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[v6man54deg Geffd]

Cheers for the info, I was also offered in one of the quotes a valve lub option for an extra £100 - no idea how this works meant to lubricate valves - anyone had burnt out valves using gas?

I was going to replace the valve guide oil seals before i convert it as they where prone to failure around 2001 and it does smoke a little. How much is the road tax discount I presume i would have to get a company to do the job to get this benefit?

[albitz]

No need for flashlube on the V6.Its fine without it.Iirc road tax discount is an enormous £10 per year.No need to have a company install it to get the discount,but you will need to pay (around £100 I believe) to have it certificated after installation.

[Entwood]

Cheers for the info, I was also offered in one of the quotes a valve lub option for an extra £100 - no idea how this works meant to lubricate valves - anyone had burnt out valves using gas?

I was going to replace the valve guide oil seals before i convert it as they where prone to failure around 2001 and it does smoke a little. How much is the road tax discount I presume i would have to get a company to do the job to get this benefit?

Mine has the flashlube fitted, it came as standard fit .. hasn't had any oil in it for 40000 miles !!

Answers to your other points alreasdy given ..

[feeutfo]

Anyone remember Masterdtm saying jubilee clips are a bad idea? Due to the fact the tension is set, and not sprung loaded, so when the rubber retracts the jubilees leak, where as the vx sprung loaded clips don't.

Well, bank 2 had a leak to one of the gas filters to injectors. I had the bonet up on a cold start and could dmell gas quite strongly. Masters words where ringing in my ears as I fitted the jubilees, but they went on as I didn't have enough vx spring clips.

Although lets see if that cures the poor running on cold starts first.

[feeutfo]

seems to be running perrfectly   

 

[TheBoy]

Cheers for the info, I was also offered in one of the quotes a valve lub option for an extra £100 - no idea how this works meant to lubricate valves - anyone had burnt out valves using gas?

I was going to replace the valve guide oil seals before i convert it as they where prone to failure around 2001 and it does smoke a little. How much is the road tax discount I presume i would have to get a company to do the job to get this benefit?

Flashlube not required on XxxXE engines.

2001 may be borderline for any tax discount. Depends if its on the old under/over 1500cc tax (no discount) or emmissions based tax (£10).

As long as its certified, you get the discount, but you have to jump through DVLA hoops. Not worth the effort for the discount, but I wanted mine to be all perfect from paperwork side.

[TheBoy]

seems to be running perrfectly   

 

Work of Satin. I know, I've got jublies on mine, and we know how many leaks I've been chasing

But good news that its running well. 

[feeutfo]

seems to be running perrfectly   

 

Work of Satin. I know, I've got jublies on mine, and we know how many leaks I've been chasing

But good news that its running well. 

I think I need to get my nose recalibrated. I have had odd smells for a while. Non of which neither I or Lazyf@ker would describe as a gasy smell. A cross between hot brakes and hot coolent, but not the traditional gasy eggy smell I would associate with a gas leak.
You however, have been saying yours had a definate gas leak, no doubt about it. I couldn't smell that either, or at least didn't recognise the smell as gas.

I only noticed the eggy smell as I had the bonet open. I guess the leak has to be of a certain strength before the eggy ness is noticeable.

[TheBoy]

seems to be running perrfectly   

 

Work of Satin. I know, I've got jublies on mine, and we know how many leaks I've been chasing

But good news that its running well. 

I think I need to get my nose recalibrated. I have had odd smells for a while. Non of which neither I or Lazyf@ker would describe as a gasy smell. A cross between hot brakes and hot coolent, but not the traditional gasy eggy smell I would associate with a gas leak.
You however, have been saying yours had a definate gas leak, no doubt about it. I couldn't smell that either, or at least didn't recognise the smell as gas.

I only noticed the eggy smell as I had the bonet open. I guess the leak has to be of a certain strength before the eggy ness is noticeable.

I would suggest either a doctor, or less curry.

Actually, scrub that, both silly, silly, silly ideas!

[Andy H]

I only noticed the eggy smell as I had the bonet open. I guess the leak has to be of a certain strength before the eggy ness is noticeable.

Bear with me on this theory, lots of 'ifs' so probably nonsense
When they first started fitting two way catalytic converters to cars they stank of hydrogen sulphide (stink bomb/rotten egg smell). Later cars were fitted with three way catalytic converters which only smell when cold IIRC .

The facelift Omega has two cats. I wonder if the pre-cat is a two-way converter?

I cannot remember if you have moved your lambda sensors I wonder if a leaky blanking plug between the pre-cat and main-cat would stink of rotten eggs 

[v6man54deg Geffd]

Cheers for the info, I was also offered in one of the quotes a valve lub option for an extra £100 - no idea how this works meant to lubricate valves - anyone had burnt out valves using gas?

I was going to replace the valve guide oil seals before i convert it as they where prone to failure around 2001 and it does smoke a little. How much is the road tax discount I presume i would have to get a company to do the job to get this benefit?

Flashlube not required on XxxXE engines.

2001 may be borderline for any tax discount. Depends if its on the old under/over 1500cc tax (no discount) or emmissions based tax (£10).

As long as its certified, you get the discount, but you have to jump through DVLA hoops. Not worth the effort for the discount, but I wanted mine to be all perfect from paperwork side.

Yeah mines the expensive emmissions based £270 a year one