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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: ste-davies on 25 October 2012, 21:42:46
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hello there, was wondering can you get a metal replacement rocker cover for the x20xev? just replaced mine with a £100 one from vauxhalls and its now leaking again >:( lol, iv put gasket sealer on and made sure there torqued properly but leave it a month or two and its back to square one, lost how many times iv changed it lol
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wheres it leaking from mate?
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have you cleaned the breathers??
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I know on the crap v6 if you have blocked breathers it can cause the rocker covers to leak
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Genuine gaskets ?
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Genuine gaskets ?
To the op... ''are you ralf in disguise''? ;D ;D ;D
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its leaking in the middle going into the plugs and i havent cleaned the small breather pipe il have a look at the weekend and the one going to the intake pipe i havent got, it was making a pool of oil at the bottom of the manifold so put one of those boy racer small k&n filters on, now its running down the engine lol, the other thing i havent tried is just nipping the bolts up a little bit, was just wondering if there is a metal replacement because there known for warping in the middle and breaking when coming off, its only a little bit at the mo but im one of these fussy ones that likes things spot on lol and i havent used a genuine gasket might get one and try it.
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its leaking in the middle going into the plugs and i havent cleaned the small breather pipe il have a look at the weekend and the one going to the intake pipe i havent got, it was making a pool of oil at the bottom of the manifold so put one of those boy racer small k&n filters on, now its running down the engine lol, the other thing i havent tried is just nipping the bolts up a little bit, was just wondering if there is a metal replacement because there known for warping in the middle and breaking when coming off, its only a little bit at the mo but im one of these fussy ones that likes things spot on lol and i havent used a genuine gasket might get one and try it.
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sounds like classic breather fault-think yourself lucky not a v6 nail :y get genuine gasket and sort breathers out and jobs a good one :y :y
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Not sure if its the same for four pots, but go easy with the sealer too.
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Get and fit a genuine Vx gasket and clean breathers out mate :y Fitting a metal rocker cover is only addressing the effect not the cause!
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Just to clear up a few things, covers don't warp for 4 pots. Thats just a bullshite excuse from mechanics for not doing everything right.
The gasket is leaking not the cover, you need to replace & fit gasket as per our guides. Using genuine parts and sealant, along with clean breathers and regular oil changes they gasket should last around 10 years :y
OOF experience has proven time & again, that pattern gaskets fail much quicker.