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Martin Imber Over Active Poster Offline LPG Omega V6 - Keyfobs Rebuilt Posts: 20110 Worcester Gender: Drives: 2001 Omega 2.6CD LPG & 3.0 cams	Re: A Very Sastisfying Day Reply #15 - 16. Oct 2008 at 21:18 well done
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Re: A Very Sastisfying Day
Reply #16 - 16. Oct 2008 at 21:37

Lizzie Zoom wrote on 16. Oct 2008 at 19:54:

Del Boy wrote on 16. Oct 2008 at 19:47:

Sounds like a much better job than my mechanic thingk i'll do them my self soon as the car still smells etc still oil in some of the spark plug holes Angry

But well done Lizzie Wink

Well replacing the cam cover gaskets, or rather specifically the one on the passenger side engine bank, is a swine! Everything you can imagine gets in the way; pipes, wires, clips, and the top of the cam fixings themselves which try their darndest to remove the gasket you have just applied!! Angry

Eventually I worked out a system of holding all out of the way just enough to get the cover on straight, true, with no wires trapped and the gasket still in place!! Cool

In your case though LSG if there is still oil in ther plug wells I'm afraid to say the mechanics have failed to seat the cam cover gasket correctly! Sad

Its realy easy when you can multi task and problem solve as well as us men

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Re: A Very Sastisfying Day
Reply #17 - 16. Oct 2008 at 21:57

Marks DTM Calib wrote on 16. Oct 2008 at 21:37:

Lizzie Zoom wrote on 16. Oct 2008 at 19:54:

Del Boy wrote on 16. Oct 2008 at 19:47:

Sounds like a much better job than my mechanic thingk i'll do them my self soon as the car still smells etc still oil in some of the spark plug holes Angry

But well done Lizzie Wink

Well replacing the cam cover gaskets, or rather specifically the one on the passenger side engine bank, is a swine! Everything you can imagine gets in the way; pipes, wires, clips, and the top of the cam fixings themselves which try their darndest to remove the gasket you have just applied!! Angry

Eventually I worked out a system of holding all out of the way just enough to get the cover on straight, true, with no wires trapped and the gasket still in place!! Cool

In your case though LSG if there is still oil in ther plug wells I'm afraid to say the mechanics have failed to seat the cam cover gasket correctly! Sad

Its realy easy when you can multi task and problem solve as well as us men

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Re: A Very Sastisfying Day
Reply #18 - 16. Oct 2008 at 22:23

Marks DTM Calib wrote on 16. Oct 2008 at 21:37:

Lizzie Zoom wrote on 16. Oct 2008 at 19:54:

Del Boy wrote on 16. Oct 2008 at 19:47:

Sounds like a much better job than my mechanic thingk i'll do them my self soon as the car still smells etc still oil in some of the spark plug holes Angry

But well done Lizzie Wink

Well replacing the cam cover gaskets, or rather specifically the one on the passenger side engine bank, is a swine! Everything you can imagine gets in the way; pipes, wires, clips, and the top of the cam fixings themselves which try their darndest to remove the gasket you have just applied!! Angry

Eventually I worked out a system of holding all out of the way just enough to get the cover on straight, true, with no wires trapped and the gasket still in place!! Cool

In your case though LSG if there is still oil in ther plug wells I'm afraid to say the mechanics have failed to seat the cam cover gasket correctly! Sad

Its realy easy when you can multi task and problem solve as well as us men

Haha! Mark, and who said I found it more difficult than any man would have done? Roll Eyes

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...... and it was no doubt men who were so clever in designing the miggy engine bay layout to give us all, men and women, so much pleasure when carrying out even simple maintenance precedures that on the older cars took minutes to do!! Roll Eyes

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Pippin Intermediate Member Offline Posts: 343 Birmingham Gender: Drives: 2002 2.2 CD Auto (LPG Fitted)	Re: A Very Sastisfying Day Reply #19 - 16. Oct 2008 at 22:29 Well done Lizzie....definately braver than me....mines off to the garage for some work tomorrow....
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