeah, now what ya gonna do?

[Kevin Wood]

Here's another option for you. Oe supplier.

..., Yeah, now what ya gonna do?

Doesn't matter. It's either a genuine GM sourced part or not.

The "ah! but they're an OE supplier" BS is just an excuse for selling pattern parts. They might well have made parts, to a tight specification, for GM.

They also make a pattern part to sell much cheaper. To the same specification, you reckon?