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Omega General Help / Re: 3.0 V6 MANIFOLD GASKETS - HELP !
« on: 20 December 2007, 20:04:07 »
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Omega General Help / Re: 3.0 V6 MANIFOLD GASKETS - HELP !
« on: 20 December 2007, 18:07:05 »
I bought all new studs and nuts today and it bloody cost me £40 oh and 2 front pipe gaskets...
Any thing else gonna get in my way....
Any thing else gonna get in my way....
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Omega General Help / Re: 3.0 V6 MANIFOLD GASKETS - HELP !
« on: 20 December 2007, 07:33:21 »
Right i bought the multi layer metal gasket and some new studs and nuts ready to tackle the exhaust nest thursday when im on holiday..
Is there any thing else i should know or be aware of i know we talked about removing the engine mounts to gain access to the left hand manifold but is it really that easy i am a mechanic but just don't want to bite off more than i can chew over christmas if you get what i mean..
Any body tackled this same fault with success
rob
Is there any thing else i should know or be aware of i know we talked about removing the engine mounts to gain access to the left hand manifold but is it really that easy i am a mechanic but just don't want to bite off more than i can chew over christmas if you get what i mean..
Any body tackled this same fault with success
rob
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Omega General Help / Re: 3.0 V6 MANIFOLD GASKETS - HELP !
« on: 15 December 2007, 14:31:10 »Quote
In addition -
Only use genuine GM multilayer metal gasket on replacing - pattern ones will fail quickly.
If it does come to removing heads, check the maintenance guide section. I've written a comprehensive guide, and it's an easy job for anyone mechanically competent.
I saw your how 2 on that, very good work mate...
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Omega General Help / Re: 3.0 V6 MANIFOLD GASKETS - HELP !
« on: 15 December 2007, 13:47:03 »
Well i pick the car up on monday, so any time really i have 2 weeks off work after next week so ill prop do it then, my mate has a double garage with nothing in it so we where going to do it there, ill bring all my tools home from work and crack on with it..
Im a mechanic so shud be fairly simple task.... lol i wish...
Im a mechanic so shud be fairly simple task.... lol i wish...
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Omega General Help / Re: 3.0 V6 MANIFOLD GASKETS - HELP !
« on: 15 December 2007, 13:29:42 »
Wow thanks guys..
It's deffo the manifold gasket and i'm really hopeing that i can do it with out removing the head..
So if i drop the 2 engine mounts and push the engine over to one side that will allow me enough space to do the job yeah??
take it i drop both front pipes and get it out the way first, then remove the mounts and swing it over to the right to allow me to remove the left manifold yeah...
It's deffo the manifold gasket and i'm really hopeing that i can do it with out removing the head..
So if i drop the 2 engine mounts and push the engine over to one side that will allow me enough space to do the job yeah??
take it i drop both front pipes and get it out the way first, then remove the mounts and swing it over to the right to allow me to remove the left manifold yeah...
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Omega General Help / Re: 3.0 V6 MANIFOLD GASKETS - HELP !
« on: 15 December 2007, 11:53:22 »
Any one ? 
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Omega General Help / 3.0 V6 MANIFOLD GASKETS - HELP !
« on: 15 December 2007, 11:12:51 »
Hi guy's
Just bought a 3.0 ltr v6 omega elite very cheap at £500 but the passenger manifold is blowing like a trooper now i am a mechanic and thought it looked hard and fiddly but i thought i give it a go so i got him down for £750 to £500 cash..
Now the good old haynes book says that it can't be removed with the head on so the head needs to come off or the engine needs to come out... Not good......
My thoughts are..... maybe the exhaust studs have male torx splines on the end so u can wind the studs right out the block then i cud pull the manifold back a inch which would give me just enough room to allow the gasket to drop between the 2 and then just wind the studs back in the use new nuts and job done.... If the studs haven't got the torx spline on them then i was thinking maybe 2 nuts and wind then out...
Any body tackled this kinda job before or do i need to remove the head... there is no way im taking that engine out lol...
Cheers any body who can spare the time to help...
Just bought a 3.0 ltr v6 omega elite very cheap at £500 but the passenger manifold is blowing like a trooper now i am a mechanic and thought it looked hard and fiddly but i thought i give it a go so i got him down for £750 to £500 cash..
Now the good old haynes book says that it can't be removed with the head on so the head needs to come off or the engine needs to come out... Not good......
My thoughts are..... maybe the exhaust studs have male torx splines on the end so u can wind the studs right out the block then i cud pull the manifold back a inch which would give me just enough room to allow the gasket to drop between the 2 and then just wind the studs back in the use new nuts and job done.... If the studs haven't got the torx spline on them then i was thinking maybe 2 nuts and wind then out...
Any body tackled this kinda job before or do i need to remove the head... there is no way im taking that engine out lol...
Cheers any body who can spare the time to help...
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Omega General Help / Re: Has anyone bought a chip off this man?
« on: 11 January 2008, 17:26:10 »
Yes mate soldered on, the ecu has a double layer circuit board and is very very tight work soldering all the pins into posistion...
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Omega General Help / Re: Has anyone bought a chip off this man?
« on: 11 January 2008, 17:02:29 »
A freind of mine bought one exact same and for the same model as urs...
Ran rough as, id say it went no better at all then 2 weeks later his ecu burnt out..
STAY WELL CLEAR....
Ran rough as, id say it went no better at all then 2 weeks later his ecu burnt out..
STAY WELL CLEAR....
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Omega General Help / Re: COOLANT PROBLEM!!!!...HELP
« on: 27 December 2007, 10:31:25 »Quote
Do you mean this type of thing?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BERGEN-TOOLS-REMOTE-ACCESS-HOSE-CLIP-TOOL-630MM-Length_W0QQitemZ200184616175QQihZ010QQcategoryZ30922QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Thats the boy.... makes life so simple...
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Omega General Help / Re: COOLANT PROBLEM!!!!...HELP
« on: 27 December 2007, 10:30:09 »
It's prob collapsed inside mate and just run out the over flow hole or the join in the plastic...
Glad you got it fixed mate, they do do a tool to anable the removal of those clips by just sliding the end over and squeezing the handle...
Well done thou bud problem solved
Glad you got it fixed mate, they do do a tool to anable the removal of those clips by just sliding the end over and squeezing the handle...
Well done thou bud
problem solved
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Omega General Help / Re: COOLANT PROBLEM!!!!...HELP
« on: 24 December 2007, 07:35:43 »
You should be ok man, just as long as u can get those clips off you will be ok, i have a long flexy tool that bends any where just slide it over and pull the handle..
If your doing the job then my advise is buy one mate because yo cud have the job done in 30 minz with it..
If your doing the job then my advise is buy one mate because yo cud have the job done in 30 minz with it..
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Omega General Help / Re: COOLANT PROBLEM!!!!...HELP
« on: 23 December 2007, 15:44:22 »
Is that a turbo v6....... i want one...
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Omega General Help / Re: COOLANT PROBLEM!!!!...HELP
« on: 23 December 2007, 13:18:52 »
My guess is its that valve or a hose near it.. once that panel is removed u get alot more view..
If u pop the 2 wiper arm caps off and undo the 13mm nut both arms come off, then there a small torx screw in the top right hand corner remove that then gently work the whole panel out..
Once this is removed you get a lot more room round the back of the v6 lump...
If u pop the 2 wiper arm caps off and undo the 13mm nut both arms come off, then there a small torx screw in the top right hand corner remove that then gently work the whole panel out..
Once this is removed you get a lot more room round the back of the v6 lump...