Omega Owners Forum
Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: monza789 on 14 July 2007, 01:12:26
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Hi there ....my 97 R reg tourer has just blown a head gasket.......misfiring......and smoking like fred dibnah's steam engine.
The plumes of white smoke out tthe exhaust told me its the head leaking into a cylinder.
Also coolant is emptying from expansion tank abot every 5 miles....!!!
A mate reckons my best option is to swap the engine out as the cost to do the heads (And i must do both) would be horrendous??
what do think to a swap out guys?.....is it an easy job to do?.......I didnt want to scrap the omega as she was a lovely comfy carand I would get next to nothing for it with a blown head...!!
Any ideas?
Monza789
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Wait and watch this thread..... there are many threads already on here with this complaint.... very likely a heat exchanger problem or heater bypass valve at rear of block and not HG failure....
DC
Where are you??
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considerable white smoke from exhaust wont be caused by a HBV or oil cooler!
Although rare, sounds HG related.
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Does sound like HG :(
Probably more work to change engine than is to change HG... ...not that difficult, some bits fiddling, but will be worth going other bits when stripped....
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Hi there ....my 97 R reg tourer has just blown a head gasket.......misfiring......and smoking like fred dibnah's steam engine.
The plumes of white smoke out tthe exhaust told me its the head leaking into a cylinder.
Also coolant is emptying from expansion tank abot every 5 miles....!!!
A mate reckons my best option is to swap the engine out as the cost to do the heads (And i must do both) would be horrendous??
what do think to a swap out guys?.....is it an easy job to do?.......I didnt want to scrap the omega as she was a lovely comfy carand I would get next to nothing for it with a blown head...!!
Any ideas?
Monza789
Sorry wasn't paying attention.... Yes HG likely... DC