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Omega General Help / Re: Head Gasket

« on: 25 October 2014, 22:43:15 »

Hi guys. Very sorry for the delay in my responses but I have enjoyed the reading. I have taken all the advice and been working on the repairs (Slowly) but today fired the Omega up for the first time. Had her running for about an hour and so far all seems very good. When I dismantled I removed the oil cooler and that seemed all good but the plate was quite corroded so a lot of cleaning was in order with new sealant, the oil cooler pipes were a bit if a pain but we got round that and I lost a washer from the water thing that joins the heads but I managed to find another one. MOT due soon so I'm going to going to get it in and were back on the road.

Many thanks to you all and especially Monsieur Guffer for coming over and it was great to meet you.

Looking forward to test drive tomorrow!

Steve

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Omega General Help / Re: Head Gasket

« on: 09 August 2014, 20:40:45 »

Love the conversations going on. After the kids thing in the morning and if the weather lets me the inlet manifold's going to come off so I can look further. I've never done a V6 so this will be interesting As I'm not using it at the moment I've got the time

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Omega General Help / Re: Head Gasket

« on: 09 August 2014, 17:55:12 »

That's just what the book said, need suggestions as the Haynes is only useful sometimes for procedures

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Omega General Help / Re: Head Gasket

« on: 09 August 2014, 17:43:52 »

Hiya, I had the rocker cover gaskets changed this year and there doesn't seem to be any oil in the water. The dip stick looks clean and the only cream is in the filler cap! 

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Omega General Help / Re: Head Gasket

« on: 09 August 2014, 16:12:39 »

Forgot to mention it's never overheated and the last long drive was from Malvern to Portsmouth!

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Omega General Help / Re: Head Gasket

« on: 09 August 2014, 16:10:00 »

Hi Guys thanks for the good reading, I 've just removed the N/S 3 plugs and found enough oil in 4 & 5 as well (nearest fan and centre) 6 was dry. Done the compression test and starting from the O/S nearest Bulk Head and working anticlockwise 1-6 the reading are as follows: 1 - 230 (15)  2 - 200 (14)  3 - 200 (14)  4 - 240 (16)  5 - 245 (17)  6 - 195 (14)
A nice range of numbers and according to Haynes book of death this doesn't necessarily mean the head(s) but they need to come off for a de-coke any way?? any ideas? Also I had the car running for about half an hour last night with a clean piece of card underneath and the oil drips are showing from the back of the engine and N/S but I need to remove the sh*t shield to double check!!

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Omega General Help / Re: Head Gasket

« on: 09 August 2014, 14:48:03 »

PM'd Mr Guffer already, Just looked at the three plugs on the drivers side and the third (nearest the Fan) has oil in the plug well and the first has a small amount, the centre is dry. Re: the cam covers the gaskets were changed this year for similar problems and I'd already changed the HBV

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Omega General Help / Re: Head Gasket

« on: 08 August 2014, 18:51:11 »

Hi guys, thanks for all the comments. I'm going to see if I can borrow a compression tester tomorrow and have a look at the water etc to see if it tells me some more

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Omega General Help / Re: Head Gasket

« on: 08 August 2014, 09:33:17 »

Hi guys, a few mechanics had looked at the car and we got to the HG as the oil filler cap had the cream in it and the water dripping from the exhaust!! due to the previous heating issues it made a lot of sense.

Where round the corner

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Omega General Help / Head Gasket

« on: 07 August 2014, 23:01:35 »

Hi all. I haven't used the Omega for a couple of months now as she stared to loose oil and water. A few people have looked and it appears one (or both) of the head gaskets have gone. She still starts and drives perfectly but I've been told is a horrible job to undertake    so I may need to move the car on  Does any one have any suggestions?

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Omega Gallery / Re: My Omega!

« on: 22 March 2014, 22:32:50 »

thanks for the help and the nice comments, I got this one in October from and elderly customer. He had it several years and it wanted for nothing! the interior is as straight as the exterior!

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Omega Gallery / My Omega!

« on: 21 March 2014, 17:56:36 »

[https://www.dropbox.com/s/ab3y1x0271ectd1/Omega.jpg]

Hopefully this works!! My Omega
Thanks guys for helping in my repairs 

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Omega General Help / Re: Heater and Electric Problems

« on: 08 March 2014, 20:08:39 »

  All nice and warm now! Of course the weather has been good today and we've been running around with the heating off!! Typical!!! But all working for the morning now! I have to say great website and fantastic people. Hope I can help other people out in the same way in the future

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 07 March 2014, 19:25:01 »

Fixed the heating. Whooo Hooo! weathers gonna get warm now!!!

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Omega General Help / Re: Heater and Electric Problems

« on: 07 March 2014, 19:12:21 »

  Many Many Thanks for the guide, I have been working on it tonight and started by swapping over the pipes on the HBV. Started engine and we have HEAT!!!!! The pictures were just enough to see the pipe directions. Don't know what I would have done without it as I would have put a new one the same way round and still had the same problem!