El_Swervo wrote on 27. Sep 2007 at 00:37:


I had EXACTLY the same issue, I bet it's a crappy laser kit 

When I initially requested a refund they were arsey, told me to speak to laser technical, get a reference etc...

When I opened a paypal dispute, quoted the trade descriptions act "goods were unfit for purpose sold for" and told them I would leave negative feedback if no reply in a week.. I had a VERY fast and satisfactory outcome

I do appologise for not noticing this thread had moved on since my offer for help. The offer still stands. PM sent.

I have a locking kit - a Laser one but it has been used successfully on a couple of occasions thus hopefully proving it fits.

It might be worth having a fettle at lunch time as the light in the evenings is getting a bit dim these days. I can bring my locking kit tomorrow - or we can maybe arrange something at the weekend?

Cheers,

kevin

neilr wrote on 27. Sep 2007 at 09:31:


Thanks neilr, I hope I have your luck!

TheBoy wrote on 27. Sep 2007 at 12:11:


I just bought an SP kit off ebay for £50, but they are quite rare (but do come up..)

Just keep looking out.

You're welcome to borrow if you cover insured postage... but send that laser crap back!

Well, we spent the evening on  EL_swervo's Omega in perfect working conditions. I wasn't looking forward to spending the evening in a works car park in this weather but I shouldn't have worried

Firstly we confirmed that the Laser tool didn't align with the water pump pulley so back to the seller for that I reckon. Fortunately mine fitted and on inspection cam 3 was a couple of teeth out and cam 4 was a good 3 teeth out (advanced, fortunately, which is the safe direction for an exhaust cam to be out). The tensioner was loose, barely off the stop and, whilst the belt clearly hadn't failed it was cracking up on the smooth side.

There were signs of a ham-fisted belt change previously. The cam belt cover was cracked and the rubber sealing strip was missing. The tensioners were as new. Given the condition of the belt this was surprising.

We fitted a new belt and tensioners and timed it up properly, put it all back together and started it. For a few heart stopping seconds it rattled like mad but then started to quieten down. It clearly wasn't misfiring so it was looking better then we feared. We then noticed an "oil lack" warning on the MID and, on inspection the oil level was low.

With the oil topped up we gave it another run and, after a second or two of rattling it quietened down and idled and revved very sweetly. A quick listen with a screwdriver to the ear revealed no unusual noises from the top end.

The original noise started when the car was on a hill so my suspicion is that the oil pickup sucked a little air due to the low level and that the noise was the lifters running on air. Whilst the cam belt was in poor condition and very badly timed it was odd that only cams 3 and 4 were out so I suspect that it may have been mistimed when it was fitted since the last person in there was clearly bit of a cowboy.

Anyway, I await a report on how it drives now. A little better then before with luck.

It was good to meet you, EL_swervo, and thanks for the all the tea and freebies

Kevin

Well done Kev, and guys, top job

Nice one guys, that was a nice bed time story with a happy ending!

It's always the case with engine related problems, for most people (like me) always think the worst, bent valves, snapped this, blown that!  But with a little know how from OOF and lots of tea, these things usually iron out pretty well in the end!