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Omega General Help / Re: Oh Bugger - The END?

« on: 05 October 2006, 20:31:22 »

Well, I am hoping that all is going to plan and the Saturday before Santa-pod is still on the cards.  The update from Matchless and Mark DTM sound like they have got it all well under control  

So time for me to start planning what I need to do in prep....

..  Strip down and remove cambelt.    (theboy, can I scrounge the locking kit again?)
..  Get some carb cleaner for the breathers
..  Stock up on tea, bacon, beer, and some proper grub.

What else needs adding to the list guys?  anything else I need to get?

Cheers
Merv

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Omega General Help / Re: Oh Bugger - The END?

« on: 15 September 2006, 14:27:26 »

 

All this said,  Mark DTM and Matchless may have a view on cooks and soup!

That was lost on me unless broth = soup where you come from ??

Yep, Soup = Broth.  I am sure there was a damn good reason why I decided to
substitute the word - just havn't got a clue what it might be   :-/

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Omega General Help / Re: Oh Bugger - The END?

« on: 15 September 2006, 09:03:24 »

Issunaz - tea and butties still have you name on them, same for Theboy.

RobinHood,  I'm more than happy to feed the cameraman  

All this said,  Mark DTM and Matchless may have a view on cooks and soup!

I just can't wait to get back to driving a real-wheel drive V6!

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Omega General Help / Re: Oh Bugger - The END?

« on: 14 September 2006, 15:25:29 »

Just though I'd bump this back to the top,  I'm going for the record of longest post, since I ain't ever going to catch Tunnie up on the post count front  

The current plan is for the heads to be changed the Saturday before the Santa Pod meet.

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Omega General Help / Re: Oh Bugger - The END?

« on: 28 August 2006, 14:19:50 »

Pete,

Thats great thanks,  Let me know if you need me to do/get anything.  

Is there a list of things I need to get while I have a TC card?

I was thinking Oil, filter, Plugs.  Anything else?  

Many Thanks

Merv
The ALLENM is surname/initial (boring really I know).

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Omega General Help / Re: Oh Bugger - The END?

« on: 26 August 2006, 10:05:49 »

Yep, no problem,  as soon as I know a rough time, I will get the car stripped down and will lock and take the belt.

Now I have done it, and armed with the DVD, I am happy to tackle this on my own, though thanks for the offer  

Another thought occurs, the rocker gaskets need doing (on the drivers side, the passenger side plug wells were bone dry).  Is this something that will happen as a consequence of the heads coming off?  or something that I should get sorted first.

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Omega General Help / Re: Oh Bugger - The END?

« on: 25 August 2006, 17:03:42 »

Cheers Guys!

Just let me know if you need anything from me, or for me to do / get anything.

Thanks
Merv

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Omega General Help / Re: Oh Bugger - The END?

« on: 24 August 2006, 20:58:28 »

Thanks Mark,  sounds like a plan...

Pete, issunaz,  how do we arrange getting the heads to Pete? (assuming you are both still willing)

Cheers all

Merv

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Omega General Help / Re: Oh Bugger - The END?

« on: 24 August 2006, 15:06:02 »

I guess we need to hatch a plan for the head change party..

Is everyone still OK to do this?
Are the heads Issunaz has OK/
Pete - still up for the prep work?

When might all this come together and a day be possible?

Tea and Bacon butties still on the cards!

Cheers
Merv

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Omega General Help / Re: Oh Bugger - The END?

« on: 22 August 2006, 22:32:49 »

I also had a cambelt jump/slip four teeth on my V6 Omega last April. Sympton was car would start but rattled awfully. I stopped engine at once.

I stripped it down and found the cams were 4 teeth ahead of the crank. I took advice from Dr. Omega on the yahoo site and proceeded more or less as you plan, but allow me to elaborate anyhow.

With engine at TDC on no. 1 by bottom pulley mark, I removed the old cam belt. I rotated the crankshaft 60 degrees anticlockwise to locate all pistons out of harms way. I then rotated all camshafts a couple of turns each, using a socket on the sprocket nuts, checking that I felt resistance at all times  - I did. This told me that no valves were bent - good news.

I next set all cam sprockets with the alignment marks aligned with the notches in the rear cover. Then I rotated the crankshaft 60 degrees clockwise back to TDC.

I then put on the new pulleys and belt as described in Haynes and Total Vauxhall October 2005, using the special tools. I am sure that the site DVD tells you how to do this, mine has just arived but I have not run it yet. I tensioned the belt as instructed, with the aligment marks in line. I removed the special tools and rotated the engine two turns. I checked that the bottom pulley and cam sprockets all still lined up. They did.

I reassembled ancillaries and paused for a cup of coffee. I then connected the battery and started the engine. It ran sweet as a nut.

I had made one mistake. After a week or so the EMS light came on, and the fault was eventually traced to the knock sensor lead having been located on the wrong side of the auxilary belt tensioner and having been worn through by the aux belt. Took it apart again, resoldered the knock sensor lead, reassembled, and all was well.

It has run well ever since.

Good luck,

Terry
 

Terry,

That is more or less what I have done, if you look back through the thread you can see the steps I have gone through.  The only difference with yours is that mine did not start sweet as a nut!!

I'm sure you won't be offended if I call you a lucky barsteward

Merv

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Omega General Help / Re: Oh Bugger - The END?

« on: 22 August 2006, 22:28:22 »

Terry, that is pretty much what has been done, although it is MUCH better to set the crank to 60 deg before TDC before removing the belt as the cams could spring over and cause damage.

So, passenger side bank has bent valves, we need to find some 2.5 heads and get them re-furbed ready for fitting....

That sounds about right...  isunnaz, yours still available?

Merv

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Omega General Help / Re: Oh Bugger - The END?

« on: 22 August 2006, 21:42:28 »

I think Allenm may need some assistance, whether a 'Head change party' or step by step instructions...

That's an understatement!    I hope the head change party is still on the cards!

I guess I need to start looking for a car to keep me going in the meantime though!

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Omega General Help / Re: Oh Bugger - The END?

« on: 22 August 2006, 18:03:57 »

I have just done the compression test.  It took me bloddy ages to get the sodding plugs out (namely number 6 the little bastard), so the result was that the engine was not at normal running temp.  Not sure if that matters.

The results are ....

Cylinder               Compression
    1                      20 Bar / 290 PSI
    3                      17 Bar / 250 PSI
    5                      16 Bar / 230 PSI
    2                        0 Bar /    0 PSI
    4                        0 Bar /    0 PSI
    6                        0 Bar /    0 PSI

I'm no expert, but I'm guessing that aint good!

What next??

Merv

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Omega General Help / Re: Oh Bugger - The END?

« on: 20 August 2006, 17:56:11 »

Thanks for that.  
I have cleared as much as the oil out as I could with the help of a long transparent tube and suction then kitchen roll.

Have repaired the 2 broken vacuum pipes.

Still runs like crap.  

Given the history.. what is the next step guys?

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Omega General Help / Re: Oh Bugger - The END?

« on: 19 August 2006, 13:29:13 »

Just been out and made repairs to the vaccum pipe.  reseated the multi-ram in the correct position and fired her up again.

It is better...... but still no where near right  

Idle is very lumpy, although now alot quieter, if you then push it straight into full throttle, there is a noise like air being sucked in, a pause, then it revs up.   drop the revs, it struggles to not stall.  Low revs still cause the car to shudder like mad.