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[ted_one]

Yep,I fell for that one recently "probably only needs a head gasket line is real good one"Try substituting that for "actually needs a new engine and when you finally do get it running you'll find that the auto trans is shot! now four grand down and guess what?when DLK ran his eagle eye over the replacement engine he found surprise surprise that a so called reputable company had fitted a 2.5ltr into my 3.0ltr, I  guess they probably thought it would go unoticed until beyond the 12month warrantee period, and now I'm spending a fortune on solicitors and a pending court case so buyer beware and trust no one!!

[Diamond Black Geezer]

Unbelievable! I heard a couple of years ago that the current trend for car manufacturers to fit less and less badging was cause for concern for dealers, as they were often having to almost 'guess' what engine/trim level a car had they were selling. Sometimes they were underselling a car, other times irate customers were coming back after finding they had a smaller engine than advertised. Therein lies the flipside for debadging, I suppose.

Never heard of it being done the other way round...fitting the wrong engine in, now that's clever. And by clever I of course mean bleedin' discraceful

[ted_one]

It's thanks to Daz that the problem was found in good time,heads are stamped 2.5 and the block has the same cast on to it so any reconditioners worth their salt could'nt have missed them! There has been other problems with the engine and it has been back to them twice for an oil leak which has'nt been fixed,I even supplied them with a set of cam cover gaskets to speed things up as it's a 250 mile round trip to them as they" try to fit you in" Last time I was back there they kept me waiting 7hours,theres now an issue with the n/s exhaust gasket leaking fumes into the car which as everyone knows it's should be an engine out job for a proper fix.So at the moment I'm not going to name the company but if you are thinking of spending a big lump of your hard earned then be careful not to spend it in Cardiff.

[Varche]

could be a dropped valve also but for that money seems relatively cheap to me but i'm sitting in Austria where the cheapest Omega you'll find is €4000!! madness i tell you!! the second hand market here is very strong  I have no idea why

Might be the same reason as the daft S/h prices of Spanish cars. The government charges a substantial fee to the buyer and the seller of any car unlike in the Uk where there is no charge for selling or buying any vehicle!!! The fee by the way is charged on boiok value not actual price. Inevitably the book price is much higher than real prices. Osborne take note!!! .