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[JamesV6CDX]

James......you judge me so harshly,I'm only thinking of your sanity,your relationship with your lovely lady,and above all else your bank balance

And above all you're talking from experience

[Terbs]

They are not too bad James.....My blue estate is a bit further on than yours. I shall grind back, and grind out any rust and refill and shape, with isopon (P38/P40). I have a compressor and guns here, you could use when you are ready to repaint.

[JamesV6CDX]

They are not too bad James.....My blue estate is a bit further on than yours. I shall grind back, and grind out any rust and refill and shape, with isopon (P38/P40). I have a compressor and guns here, you could use when you are ready to repaint.

Fancy helping me with your experience and expertise when the time (and weather) comes? I'd gladly trade it for a cambelt change or two

[pauls]

James......you judge me so harshly,I'm only thinking of your sanity,your relationship with your lovely lady,and above all else your bank balance

and dont forget the new starter for your bmw

[kevinp58]

My only reservation is the arches... can they be reasonably restored permanently for not a fortune? 

As I said they really aren't that bad and a good grind and some filler they will look okay but can't get a good look at the actual arch underneath so if there is metal to be added and you want it to last then get some steel and weld it in then fill and make good, it don't look too bad past the edge so shouldn't need to chase it halfway up the panel.

[tooleater]

I'm with Nitro on on this, I call mine the £500 pound motor, although I admit to not using it a lot but when time come around for whatever, it has a habit of making above figure evaporate, I suppose it's a bit of a Love,Hate relationship

[terry paget]

I never bought this under the illusion I would make any money.

With all the hours I would put in TLC wise to get it right, I'd never recover anywhere near the outlay in parts and time. The intention was certainly not a money spinner....

Moreso that I seem to have this strange problem, whereby if I don't have an Omega to tinker with, I am not a happy chappy!! 

I read that last line to  my wife, and she laughed, and said "Tell him you're just the same". I have spent the weekend happily changing door cards on an Omega.

[JamesV6CDX]

Just picked up a genuine new stainless oil cooler kit for £75 posted

[Varche]

well done, that is a steal.

[JamesV6CDX]

Update

I thought I'd check some basics today.

As said, when I drove her off the truck she was misfiring like mad and emissions light flashing.

After a long charge of the battery I investigated further today. Codes were for misfire on cyl 1.

Removed 1-3-5 cool pack. Plug well 1 was full of water. All boots on the coil pack badly split.

I dried out the plug wells and checked the plugs. All black nasty and sooty but not wet. Refitted plugs and a good spare coil pack.

Now runs on all 6 with no misfire

I did a compression test after this to get a feel for engine health.

Pots 2-4-6 were all bang on 225psi

Pots 1-3-5 were all bang on 200psi

Although not a massive drop it set me thinking. So I checked Cambelt setup.

The 1-3-5 bank was an entire tooth too retarded.

I set up the cam timing correctly, the 1-3-5 pots are all now also 225psi

I have not been told the engine has cooked (due to oil and water mixing).

Based on the above I'm thinking I might leave the heads in place, just change the cooler, and do many coolant flushes to get rid of the nasty brown goo....

Thoughts?

I will do the stat and hbv whilst accessible. And the Cambelt kit. And full service etc once back together.

I also found a hole in the servo main vacuum pipe. Quite a substantial one. Could this be introducing unmetered air and account for all the plugs (incl 2-4-6) being dry and black?

[Rods2]

Looks like a keeper to me.

[Andy H]

Update

I thought I'd check some basics today.

As said, when I drove her off the truck she was misfiring like mad and emissions light flashing.

After a long charge of the battery I investigated further today. Codes were for misfire on cyl 1.

Removed 1-3-5 cool pack. Plug well 1 was full of water. All boots on the coil pack badly split.

I dried out the plug wells and checked the plugs. All black nasty and sooty but not wet. Refitted plugs and a good spare coil pack.

Now runs on all 6 with no misfire

I did a compression test after this to get a feel for engine health.

Pots 2-4-6 were all bang on 225psi

Pots 1-3-5 were all bang on 200psi

Although not a massive drop it set me thinking. So I checked Cambelt setup.

The 1-3-5 bank was an entire tooth too retarded.

I set up the cam timing correctly, the 1-3-5 pots are all now also 225psi

I have not been told the engine has cooked (due to oil and water mixing).

Based on the above I'm thinking I might leave the heads in place, just change the cooler, and do many coolant flushes to get rid of the nasty brown goo....

Thoughts?

I will do the stat and hbv whilst accessible. And the Cambelt kit. And full service etc once back together.

I also found a hole in the servo main vacuum pipe. Quite a substantial one. Could this be introducing unmetered air and account for all the plugs (incl 2-4-6) being dry and black?

Do you have a code reader that can show you the long term trims? I imagine one bank being one tooth out would cause a big imbalance but wouldn't like to guess how the plugs would look as a result

[JamesV6CDX]

Crossed my mind but sadly Laptop Fubar, so only ability to read and reset until I fix that..

[Diamond Black Geezer]

Where'd you get the oil cooler from?? Do they have any more?? 

[TheBoy]

Where'd you get the oil cooler from?? Do they have any more?? 

Look after your coolant, the oil cooler will not fail