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[Kai]

Hello every one, hope your all well  . I need help badly i have a 1999 2.5 v6 facelift and she has been in vauxhall for a few days for an mot, service and cambelt change day 1 mot failed on a tyre so was replaced and then passed the mot day 2 cambelt vauxhall then realsied they didnt have the correct cambelt to do the job, then yesterday they phone me and tell me that the tried to do the service but the "cam gasket is flooding out oil" and that they couldnt change the spark plugs for fear of oil flooding "in the head"?? i hope i have explained this rite so far    so really im after your advice all work has stoped on the car so the cambelt wasnt done as they said its not worth the money im putting into it, can any body make sence of what i've said? or have a made a complete lemon of myself?? more importantly do you think it can be fixed???  your help would be apricated. thank you

[dad1uk]

Sounds like they don't want the job....
If oil is flooding the plugs() surely its only the gaskets need changing!
(http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1152564281)

I think you need the help of one of the mechanics on this site. I dont know who is your way but they will be better and cheaper than VX Garage.

[Kai]

sorry i didnt explain it very well and tbh im not very good with engines, but he said something like he doesnt want to take the spark plugs out because theres oil on top of them and if he takes them out the oil will go in? does that sound right? and thanks for the link  i think if i try that i might have an even bigger problem with me being so ditzy lol 

[Lazydocker]

sorry i didnt explain it very well and tbh im not very good with engines, but he said something like he doesnt want to take the spark plugs out because theres oil on top of them and if he takes them out the oil will go in? does that sound right? and thanks for the link  i think if i try that i might have an even bigger problem with me being so ditzy lol 

So what... Wont do any real harm... Just make it a bit smoky for a few seconds on start up

I'd get my car out of that garage ASAP and call Darth Loo-Knee or Jamesv6cdx in

[Marks DTM Calib]

Contact Darth Loo Knee or one of the others on here.

They will do all the work for less than Vx charge for a cambelt change.

It sounds to me like it needs:

Breather clean
Camcover gaskets.

Not to big a job.

Clearly the mechanic is not upto much as its easy enough to use a syringe or oil sucker (which they have) to extract most of the oil first!

[sneakypenguin]

as said, if your cam cover gaskets are breaked they leak oil into the plug wells. No biggie tbh, just get as much out as you can and the rest will burn off within a few mins of starting.
I can highly reccommend Darth, good chap and knows what he's doing.

[pedroMV6]

Sounds like they don't want the job....
If oil is flooding the plugs() surely its only the gaskets need changing!
(http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1152564281)

I think you need the help of one of the mechanics on this site. I dont know who is your way but they will be better and cheaper than VX Garage.

Sounds like the best thing to do!

[Bionic]

So why doesn't the useless burger clean out the oil first so he can properly diagnose the problem instead of guessing. You could try complaing to the Service Manager.
Typical VX can't be bothered attitude, they seem to be more interested in keeping well below the set recommended job times so they get a higher bonus. That uis probably why any job that is likely to deprive them of that perk gets the back burner fob off treatment.
Best do as the others have said, contact one of the OOF guys and have them do it. At least that way you will be certain that it was done right and you will not have been ripped off!
Anyway, if it was leaking that badly there would have been an awful stink from the leaking oil and a cloud of smoke behind you.
GudLuk

[Kai]

Thank for all your reply's i will be pm'ing darth next, but you wouldnt belive whats happend now........ i go to vauxhall to pick the car up and not only is it sat in a pile of oil but i drive it away get 2 mins from home and the power stering seems to have stopped working  is it worth spending the money on it still  and thanks again every one 

[RobG]

Thank for all your reply's i will be pm'ing darth next, but you wouldnt belive whats happend now........ i go to vauxhall to pick the car up and not only is it sat in a pile of oil but i drive it away get 2 mins from home and the power stering seems to have stopped working is it worth spending the money on it still  and thanks again every one 

Check fuse # 14

[Kai]

hi Rob just been out to check the fuse and its still in tack  could be an expensive week i think  :-/

[Entwood]

Thank for all your reply's i will be pm'ing darth next, but you wouldnt belive whats happend now........ i go to vauxhall to pick the car up and not only is it sat in a pile of oil but i drive it away get 2 mins from home and the power stering seems to have stopped working  is it worth spending the money on it still  and thanks again every one 

You have checked the power steering reservoir ... haven't you ... 

[p j morgan]

they have probaly sucked all your power steering fluid out instead of the oil ? give daz darth vader a ring asap and he will sort everything out for you .dont worry he nows what he is doing {well most of the time} joking he is a great guy .good luck

[Kai]

I checked it and its full  bloody vauxhall never ever ever recomend them in a million years and probably not even in that long . Yep Darth has been pm'd and i will await his reply  thanks again every one i will let you all know what the outcome is, if worst comes to the worst i will be buying another 

[Elite Pete]

Try turning the steering wheel from lock to lock a couple of times with the engine running, this will bleed the power steering.