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[TheBoy]

Ha!

Local vx had no grey. After a word with one of the spanner spinners parts guy said black (as per cam covers) was as good as any.

Job done and driveway still clean so cant be all bad. Strainer 'looked' clean, but a poke behind the shroud revealed a lot of crud. Mostly looked like cam cover sealant

Anyway, job done and the noise is still there. At least that's one cause eliminated. At 165k and a shot body, wondering if it's just a case of running her into the ground whilst keeping an eye on the for sale section.



Steve

Sorry, black is very wrong for that task.  I would recommend to do it again, using the proper stuff.  And use it as a lesson not to trust Vx dealer technicians.

[Andy B]

Ha!

Local vx had no grey. After a word with one of the spanner spinners parts guy said black (as per cam covers) was as good as any.

Job done and driveway still clean so cant be all bad. Strainer 'looked' clean, but a poke behind the shroud revealed a lot of crud. Mostly looked like cam cover sealant

Anyway, job done and the noise is still there. At least that's one cause eliminated. At 165k and a shot body, wondering if it's just a case of running her into the ground whilst keeping an eye on the for sale section.



Steve

Sorry, black is very wrong for that task.  I would recommend to do it again, using the proper stuff.  And use it as a lesson not to trust Vx dealer technicians.

Vauxhall's black sealant is very similar to the stuff someone had glued the sump back onto SWMBO's Smart with.

[TheBoy]

Not a pretty site, Mr B

[Andy B]

Not a pretty site, Mr B

I don't think it's done the engine any favours either 

[HockeyDave55]

93165267 SEALANT (GREY)

I was just about to go into VX and say.... Can I have some grey sealant please? Lol... Thanks guys.. 

I get rather puzzled with people who request the part numbers for everything. If you did go into Vauhall and asked, "I need the grey sealer thats used for the oil cooler, and the sump pan please" they would give you the right stuff.

You've not used my dealer then!  I try not to but as it's on my doorstep....
Part numbers are always good to have incase I start of asking for grey, they tell me back will do and I don't get what I want. 

[TheBoy]

93165267 SEALANT (GREY)

I was just about to go into VX and say.... Can I have some grey sealant please? Lol... Thanks guys.. 

I get rather puzzled with people who request the part numbers for everything. If you did go into Vauhall and asked, "I need the grey sealer thats used for the oil cooler, and the sump pan please" they would give you the right stuff.

You've not used my dealer then!  I try not to but as it's on my doorstep....
Part numbers are always good to have incase I start of asking for grey, they tell me back will do and I don't get what I want. 

Well, I guess your local dealer is Evans Halshaw at Milton Keynes, who are positively the worse dealer I have ever come across.

[HockeyDave55]

  lol... Yeah, I do think we've spoken about them before? As I say, I won't give them much more to do other than sell me what I ask for and if need be, order stuff in.... Other than that, I try to give them a wide birth....
I have to say, i'm not in the habit of slagging anybody off, but I just don't trust them....

[Boatboy]

93165267 SEALANT (GREY)

I was just about to go into VX and say.... Can I have some grey sealant please? Lol... Thanks guys.. 

I get rather puzzled with people who request the part numbers for everything. If you did go into Vauhall and asked, "I need the grey sealer thats used for the oil cooler, and the sump pan please" they would give you the right stuff.

Sadly not in my case Daz. Seems i've been sold a pup with the black stuff. So far it's keeping the oil in at least, and the next opportunity to redo it with grey is a couple of weeks and a thousand miles away. And by then it may be raining and cold, and then there is the small matter of an MOT to address. Wonder if I'll get another advisory for plastic sill covers

Steve