Omega Owners Forum

Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Advanced search  

News:

Welcome to OOF

Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: Smokey 3.0  (Read 508 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

albitz

  • Guest
Smokey 3.0
« on: 16 May 2010, 13:00:12 »

1998 3 litre,90,000 miles."A little more smoke than you would normally expect from the exhaust.3 ( so called) mechanics have looked at it and said possible head gasket". doesnt sound like haed gasket to me. Could this be the cheap valve stem seal issue ?
Logged

Welung666

  • Guest
Re: Smokey 3.0
« Reply #1 on: 16 May 2010, 14:35:20 »

What colour smoke? Does it smell of anything? Anti-freeze/oil etc.? Are you losing anti-freeze/oil?
Logged

albitz

  • Guest
Re: Smokey 3.0
« Reply #2 on: 16 May 2010, 15:21:16 »

Its not my car Lee. Its a car on ebay I am communicating via message with the seller.Doesnt loose coolant or overheat. Im awaiting reply on the colour of the smoke.
My thinking is if it isnt loosing coolant then why would anyone suspect HG ?
Car still runs fine but smokes a bit from exhaust.  :-/
« Last Edit: 16 May 2010, 15:21:48 by albitz »
Logged

albitz

  • Guest
Re: Smokey 3.0
« Reply #3 on: 16 May 2010, 16:03:52 »

Apparently the smoke is white, when first started, but then lessens when the engine warms up.
Sounds pretty normal to me  :-/
Logged

jonnycool

  • Omega Baron
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Merthyr Tydfil, S. Wales
  • Posts: 3565
  • We shag 'em, you eat 'em
    • View Profile
Re: Smokey 3.0
« Reply #4 on: 16 May 2010, 16:19:57 »

Quote
1998 3 litre,90,000 miles."A little more smoke than you would normally expect from the exhaust.3 ( so called) mechanics have looked at it and said possible head gasket". doesnt sound like haed gasket to me. Could this be the cheap valve stem seal issue ?
I read this with interest, as my 2.6 is getting a bit of blue smoke on startup, I thought you'd have to get the heads off to do valve stems, how is that ever cheap?  :-?

Jon
Logged
If at first you don't succeed, skydiving probably isn't for you

albitz

  • Guest
Re: Smokey 3.0
« Reply #5 on: 16 May 2010, 16:24:16 »

I meant cheap, as in VX used cheap stem seals for a while which is what causes the problem. ;)
DIY - wont cost that much, or if you arent confident have a chat with DLK. :y
Logged

Elite Pete

  • Omega Queen
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Chester
  • Posts: 19580
  • My spider senses are tingling
    • Audi SQ5 GSX1400
    • View Profile
Re: Smokey 3.0
« Reply #6 on: 16 May 2010, 16:32:33 »

Cheap valve stem oil seals were only used on the earlier 2.6 ;)
Logged
Retired

Welung666

  • Guest
Re: Smokey 3.0
« Reply #7 on: 16 May 2010, 16:42:04 »

White smoke is water so could be HG waterway in to combustion chamber. It'll need a compression test to eliminate.
Logged

albitz

  • Guest
Re: Smokey 3.0
« Reply #8 on: 16 May 2010, 16:58:38 »

good points Pete and  Lee. :y.........sudden change of plans means I wont be buying it now anyway. ::)


Possibly ! ::) :D
« Last Edit: 16 May 2010, 17:03:31 by albitz »
Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up
 

Page created in 0.011 seconds with 17 queries.