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[humbucker]

Wow that must of been one hell of a seized bolt lol 

No amount of lubricating fluid, heat or 'gentle persuasion' would shift it. Bah!

[humbucker]

Cam caps were left to soak before being cleaned.





Cam cap bolts were given the same treatment:



Hulk juice:



New exhaust manifold studs:



G cams, cam seals, cam caps, cleaned alternator, exhaust studs, new water pump, new 'stat and new coolant transfer pipe in place:

[humbucker]

More breakage!



Gawd bless the lifetime guarantee that Halfords applies to its tools!



A very mucky rear timing cover. It cleaned up a treat with a bit of elbow grease.





New genuine GM timing kit. Let the fun and games begin...   



Success, but only after what seemed like a zillion attempts at getting each and every timing mark lined up correctly. Thanks must go to Serek for providing me with reassurance when I contacted him for a sanity check!





The car's previous owner bought brand new cam covers direct from Vauxhall shortly before he sold up in favour of a new Insignia. Time to give 'em a clean before fitting all new gaskets.





The original cam cover bolts were a beyond their best. I bought replacements in the form of nifty caphead bolts and matching washers.



Hey presto!

[Muroman]

This is like my dream project really It's so nice follow up what you do and see some new things that I thought couldn't be possible. Absolutely nice everything 

It's the thing that you do for yourself and it comes up just as you want, that is so nice feeling when you do that and that's why I do it myself too

-Mika

[humbucker]

This is like my dream project really It's so nice follow up what you do and see some new things that I thought couldn't be possible. Absolutely nice everything 

It's the thing that you do for yourself and it comes up just as you want, that is so nice feeling when you do that and that's why I do it myself too

-Mika

Hi Mika. You're right, although the problem with doing it yourself is finding the time, something which seems to be in short supply these days! 

[humbucker]

Airbox opened up, cleaned and equipped with a new K&N panel filter.

[humbucker]

A set of new spark plugs gifted to me by OOF member, Tomoco:



The coil pack rubber sleeves (or whatever you want to call them) were bit grubby. Degreaser at the ready!



Nicely done:



New zinc-plated bolts and washers for the coil packs:



The donor engine's exhaust manifold heat shields were really filthy. I scrubbed them with a sponge and degreaser before testing some Autobrite Direct 'Metalworx' polish to see if the parts could be restored in any way. There isn't much that can be done about the pitting in the metal, but the heat shields are now a lot brighter than they were before I started playing with them. They would probably look even better if I'd had more time to spare. Meh!

I also fitted all new exhaust manifold nuts and cleaned the heat shield bolts before installation:





Coil packs and shiny bits in place:

[Diamond Black Geezer]

I love that, though this is a project that's no doubt being pretty cruel to your bank balance, there's a squillion things which many, many a restorer would simply not care about or bother with. You're cleaning bolts before, bulling up shields, getting everything as good as it can be, not as good as it needs to be. An absolute inspiration, and keep keeping us updated with the progress. 

[humbucker]

I love that, though this is a project that's no doubt being pretty cruel to your bank balance, there's a squillion things which many, many a restorer would simply not care about or bother with. You're cleaning bolts before, bulling up shields, getting everything as good as it can be, not as good as it needs to be. An absolute inspiration, and keep keeping us updated with the progress. 

Thanks for the words of encouragement! Knowing how long scrubbing and cleaning these parts has taken (so far), I'll probably send all of the bits and bobs for my LET build off to be blasted/powdercoated/tidied/plated. That plan of action will result in a better finish too (not that I'm going for anything other than a fairly clean car this time around).

[humbucker]

Guinness 'Death Star' chocolates. An essential 'tool' when it comes to tinkering with V6 engines! WIN!

[Diamond Black Geezer]

I scrolled straight to the bottom of the page and saw what I thought was part of a nylon ball and socket joint... didn't recosnise it as being from an Omega...maybe part of the heater flaps system..... scroll up a bit - oh, hang on, it's Guinness Chocolate   

[humbucker]

Hahahaha!

[humbucker]

Oil filler neck and cap spruced up and fitted:



Time to sort the lower inlet fanimolds and fuel rail. Lower induction flange cleaned and treated to new gaskets (both sides):



Fuel rail stripped of its injectors, loom and fuel pressure regulator before being cleaned:



Done:



VAG 4bar fuel pressure regulator:



Cleaned and painted lower inlet manifold:



Reassembled with ultransonically cleaned and serviced fuel injectors:



New genuine lower manifold gaskets:



All bolted into place with freshly cleaned bolts, a cleaned loom, cleaned injector plugs etc.:

[chuftsmv6]

You can eat your dinner of that engine lol excellent work you must have
Loads of patience it is truly amazing how much effort you are going into
It will be one hell of clean car. It would make a gorgeous show car and pretty rare especially
With all the extra trim aswell I look forward to the seeing finishing product 

[Diamond Black Geezer]

What paint did you use for the lower inlet manofold? It looks exactly like freshly cast alloy, absolutely bang on OEM look (which I very much like/aim for myself)