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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Richie London on 29 March 2008, 19:31:47

Title: home maintenace
Post by: Richie London on 29 March 2008, 19:31:47
Had tracking done yesterday, seems to be lot better now than was before, no pulling to the sides now, they said it was out quite a bit, took ages to do and charged me 24 quids  :) :)

Finally got time to do breather system today. cant believe the shite that came out  black box when i took it off plenum. the 2 small tubes were solid hard gunge. took ages to clean. changed rocker cover gaskets and all new gaskets,  vauxhalls charged me £124 the lot. thieving robbing barstewards. i took me time reading the threads and found it so easy following the steps on here than i would of going by haynes.so far no oil anywhere, shall keep me eyes open in next few days and see how it goes.

10 out of 10 for guidance gents    :y :y

And to top it all i got speeding ticket through today.
 >:( :'(

richie



Title: Re: home maintenace
Post by: Timbuk on 29 March 2008, 19:33:38
Good job done though :y
Title: Re: home maintenace
Post by: Albatross on 29 March 2008, 19:39:04
Nice one, I must do my breathers and rocker cover gaskets too soon.

I also need to get hold of the cambelt DVD and bite the bullet on that job too.

Scary! :o
Title: Re: home maintenace
Post by: Richie London on 29 March 2008, 20:34:57
one thing i did find, there was a flat screw head just under the 4 rubber pipes at back of plenum, can anyone tell me what it is, i didnt know wehter to tighten it up or not

richie
Title: Re: home maintenace
Post by: shyboy on 29 March 2008, 21:21:24
Isn't that the valve to de-pressurise the fuel lines, before removing the hoses when necessary?
Title: Re: home maintenace
Post by: Richie London on 29 March 2008, 23:07:21
thats what i thought, it was very loose and no pressure, should it be tight now ???

richie
Title: Re: home maintenace
Post by: markey mark on 30 March 2008, 12:25:33
only finger tight its a valve cap under it is like a car tyre valve !! :y
Title: Re: home maintenace
Post by: dad1uk on 30 March 2008, 20:31:00
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Had tracking done yesterday, seems to be lot better now than was before, no pulling to the sides now, they said it was out quite a bit, took ages to do and charged me 24 quids  :) :)

Finally got time to do breather system today. cant believe the naffe that came out  black box when i took it off plenum. the 2 small tubes were solid hard gunge. took ages to clean. changed rocker cover gaskets and all new gaskets,  vauxhalls charged me £124 the lot. thieving robbing barstewards. i took me time reading the threads and found it so easy following the steps on here than i would of going by haynes.so far no oil anywhere, shall keep me eyes open in next few days and see how it goes.

10 out of 10 for guidance gents    :y :y

And to top it all i got speeding ticket through today.
 >:( :'(

richie





I want my tracking done, went to my usual tyre place and they checked their list and said they couldn't do the Omega, because it needed weighting or something. They sent me to another place who quoted about £100 and said it would take about 1 1/2 hours.

Is this right or am I being conned?

At £24 it would be worth a trip to Heathrow!