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Omega General Help / Re: Help V6 engine experts - I have a spare cable

« on: 13 April 2008, 13:06:10 »

thanks guys  

Its just dawned on me all my previou dispack changes have been on manuals - probably why its never been seen..

And ive have one hell of a fight to physically get this dispack out - i would swear the gap on facelifts is fractionally less than prefacelifts to get the pack in and out...

 

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Omega General Help / Re: Help V6 engine experts - I have a spare cable

« on: 13 April 2008, 12:57:19 »

Sounds like the automatic gearbox breather to me..?

Kevin

That would explain why i cant see it on the manual engine i am stripping.......how on earth - if it is - have i got that up there........

Not recommended running then is it  

Thats where it should be.....

Its normaly cable tied to the main breather pipe from the engine.

but what does it plug into  

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Omega General Help / Re: Help V6 engine experts - I have a spare cable

« on: 13 April 2008, 12:52:16 »

Sounds like the automatic gearbox breather to me..?

Kevin

That would explain why i cant see it on the manual engine i am stripping.......how on earth - if it is - have i got that up there........

Not recommended running then is it  

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Omega General Help / Re: Help V6 engine experts - I have a spare cable

« on: 13 April 2008, 12:49:27 »

i should say it was also cable tied to the  "y" breathers....

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Omega General Help / Help V6 engine experts - I have a spare cable

« on: 13 April 2008, 12:47:25 »

Ive fought long and hard with this bloody dispack...now refitting everything and i have a spare cable...it has no markings, its not a breather, its not a coolant pipe and is quite hard plastic.

There no sign of any form of liquid from it and following as much as i can it goes straight down the back of the engine...i cant see this pipe on my other omegas  

where have i dragged it up from ?

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Omega General Help / Re: rather Dis Packs

« on: 13 April 2008, 19:54:50 »

Im sure it will be fine matey, and now you will be in SWBO's good books

Oh i`ll be reminding her of this for years to come...

SWMBO comes in Friday 10pm - "car is sick" she says - so quick, in the dark-under bonnet check, coolant, oil etc fine so no oil cooler failure or anything untowards....Test drive immediatley tells me its misfiring.

Saturday instead of planned work on Vectra I strip down the breaker omega KNOWING it had new dis pack and it would be same one. Job from start to finish took me 24 hours - rain stopped play yesterday.

MEANTIME - She gets the 3.0 MV6 to play with, now its covered in bloody straw from the stables, she gets dinner bought last night for her by the mechanic, she gets free dis pack, free labour charges, a coolant top up, screen wash top up, oil change, car wash & hoover & polished BEFORE i drop it at her work today ( thus reclaiming the MV6  ;)0 JEEZE she even got a free Magic Tree.....

Beat That Vauxhall  

Her response....."yeah seems fine now thanks hun  

Yup - she will be reminded, often and frequently

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Omega General Help / Re: rather Dis Packs

« on: 13 April 2008, 16:38:31 »

Job Done
Thank for the input and support !

This was the most problematic of dispacks ive done yet for some reason, perhaps as i had to get it done for tomorrow am - normally i take my time.

Anyway car fired up straight away, no uneven idle, no misfire from cold or in a 0-60 in sports mode.... :-/ so the moral of the story i guess ( so far) is that a dispack can fail even if it looks perfect, they dont need to be rust coated to fail it seems

Dropped off at SWMBOs work car park -  No doubt she will find a misfire by the time it returns  

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Omega General Help / Re: rather Dis Packs

« on: 13 April 2008, 10:53:30 »

okay....its out ( 1/2" torx on 2" extension with 1/4" adaptor and tiny ratchet) That final bolt was corroded all the way down it though hence it was harder to get out..

Dilemma time - every dispack i have removed faulty has had significant corrosion ( to the point of splitting)

This one has no corrosion, had a nice clean "Made in Germany" bosche sticker on it - i suspect its not much older than our ownership of the car..However would that corroded bolt suggest theres been a leak on to it?

I have another nearly new dispack and 90% certain its good it same model and "Made in Slovenia" by bosch

Anyone any ideas if this production run would be newer ?

Oh and leads look fine and camcovers bone dry so not really any further forward in pinpointing misfire  

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Omega General Help / Re: rather Dis Packs

« on: 12 April 2008, 19:57:45 »

I use a Tunnie....

Aye...its not the getting the hands in its lining a torx onto that last bolt and getting any leverage....

beer time  

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Omega General Help / rather Dis Packs

« on: 12 April 2008, 19:45:19 »

Was all set to clean out the Veccy sump today when SWMBO advised lat night her omega was going like a crock of cack...

Ive submitted tonight after grappling with dis pack removal for 3.5 hours.....done a few before so i know what i am doing..

But i`ll be darned if i can get that last dispack bolt out.

What methods do everyone else use for bolt front right of dispack...i think i used a 2" extension before and guess what i can find today  

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Omega General Help / Re: Oil lack showing up on computer

« on: 10 April 2008, 11:07:29 »

be wary.....i could be wrong but there are i believe two different oil warnings...

Oil lack may be more severe - and something that genuinely lacks something may soon be starved...

Does your oil warning light come on or flicker at all ?

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Omega General Help / Re: Coolant level drops but no obvious problem 3.0i V6

« on: 20 March 2008, 15:37:07 »

Meant to say - lets get the rockers done, watch the cooland and try to work out exactly how much its losing...

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Omega General Help / Re: Coolant level drops but no obvious problem 3.0i V6

« on: 20 March 2008, 15:35:15 »

Mark DTM will provide a scientific and factual account of why HGF is near non existant on the v6 - suffice to see if it is it will be the second i have heard of   in 3 years....

EVEN if it was theres no need to take the engine out - none at all !

Is there any water / oil cross contamination anywhere - and by that ignore what will seem like mayo on the inside of your filler cap..

Be very very wary of getting involved in this sort of work as I suspect your mechanics have no idea what they are dealing with

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Omega General Help / Re: How much to pay for a DIS pack?

« on: 10 April 2008, 08:34:31 »

What ^ he says - £80 off vauxhall parts warehouse or similar on ebay anf fit it yourself..

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Omega General Help / Re: Front wing removal?

« on: 09 April 2008, 18:37:47 »

Indeed they do but if i recall theres a pesky (10mm?) bolt from wing into outside of inner wing. persevere and it will come off