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[micoandmojo]

  HI ALL COULD YOU HELP ME, GUYS IVE GOT AN 2.6 AUTO MIG AND THE PROBLEM IS OILL LEAK  BEEN TO GARAGE TO FIX THIS
BUT THEY WOULD NOT DO THE JOB,BECAUSE SOMEONE SEID THAT THAY HAVE WORKED ON MIGS ALL HIS LIFE AND KNOWS THAT
PROBLEMS CAN HAPPEN ALOT WITH THEM AND DONT DO THE JOB BASTARDO I THOUGHT, THE JOB,,,, PUT ROCKER COVER GASKET
ON I THOUGHT THAT WAS ALL BUT THEY SEID BREATHERS MIGHT NEED DONE TOO AND SO ON, WHENT TO ANOTHER GARAGE THEY SEID THE SAME BIG JOB DONT WANT IT TRY VAUXHALL  MY GOD I DIDENT WIN THE LOTO I SEID TO THE GUY BUT??? IS HE RIGHT
IS VAUXHALL THE PLACE TO GO , AND HAS ANYONE GOT ANY IDEAS APART FROM BURN IT, WITH THE OIL LEAK, THE CAR RUNS BRILL NO BACK PRESHER FROM OIL CAP NOTHING SWEET AS A NUT CAN SOMEONE HELP PLEASE.

[hoofing it]

Switch the caps lock off mate

[omega3000]

Dont burn it mate , if your handy with the spanners take a look at the maintenance guide and work through what needs done a bit at a time .

BIG JOB DONT WANT IT 

Obviously the garage dont have a clue , just as well you didnt have work done there ....someone might be along who can help you more  that might be local to you 

[micoandmojo]

  thanks m8

[jonny2112]

You'll get this sorted, no bother, and without a lotto win 

[Andy B]

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=90653.0 = breathers 
&
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=90542.0 = the cam cover gaskets.

Neither are difficult to do, but bite the bullet & use Vauxhall gaskets, as expensive as they may seem, they'll last whereas pattern gaskets won't.

[micoandmojo]

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=90653.0 = breathers 
&
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=90542.0 = the cam cover gaskets.

Neither are difficult to do, but bite the bullet & use Vauxhall gaskets, as expensive as they may seem, they'll last whereas pattern gaskets won't.

thanks 

[aitch015]

I did mine recently mate,not as hard as i thought it would be,the guides and advice on this forum were spot on so if you have a few tools and a spare afternoon why not have a go yourself.
I did it in stages using the search facility on the forum when i got confused or stuck.the bulk of the time was spent cleaning the breathers and removing the oil from the plug wells.
  good luck

[micoandmojo]

I did mine recently mate,not as hard as i thought it would be,the guides and advice on this forum were spot on so if you have a few tools and a spare afternoon why not have a go yourself.
I did it in stages using the search facility on the forum when i got confused or stuck.the bulk of the time was spent cleaning the breathers and removing the oil from the plug wells.
  good luck

thanks i will give it a try cheers guys for all your help.

[Webby the Bear]

Hi mate,

The garages you've gone to: rubbish
Vauxhall: Hell no!!!

You mention oil leak and rocker gasket..... just to make sure the leak is in the spark plug well, right? 

[micoandmojo]

Hi mate,

The garages you've gone to: rubbish
Vauxhall: Hell no!!!

You mention oil leak and rocker gasket..... just to make sure the leak is in the spark plug well, right? 

yip its in the front and both sides of rocker will it go on fire thats the wife asking?

[Webby the Bear]

Don't think so mate  but car will run shite until it's fixed 

[micoandmojo]

Don't think so mate  but car will run shite until it's fixed 

awell thanks again for takeing the time to ancer my qest about cheers

[Webby the Bear]

Don't think so mate  but car will run shite until it's fixed 

awell thanks again for takeing the time to ancer my qest about cheers

Any time mate.

If you can't do it yaself, employ someone on here to do it 

[Ken T]

Firstly identify the problem and then fix it.

What happens is the breathers get blocked, so the oil vapour can't flow, so pressure builds up and the cam cover seals go and the oil flows out the cam covers and into the plug wells which will cause missfiring.

First thing, fix the problem. Cleaning the breathers, looks a pain cause you can't see the assembly, but if you remove the scuttle its easily got to. Cleaning the breathers, well there's a guide in the maintenance section, even a quick way of doing it http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=98512.0 .Then you got to do the cam cover gaskets, a bit involved, but its just unbolting things and putting them back after, nothing special.

I am doing the very same operation this weekend to mine, as well as replace the cam shaft seals and timing belt kit. Its a bit involved, but not that difficult, there's a cambelt DVD available for £3 inc which shows how easy it is to work in these engines.

As regards oil catching fire, I think it would have to fall onto the exhaust to be hot enough.

Cheers Ken