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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: tommycon on 25 July 2008, 19:33:49

Title: how heavy is the V6 engine?
Post by: tommycon on 25 July 2008, 19:33:49

hiya all,
 going to fit a V6 engine soon without all the ancillaries ,, can anyone tell me if a one ton engine hoist will cope??
 many thanks

Title: Re: how heavy is the V6 engine?
Post by: Markie on 25 July 2008, 19:45:19

Yep it will cope, think the v6 is around 200 - 250kilos :y

Title: Re: how heavy is the V6 engine?
Post by: Andy B on 25 July 2008, 19:47:22

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.... can anyone tell me if a one ton engine hoist will cope??
 many thanks

I would think so. The whole car only weighs 1700kg - at the most
Are you a member of Costco? I was in the Oldham branch last week (it cost me £300 for dishwasher tablets & a few meat joints! ;)) and they had a Draper hoist for £117. I can't think of a good enough excuse to justify buying one.  ;D  ;D  ;D  :y

Title: Re: how heavy is the V6 engine?
Post by: tommycon on 25 July 2008, 19:48:25

excellent thanks guys

Title: Re: how heavy is the V6 engine?
Post by: TheBoy on 25 July 2008, 21:03:33

Yup, its lighter than the TD lump, and I've done the TD with AR35 autobox attached with a Clarke/Machinemart 1t hoist

Title: Re: how heavy is the V6 engine?
Post by: Bandit127 on 25 July 2008, 21:50:24

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Yep it will cope, think the v6 is around 200 - 250kilos :y

A quick surf sees a number of different V6 engines weigh in at 150+ kg so this is a good answer. Double that for the gearbox. Double again for sticky moments trying to get the mountings lined up. And your 1t ton crane looks good to go. Just don't get the front wheels off the ground with it...

Title: Re: how heavy is the V6 engine?
Post by: MutantCav on 26 July 2008, 09:25:57

Pulled out a few engines now with my 1T engine hoist...only thing that has broken to date is the tow rope I used to lift it out as it started to fray...so got a 4t rope now :)