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Re: omega 2.5 headgasket gone wot am I to do?
« Reply #15 on: 05 April 2008, 16:08:27 »
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Re: omega 2.5 headgasket gone wot am I to do?
« Reply #16 on: 05 April 2008, 16:11:44 »
Heater Bypass Valve, its just a rubber valve that sends hot water from the engine bay into the cabin for your aircon etc to use...sits behind the engine roughly in line with the left hand bank of spark plugs on a v6 (looking at the engine bay from the front of the car)...
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Re: omega 2.5 headgasket gone wot am I to do?
« Reply #17 on: 05 April 2008, 16:15:06 »
None of the description of the symptoms sudgests head gasket to me so far....
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Re: omega 2.5 headgasket gone wot am I to do?
« Reply #18 on: 05 April 2008, 16:24:20 »
Do you know, I dont know whether to be happy or sad ,maybe my my car has been on my drive for 18 months with just a oil leak from the cam covers .
I think I will fix the leak and put it back on the road and run it for a bit and see wot happens.
do you have eny advice ,I noted the cam covers did not sit on the rims
of the head inline ,they were bent in a bit in the middle new one would be the answer.
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Re: omega 2.5 headgasket gone wot am I to do?
« Reply #19 on: 05 April 2008, 16:31:22 »
Advice...make sure when your topping up your adding a 50/50 mix or water/antifreeze...especially as its a regular top up...plus use genuine vaux gaskets for cam covers...and as you will have plenum off for cam covers...may as well change HBV (about £30 from vaux iirc) as its pretty eay to do then (take scuttle off for easier access though...
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Re: omega 2.5 headgasket gone wot am I to do?
« Reply #20 on: 05 April 2008, 16:43:24 »
Thankyou everone for you help.

 You have made me reconsider wot to do with my car.
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Re: omega 2.5 headgasket gone wot am I to do?
« Reply #21 on: 05 April 2008, 17:36:34 »
Where abouts in Sutton are you????
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Re: omega 2.5 headgasket gone wot am I to do?
« Reply #22 on: 05 April 2008, 20:24:04 »
I was just about to ask the same ? daz, local to both of us, we could put our heads together and take a look at it for him.
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Re: omega 2.5 headgasket gone wot am I to do?
« Reply #23 on: 06 April 2008, 09:57:32 »
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I was just about to ask the same ? daz, local to both of us, we could put our heads together and take a look at it for him.
That we could if he replies ;)
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Re: omega 2.5 headgasket gone wot am I to do?
« Reply #24 on: 06 April 2008, 13:01:12 »
Thanks lads for the offer 1st  im going to get it back on the road get a mot, tax, ins , etc. take a look at the oil cooler give it a good run ,
is was only local runs be for taking it of the road .
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Re: omega 2.5 headgasket gone wot am I to do?
« Reply #25 on: 06 April 2008, 15:05:49 »
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Sorrey wot is a HVB

HBV - Heater by-pass valve.
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Re: omega 2.5 headgasket gone wot am I to do?
« Reply #26 on: 07 April 2008, 18:59:51 »
Bad news iv just looked in the header tank and is gunket up with creamy crap
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Re: omega 2.5 headgasket gone wot am I to do?
« Reply #27 on: 07 April 2008, 19:12:02 »
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Bad news iv just looked in the header tank and is gunket up with creamy crap
That is more likely an oil cooler on a V6. In fact, its not possible for HG failure to cause that on a V6.
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Re: omega 2.5 headgasket gone wot am I to do?
« Reply #28 on: 07 April 2008, 19:12:07 »
Probably oil cooler not the head gasket
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