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[lesbrunt]

Hi all, as this repair is still under warranty there is no charge thank goodness, I will not name the dealer at this stage, to be fare they have been quite accomadating, plucking courtesy cars out of the air, giving me trade discount on parts & reduced labour, but it is a worry when we are on first name terms!!!

Les

[Marks DTM Calib]

Print the breather cleaning guide off from the maintenance section and take it in to them.

[TheBoy]

May be worth asking if they can double-check the TIS instructions for doing the job.  Maybe they are not using a torque wrench, maybe the camcover is split? If they have really overtightened them previously, the camcover may have distorted?

This in addition to breather issues.

[lesbrunt]

maybe it does not help that the new covers they have renewed are plastic, why would gm change from metal to plastic?
spoken to garage today they keep insisting the breathers are clear !!

les

[tunnie]

Metal covers used on Vectra, it has a different breather setup

[omega3000]

maybe it does not help that the new covers they have renewed are plastic, why would gm change from metal to plastic?
spoken to garage today they keep insisting the breathers are clear !!

les

So were your old cover's metal 

[tigers_gonads]

As tunnie say 

Omega never had the metal covers fitted.

If the plastic covers are ok, decient vx seals used and bolts are torqued down in i.a.w spec then you won't get any problems 

If the cover bolt are over torqued, it will warp the covers and leak like a sieve 
Also best to replace the small "o"ring seals for the bolts.

[lesbrunt]

Hi all got it back at last, as sugested I told them about the maintenance details & they said they didn't know thats were the breathers were, any way it all seems ok for now, thanks to you guys for all the input, I am thinking about selling it on now if anyone is interested it is 2000 W reg 2.5 V6 elite estate in gold, as you would imagine the engine is all sparkley & clean now! bodywork is pretty good, 17 inch alloys with good tyres.

Les

[tunnie]

Hi all got it back at last, as sugested I told them about the maintenance details & they said they didn't know thats were the breathers were, any way it all seems ok for now, thanks to you guys for all the input
Les

What the fluck?? Its a Vauxhall dealer 

Name & shame please!

Also 250 posts required to sell, your post might get trimmed. 

[omega3000]

Hi all got it back at last, as sugested I told them about the maintenance details & they said they didn't know thats were the breathers were, any way it all seems ok for now, thanks to you guys for all the input, I am thinking about selling it on now if anyone is interested it is 2000 W reg 2.5 V6 elite estate in gold, as you would imagine the engine is all sparkley & clean now! bodywork is pretty good, 17 inch alloys with good tyres.

Les

 

[martin42]

glad i do my own work,dont trust a stealer especially when the 1 in kempston charged me for 4 spark plugs on the zafira dti

[Steve B]

Hi all got it back at last, as sugested I told them about the maintenance details & they said they didn't know thats were the breathers were, any way it all seems ok for now, thanks to you guys for all the input
Les

What the fluck?? Its a Vauxhall dealer 

Name & shame please!

Also 250 posts required to sell, your post might get trimmed. 

unreal 

[mowerman71]

yep i know this story well , had a similer problem , ended up fitting cam boxes aswell as gaskets , but had to make sure breathers were all clear to which they were after giving them the major clean out they needed , one pipe even broke as was full of dried crap , now after sorting this problem ages ago its back as it should be .... good luck with the dealer