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[markey mark]

lovely jubbly!

right, i'll get on the blower to vauxhall then and order all those parts listed on the other thread.

i'll keep you all updated.

let me know if any of you think of anything else i might need to know.

thanks once again!

p.s does anyone have the philips CCR 2000 stereo cd player? i think you'll all know what i'm about to ask..........

 talk to davednd hes the kiddie on them bud !!

[bren]

in the other thread regarding the parts........

Rocker gaskets: 90511451, one set per bank (£25+ Vat retail)
O-rings: 90411826, 8 per bank (13p+ VAT retail)
Gasket, Inlet bridge to head: 90501652, 2 off
Gasket, Inlet to Inlet bridge: 90501653, 3 off
Gasket, Inlet to Plenum O rings: 9118135, 6 off
Sealent, Black (not the Green stuff!): 90485251, 1 off

when it sas, 2 off, 3 off 6 off etc what does that mean? sorry if it seems a stupid question, i just want to be clear about it.

thanks once again!

[markey mark]

the amount of items needed to do job bud !!

[bren]

the amount of items needed to do job bud !!

thought so, was just making sure.

all in for all of those parts from my vauxhall dealer is £165.

if i dont order:-

Gasket, Inlet bridge to head
Gasket, Inlet to Inlet bridge
Gasket, Inlet to Plenum O rings

which i may not need it'll come to £84

do you reckon i should order just the:-

Rocker gaskets
O-rings
Sealent, Black

and try my luck? dont really want to waste £80!!

[MutantCav]

Chances are the oil will have damaged your spark plugs and leads if leaking for a while so seriously worth thinking about changing them...if the leads are damaged they will end up taking out your dispack otherwise.

[markey mark]

the amount of items needed to do job bud !!

thought so, was just making sure.

all in for all of those parts from my vauxhall dealer is £165.

if i dont order:-

Gasket, Inlet bridge to head
Gasket, Inlet to Inlet bridge
Gasket, Inlet to Plenum O rings

which i may not need it'll come to £84

do you reckon i should order just the:-

Rocker gaskets
O-rings
Sealent, Black

and try my luck? dont really want to waste £80!!

should be ok bud done a few and not changed them !!

[bren]

Chances are the oil will have damaged your spark plugs and leads if leaking for a while so seriously worth thinking about changing them...if the leads are damaged they will end up taking out your dispack otherwise.

so i should change the leads aswell as all the other parts too?

[Mike Collins]

My local factors do a lead set for V6, around £45, Bosch I think. I have used them on two cars and not had a problem. Vauxhall price for leads is terrifying.

[MutantCav]

Well you can try just cleaning the leads...

[Entwood]

When you do the job.. where it says "remove the cable tray" .. make sure you do !! I had problems and tried to do it with the cable tray in place ... all that happened was I had to do the whole damned passenger side again ..leaked like a sieve on start-up .. with the cable tray still attached you can't get a smooth fit and will probably snag something like I did  

Only good thing was having done it once the second attempt took half the time !!

[bren]

by the way, is there any way of finding out what code my engine is?

its a petrol 2.5 v6, does that mean its a C25XE?

[TheBoy]

by the way, is there any way of finding out what code my engine is?

its a petrol 2.5 v6, does that mean its a C25XE?

yours is X25XE

[bren]

lovely jubbly thanks matey

[shyboy]

You can get a Vx Trade Club Card by joining Autobahnstormers for £20 p.a. Most Vx main dealers will then give TC prices on a range of service items and 10/15% trade discount on items not on the TC list.
I've recently done this work on my 2.6l. As Entwood says, do remove the passenger side cable tray completely and take your time.Double check at every stage.

[ians]

make sure you have a torque wrench that goes down to 8Nm before you start disassembling things..