Omega Owners Forum
Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: alank46 on 03 October 2011, 07:49:12
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This is one for the travelling mechanics in the Buxton, Leek, Ashbourne area. Perhaps a slightly unusual request in that it does not relate to an Omega. Instead its a Porsche 924. These are sturdy simple cars and my thought is that if somebody has the ability to cope with all the Omega's foibles then a simple 924 should be child's play. So do we have any takers.
A bit of background. The car belongs to my brother Jon. He has owned it for 6 years and I owned it for 10 years before that. I did ALL my own work on the car and would have continued to do so in Jon's ownership except that he is a 500 mile round trip from me. Jon has no mechanical aptitude at all and relies on garages for absolutely everything. The car was in excellent body and mechanical condition when passed to Jon and it is still in excellent body condition, but mechanically he has been badly let down by those garages that have worked on it.
The car is currently with me in Devon for me to sort out some of its problems but it will be going back to Longnor in the Peak district shortly. The unresolved problem is very high oil consumption in the region of 60 miles to the pint, the back of the car gets soaked in oil very quickly. Compressions are even across the cylinders and excellent and there is virtually no emissions from the crankcase ventilation system which is not blocked and has been modified to exit to atmosphere thus pointing to a problem with oil control rings rather than compression rings. Having said that, probably the best course of action is to fit a good second hand engine.
I am now 70 and do not want to get involved in changing engines, so I'm hoping there is somebody who can help Jon out? I am very familiar with the car and would be available on the end of the phone with advise and encouragement.
Any takers
Alan
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im in nottingham taken a few engines out in my time[never done a porsche ]but have a engine hoist and tools so if he can source a engine or i might be able to get hold of one could pop up one weekend.would need some more info like
has he a garage that we can work on the car or is it outside?will he be there as a spare set of hands is often needed to pass tools etc
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Few Omega Guys Around the north west mids but again not sure of there knowledge about porsche.
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Give Daz / Darth Loo Knee or Elite Pete a shout :y
Daz is in Stoke, Pete is in Northwich :y