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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: p.beckwith on 05 December 2010, 18:19:55
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hi all i have a burning oil smell inside the cabin area ????
ive lifted bonnet and can only see a small oil leak on top end of drivers side of the engine i assume it ( when driving along ) is trickerling down to the manifold and burning off and the smell getting into the cabin area ???????? if it is the rocker cover gasket ?? how easy is it to do ( bearing in mind i dont do motors ) just love driving my omega
thanks to all who can give any help paul
2.5 v6 2000 plate
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hi all i have a burning oil smell inside the cabin area ????
ive lifted bonnet and can only see a small oil leak on top end of drivers side of the engine i assume it ( when driving along ) is trickerling down to the manifold and burning off and the smell getting into the cabin area ???????? if it is the rocker cover gasket ?? how easy is it to do ( bearing in mind i dont do motors ) just love driving my omega
thanks to all who can give any help paul
2.5 v6 2000 plate
It usually is and how to replace is in this great guide:
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1152564281
Your breathers also need to be thoroughly cleaned ;)
and that is in this guide:
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1285583967
;) ;)
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If its an oil smell, its likely it is from the engine.
If you have a known leak, thats the first thing to fix!
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Smell of burning what? Burning oil is quite possible. ESP if it's the pas side bank that has the oil leak as the pollen filter and air inlet to the cabin is right behind at the base of the windscreen.
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Had exactly the same on mine. Smell of burnt oil in cabin. Especially when idling or when parking in the garage when the fumes didnt blow away. Changed the rocker cover gaskets and problem dissapeared.
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Had exactly the same on mine. Smell of burnt oil in cabin. Especially when idling or when parking in the garage when the fumes didnt blow away. Changed the rocker cover gaskets and problem dissapeared.
Yes, it usually will :y
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thanks for the replies how long would it take and appox cost bearing in mind i dont fix cars id rather NOT DO IT MYSELF ???????
yours faithfully paul
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thanks for the replies how long would it take and appox cost bearing in mind i dont fix cars id rather NOT DO IT MYSELF ???????
yours faithfully paul
How long is a piece of string! ::)
It can take anything between 2 and 4 hours approx., dependant on your skill levels. It will cost about £75 if, as I assume, you do not have a trade card. ;)
If you are an absolute beginer, not knowing about, or even having, the tools, coupled with lacking confindence, then there are some very good mobile mechanics on here who will do the job for you at a fair price ;)
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If I was a cynic I'd say Vx built this particular trait in to their design in order to stiff us all for genuine gaskets, but only if I was a cynic! :-X
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hi all my problem will get looked at today but they are now telling me it might be head gasget as ive said before i dont touch cars just love driving them ???????
i now assume this to be a lot more expensive and bigger job ?????? anybody had one done recentley and cost im being told later tonight >??????????
yours faithfully paul
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hi all my problem will get looked at today but they are now telling me it might be head gasget as ive said before i dont touch cars just love driving them ???????
i now assume this to be a lot more expensive and bigger job ?????? anybody had one done recentley and cost im being told later tonight >??????????
yours faithfully paul
Paul, don't go within a million miles of that garage!, they either don't know their a*se from their elbow or they do & are trying to part you from your hard earned!
As Lizzie said earlier, there are excellent guys on here who will travel to fix your problem & charge you a VERY fair price & do a 1st Class job into the bargain, they are worth their weight in Gold and more importantly, they can be trusted!! :y
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hi all my problem will get looked at today but they are now telling me it might be head gasget as ive said before i dont touch cars just love driving them ???????
i now assume this to be a lot more expensive and bigger job ?????? anybody had one done recentley and cost im being told later tonight >??????????
yours faithfully paul
totally agree which garage was it just name and shame i have used a few always shop around
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Same here, head gasket would be the last thing on my mind in this case.
Get a second opinion. You would do well to follow advice given by Philrich.
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hi all my problem will get looked at today but they are now telling me it might be head gasget as ive said before i dont touch cars just love driving them ???????
i now assume this to be a lot more expensive and bigger job ?????? anybody had one done recentley and cost im being told later tonight >??????????
yours faithfully paul
Utter utter rubbish, get the car out of there asap. They are trying to shaft you.
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Heed the warning mate it happend to me and i parted with hard earned wonga and job still not done just other parts damaged the job had to be redone so i just said enough is enough, so i let darth loo knee do mine and a fantastic job he made of it too
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thanks for all the replies i didnt let the garage do it as they were sure it was coming from head gasket area ?????
got 2nd person to look at it and within 10 mins he put it down to rocker cover gasget and is in process of compleating it for under £ 50 thanks for all the friendley advice
yours faithfully paul beckwith
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You should have just left it in the capable hands of the mechanics of in local Vauxhall garage having deposited your credit card with the pretty service receptionist. They could then have given you a right royal Christmas shafting leaving you with more debt then the Republic of Ireland and generally filling their boots feeding off your hard earned money. They would have loved it and you've just selfishly denied them. ;D ;D ;D
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thanks for all the replies i didnt let the garage do it as they were sure it was coming from head gasket area ?????
got 2nd person to look at it and within 10 mins he put it down to rocker cover gasget and is in process of compleating it for under £ 50 thanks for all the friendley advice
yours faithfully paul beckwith
sadly, in the course of this thread, none of us have advised you that only genuine gm gaskits from vx should be used.
These cost £80 retail with o rings, or there abouts. So they'll be using cheap pattern parts that will fail in 3 months or some sort of gaskit seal that will blow the crank seal if the breathers arent clear.
See the guides in maintenance its a well covered subject on here.
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or have a word with Darth Loo Knee on here. Does cam covers in his sleep by now i think.