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Re: car is back but............
« Reply #15 on: 08 August 2009, 13:49:03 »
thanks looks like i'll be spending my night shift routing around at the back of the engine then lol i guess theres no easy way to access it other than from top and with feel, lots of cut knuckles for me!  ::)
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« Reply #16 on: 08 August 2009, 14:18:02 »
where can i get the right tool for removing the cam cover bolts? im looking everywhere at the moment and cant find anything that has that "star" shaped head  :question
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Re: car is back but............
« Reply #17 on: 08 August 2009, 14:55:20 »
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where can i get the right tool for removing the cam cover bolts? im looking everywhere at the moment and cant find anything that has that "star" shaped head  :question

You want a female torx socket - try http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FEMALE-TORX-14-PC-CRV-SOCKET-SET-1-4-3-8-1-2-E4-E22_W0QQitemZ110404388018QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Hand_Tools_Equipment?hash=item19b49d44b2&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14 or try Halfords

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Re: car is back but............
« Reply #18 on: 08 August 2009, 15:02:14 »
agh female torx thats what they are called!!! cheers thanks for that  :y  :y

Halfords have set for £14 , would one of the set fit onto the cam bolt heads ?
 sockets sizes are 8,10,12,14 16
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Re: car is back but............
« Reply #19 on: 08 August 2009, 15:27:08 »
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agh female torx thats what they are called!!! cheers thanks for that  :y  :y

Halfords have set for £14 , would one of the set fit onto the cam bolt heads ?
 sockets sizes are 8,10,12,14 16

Can't remember the size mate, but would have thought so as they are common sizes  :y
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Re: car is back but............
« Reply #20 on: 08 August 2009, 20:35:37 »
Cam cover bolts are 10 iirc...

Normal price for HG on a v6 would be £300-400...on a 2.2 it should be cheaper as less work to do...
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Re: car is back but............
« Reply #21 on: 08 August 2009, 21:21:03 »
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Cam cover bolts are 10 iirc...

Normal price for HG on a v6 would be £300-400...on a 2.2 it should be cheaper as less work to do...

Is that your normal price? Seems far too cheap for a garage job to me :-/ :-/

IMHO he paid reasonable money for a garage to do a professional job, bearing in mind most garages will now be charging in the region of £55/hour labour.

Trouble is... The job wasn't professional ::) ::)
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Re: car is back but............
« Reply #22 on: 08 August 2009, 22:14:04 »
Garages round here charge £30-35 an hour...but regardless its a 4-6 hour job max plus couple of hundred quid in parts max...and thats on a v6

Its a 2.2...strip engine down a bit, remove head, replace gasket, reassemble with new belt/tensioners, water pump and cam cover gasket
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Re: car is back but............
« Reply #23 on: 08 August 2009, 23:06:45 »
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Garages round here charge £30-35 an hour...but regardless its a 4-6 hour job max plus couple of hundred quid in parts max...and thats on a v6

Its a 2.2...strip engine down a bit, remove head, replace gasket, reassemble with new belt/tensioners, water pump and cam cover gasket

Blimey, that's cheap! We were charging £45+VAT in Basingstoke 9 years ago when I was working in the trade... And we were one of the cheapest! :o :o :o
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« Reply #24 on: 09 August 2009, 04:45:54 »
right spent 2 hrs with my hands round the back of the engine feeling around like a blind man in the dark while blindfoled  ;D found the single wire and that was connected up but the second one with the connector ( which is very similar to the one pictured on the previous page) i cant for the life of me find where its meant to connect onto, is this the one that actually sends the singal to the dash temp guage?
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Re: car is back but............
« Reply #25 on: 09 August 2009, 09:35:43 »
2 pin conenctor sounds like the ECU temperature sensor, which is mounted next to the gauge one IIRC. The ECU would be complaining if that was off though. :-/

The gauge wire is certainly the single one.

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« Reply #26 on: 09 August 2009, 13:10:09 »
it should be putting on the eml light then? is a non working temp guage a MOT fail?
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« Reply #27 on: 09 August 2009, 14:11:22 »

A thought came to me , "maybe theres a fuse for the temp guage", checked manual and its said "FUSE 24 COOLANT HEATING" am i right? because when i checked the fuses this fuse has been removed! could this be the reason my temp guage isnt working?
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Re: car is back but............
« Reply #28 on: 09 August 2009, 14:23:20 »
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A thought came to me , "maybe theres a fuse for the temp guage", checked manual and its said "FUSE 24 COOLANT HEATING" am i right? because when i checked the fuses this fuse has been removed! could this be the reason my temp guage isnt working?
It could well be!
Why not take a look in the handbook and refit a fuse of the correct rating. See what happens then. But you have to ask why this fuse was removed in the first place.
If you're stuck for fuses, (especially as it's Sunday), I've got plenty here in Caerau.
Let me know mate!
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Re: car is back but............
« Reply #29 on: 09 August 2009, 14:42:21 »
cheers mate, im off to work at 330 so cant come up there today, what i'll do is take the 20A fuse for the fog lamps out and put it in the one that appears to be missing and see what happens  :y
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