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[tooleater]

Hi guys johns the name,just signed up on your forum couple of days ago.hope some of you guys can advise me on this.2 weeks ago i bought a Omega MV6 3ltr manual in cosmos black,trully stunning condition in and out,its hard to believe this car has had 4 owners,well judging by its vauxhall history,3 good owners and 1 Idiot.You all heard the saying Beauty is skin deep but Ugly goes to the bone.first off last ownerlopped off back box and fitted sports pipes.thats the good news,now for the Bad..Water leak from front of engine,constant vapour on tick over even when hot from those twin pipes,heating in off mode,temp goes to 90 then 100 in traffic,fans cut in back to 90.Heating on temp does not go over 80.. what has me baffled?No water in oil,ticks over smoothly..Goes like a ROCKET!!I hope im wrong but im thinking Hair line crack in head or heads.Oh she done approx 100.000 w reg 2000 face lift model
PS. I wasnt expecting a Rolls Royce for a Grand.
Any help and Advice good or bad would be much appreciated.. John 

[henryd]

first off you need to find source of water leak,water pump or thermostat housing seem likely if leak is at front of engine,shouldn't worry too much about heads as they don't generally suffer head problems

[Elite Pete]

Get the water leak fixed and give the cooling system a good flush, the V6 does produce alot of vapour when its running

[TheBoy]

Agreed, find source of leak first.

Heads are pretty robust, as is the HG on these, unlike Beemers etc.

If it is prone to overheating, don't let it go above 100C, as thats obviously not good.

[tooleater]

Hi guys,thanks for info and advice,now using climate control on low fan speed set at low 20s