Hi everyone
spoke with my local mechanic, and he spoke to his mate who has worked for Vauxhall for 30 years, he advised me to take the car to Vauxhall Dealership to run the "diagnostic test" to find the fault with "why i have no heat at all, and only cold Air" because it could be many different problems....
i have just got back from there, cost me £29 to be told that my head gasket has gone on my car, i`m sat here in shock as i loved me little Omega, i have done about 8000 miles in about 6 - 7 years, only use it 2 days a week, maybe slightly more.... normally sat on my drive, has had regular oil changes every 5000 miles, spent a fortune last year on cambelt, water pump, rocker cover gaskets and tons of other stuff on it etc etc etc....#
i asked Vauxhall how much to fix it, they told me 22 hours at £65 an hour, just for the Labour!!
thats £1430 WITHOUT the parts! how much are the parts then?
so, do i scrap the car? sell it on Ebay? how much would i get for it?
its done 68000 miles exactly
does the head gasket just go and its one of them things?
i dont understand how it can just go like this, or have i done it no good by not using it every day?
im totally gutted as im broke and cant afford another car, i wont be buying an Omega again, as much as i loved my car for how plush it was inside, how quiet it is to drive, used to get 33 MPG driving at about 70mph everywhere, the car has served me well... so maybe its just FATE