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[Grumpy]

Couple of pics here on something you might want to check on your Omega.
Mine is a 99 V, and seeing that this has corroded through on mine and
some here have older cars than mine, then I consider, reckoning the safety
implications, that it would be worth taking 5 minutes to check yours.

I kept getting a smell of fuel when parked. I finally tracked it down to a very
small pinhole in the fuel pump cover outlet pipe that was spraying a fuel mist
whenever the ignition was switched on.

I went to remove it to see if it was repairable. It was that corroded, it crumbled
off as soon as I tried to remove the first fuel pipe connection.

First pic shows the boot cover over the tank removed with black cover locking
ring next to it. The plastic bags are just where I've protected the open tank and
fuel lines from foreign ingress.

The second pic shows the fuel pump cover with the pressure pipe sheared off.
It was held on by rust and a prayer. Imagine that blowing on you and spraying
fuel at 40psi+ over your hot exhaust.

Could only source a new one from Vauxhall at £118, and even they've had to
send away for it.

[holey head]

hi thanks for that i have a fuel leak on my miggy and don't know where it's from. i'll have a look and see if it's from the same place!

cheers

[Dave-C]

Couple of pics here on something you might want to check on your Omega.
Mine is a 99 V, and seeing that this has corroded through on mine and
some here have older cars than mine, then I consider, reckoning the safety
implications, that it would be worth taking 5 minutes to check yours.

I kept getting a smell of fuel when parked. I finally tracked it down to a very
small pinhole in the fuel pump cover outlet pipe that was spraying a fuel mist
whenever the ignition was switched on.

I went to remove it to see if it was repairable. It was that corroded, it crumbled
off as soon as I tried to remove the first fuel pipe connection.

First pic shows the boot cover over the tank removed with black cover locking
ring next to it. The plastic bags are just where I've protected the open tank and
fuel lines from foreign ingress.

The second pic shows the fuel pump cover with the pressure pipe sheared off.
It was held on by rust and a prayer. Imagine that blowing on you and spraying
fuel at 40psi+ over your hot exhaust.

Could only source a new one from Vauxhall at £118, and even they've had to
send away for it.

Phew!  Thought you'd been smuggling something!!

I assume that the top of the pump is directly on top of the tank, but, exposed to the elements under the car..  Worth remembering if I smell fuel..

DC

[DaveL]

Now that looks nasty, will give mine a quick look later on to-night. Had a similar thing happen on a Volvo 760. Fixed it though with some body filler as it was only making a one way trip to the scrappies..... , I know best place for it.
 8-)
DaveL

[Kevin Wood]

Mine wasn't looking too special - 0n a late 2002 car - when I did my towbar. I brushed off the rust , gave it a coat of hammerite and waxoyl'ed it when dry. Worth keeping an eye on as you say

Kevin

[Tony H]

Jeeesus! thanks for the "heads up" on that one. That rusted in a place that would not routinely get inspected If I detect the smell of petrol at the rear of the car thats one place i'll look

[luv_my_mv6]

  will check mine tomorrow, i gotta rip a load of dodgy looking cables from the boot anyway (leftovers from the plod)

[Paul M]

Just about everything rusts on these cars... if it's metal it's probably rusty

[GaryB]

Thanks for the warning.  Just checked mine (early '02 2.2) and yep, they were rusting at the joint - looks like galvanic corrosion, so a possible design/QC issue.  Have cleaned the rust off and primed for the moment.  WIll do it properly next week after the silver wedding celebrations

[Grumpy]

Pleased you spotted it in time, GaryB.  

If any one hasn't checked their's yet, it'll only take you 5mins
to roll up the boot carpet and remove the access plate to
have a peek.

Preventive maintenance is very cheap, easy and accessible, and
it may save you a lot of expensive heartache down the line.  

[Marie]

Deffinatly worth a check cheers.

[omega si]

Thanks buddy.

Will be checking mine this weekend

[Grumpy]

Well, I had some bad news and some good news this morning.

The bad news was that my fuel pump cover plate arrived, but, obviously,
the poor Vauxhall parts chap can't afford to go to SpecSavers.

Instead of sending me the pump cover, he sent the fuel pump assembly.  

The good news, is that the correct part will arrive tomorrow and instead of
being £118 it will be £48.  

Now, should I be happy that I've 'saved' £70.  :-/
Or unhappy that I'm still spending £48  :-/

Nah! No contest! If I hadn't spotted it early enough, the Grumpy family could
have ended up as toast in a fireball doing 70 mph up the M6 when the inevitable
happened.  

[Grumpy]

Fitted my new plate. Everything now OK.

Have done a 'How To' with pics for anyone who has the same problem.

[Golfbuddy]

Just checked out the 'how to'. Top job!!!