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General Car Chat / Re: Crankshaft locking for pulley removal.

« on: 01 February 2019, 19:28:40 »

Yup. I can't really see an alternative to using a sturdy bar to ensure safe results.
Thanks for the replies. I'll have a go at making one when I do the job.
I must say that watching breaker bars and universal joints bend on Youtube frightens the life out of me, but I suppose good ones are designed for the purpose.

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General Car Chat / Re: oil seal installer tool

« on: 01 February 2019, 18:01:25 »

Don't mock the afflicted, Steve.
I might have to commit "Hari Kari" and do the same myself soon.

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General Car Chat / Crankshaft locking for pulley removal.

« on: 01 February 2019, 17:53:20 »

Following on from Raywilb's seal replacement topic, has anyone tried or does anyone know anything about the unconventional method of stuffing rope in the piston bore to prevent crankshaft movement.
Provided the piston was at bdc coming up to compression stroke to ensure all valves are closed to eliminate possible bending, would this work? Youtube videos and comments seem to suggest that it does.
I would still prefer the bolt on type of tool which NickW would no doubt cobble up in a few minutes, but we lesser mortals have to consider all "easier" methods.

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General Car Chat / Re: oil seal installer tool

« on: 01 February 2019, 17:41:50 »

So what was the solution, raywilb?

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General Car Chat / Re: oil seal installer tool

« on: 31 January 2019, 14:47:24 »

Are you using any magic technique for removing the pulley apart from brute force, and how are you locking the crankshaft?

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General Car Chat / Re: WIM - Anyone been there recently?

« on: 31 December 2018, 10:13:50 »

Do they still have franchised locations and are they any good?

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Omega General Help / Re: Misfire....logical next step?

« on: 30 December 2018, 18:27:36 »

I once experimentally used Araldite to repair the cracks in a 246 coil pack which was causing the EML to come on intermittingly, and had no further problems with it, but I do think I was lucky and caught it at a very early stage of deterioration. Perhaps worth a try.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Tough decision

« on: 14 December 2018, 10:11:44 »

It won't solve the odour problem. Have you ever used chicken sh*t fertiliser pellets on the garden?

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General Discussion Area / Re: Word Association.

« on: 10 December 2018, 13:28:33 »

Morals.

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Omega General Help / Re: V6 oil level sensor location/photo of

« on: 10 December 2018, 13:24:45 »

Amba.
The oil on mine ends up down both sides of the sump flange, but I don't clean mine off as often as you say you do. I'm sure you're right that the rotation of the crank pulley tends to throw the oil to the alternator side initially but that this is eventually overcome by the amount of oil leaking and by air flow on a longer run or after a longer period between cleaning.
As you say it's not a major problem and I still don't need to top up the oil level between changes. Being a bit finical, I just find it annoying that my engine isn't completly free of all oil and water leaks. 

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Omega General Help / Re: V6 oil level sensor location/photo of

« on: 10 December 2018, 09:08:35 »

The fact that no oil drips onto the ground seems strange on first thoughts, but my reasoning is that oil only gets past the seal in any quantity when the engine is running and that airflow takes most of it away down the sides of the engine when travelling. Where it actually ends up I don't know, but I sometimes can detect a slight burning oil smell on longer journeys, suggesting that some gets onto the exhaust. I must make the effort to get underneath to check this out sometime. 
My money is still on the crank seal being the source of the problem.

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Omega General Help / Re: V6 oil level sensor location/photo of

« on: 09 December 2018, 11:40:00 »

I also have exactly this problem, and the oil always look fresh and very clean. After cleaning all trace of it from the sump lip and the 'hollows' running down the sides of the sump flange, it re-appears directly below the crank pulley and then slowly progresses outwards.
I have assumed that this is the crank seal leaking only when the engine is running, with pressure in the sump being sufficient to force the oil out. I'm hoping that cleaning the breather system effectively might help to substantiate this, but am preparing myself for accepting that the seal will need replacing anyway once it's been breached.
Any further experiences or discoveries would be very interesting to learn.

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Meetings, gatherings, parties etc / Re: Next Hoofland curry

« on: 23 November 2018, 11:35:10 »

Confirmed.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Word Association.

« on: 23 November 2018, 11:28:37 »

Fairways.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Word Association.

« on: 22 November 2018, 17:17:34 »

P's.