Hi this is my second post for the same problem. i'd like to start by just saying im not that clued up about the mecanics i know the basics thats it. i have noticed that it is also doing other weird stuff. i'm not sure about the cambelt only that it was changed 9000 miles ago not sure whether it was just the cambelt or the kit.
hi i was wondering if anyone can help me. the problem is my 3.0 Elite i bought it 3 months ago, it had just had a new gearbox. every now and again it has said automatic gearbox failure and wouldnt go out of first untill i turn it off and started it again as vx to me with my last omega. its been fine untill the other week. i turned left at a crossroads and it just died. no brakes PAS or engine. i tried to start it and it coughed and spluttered and didnt start. i had i towed home where it then started but is making a throughty engine noise with a deffinate bang, bang, bang like one of the pistons is tying to escape, also sounds as if it is not running on all 6.
i looked at the dipstick and the oil level wasnt showing at all so i took the sump plug out and a whole washing up bowl of oil came out. i filled with 20-50 oil and tried again still no different.
i got a mobile mechanic to look at it and he changed the oil for 10-40 oil and then said its probably the tappets, big end or little end? i dont understand that but he said its probobly best just getting a new engine 
it has sat out side my house now for about 2 weeks. after the first few days i realised that the heaters wouldnt go off so i disconnected the battery. i reconnected today to pump up the tyre and found i dont have any power to the sun roof, stereo, hazzards or electric seats :-?
ive not tried to start it. i daren't lol. i have found about half an inch or oil in number 6 spark plug also this morning.
Any help would be greatly appreciated because it sounds a scrapper to me which is a shame because the body is perfect.
now the new stuff:
when i connect the battery the heaters come on and none of the heater controls (the digital ones) even light up the only way to turn them off is to open the back right door
, the stereo doesn't work, the sun roof doesn't work, the hazzards dont even 'tick', the front left spark plug is full of oil and the engine just turns over it doesn't even try to pick up.
Can any one give me a clue as to whatneeds doing and how much it'll cost please?
thank you
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Topic: 1996 Elite major problems (Read 694 times)