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Re: "Basically".....Opel-Vauxhall source?..
Posted by Jan Geert [Email] (more from Jan Geert) on Wed, 19 Apr 2006 01:01:59
In Reply to: "Basically".....Opel-Vauxhall source?.., Mike Lynch
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, Tue, 18 Apr 2006 12:21:18
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Hi Mike,
I do now have the updated tensioners in my engine, which brings the service interval to 9-5 levels :-).
Headgasket stability on this engine is a plus compared to the I4 versions, but oil seepage is surely a downside on higher mileage engines.
I do some cross-reading on Vauxhall/ Opel BBs as of late, where these engines are more common. Bit strange to see it there as an application for rear-wheel drive, so mounted longitudinally! And quite far to the rear as well for weight distribution so that it almost disappears under the windshield wipers.
Anyway, the oil seepage should be addressed by cleaning the PCV system, which clogs over time and puts slight pressure on the seals.
Makes perfect sense to me, so I'm going to do this before summer still. Probably a new set of coils/ wires/ plugs as well.
AS for the production: I don't think it really matters where it was produced, although I cannot imagine Opel/ Vauxhall having two production lines for an engine that is produced in limited quantities. The models of Opel and Vauxhall are exactly the same spec here in Europe, Vauxhall just being the "UK bagde" for the same Opel as sold elsewhere on the continent. Apart from the right hand drive, of course.
regards, Jan Geert
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Posts in this Thread:
- how is the V6 Turbo reliability shaking down on this..., rsfeller, Sun, 16 Apr 2006 11:55:05
- Re: how is the V6 Turbo reliability shaking down on thi, Tony T, Wed, 19 Apr 2006 13:38:12
- Re: V6 is great except for cam belt/idlers/tensioners, Scott, Mon, 17 Apr 2006 20:47:47
- Bulletproof......, Mike Lynch
, Mon, 17 Apr 2006 17:32:48 - Re: how is the V6 Turbo reliability shaking down on this..., NDS, Mon, 17 Apr 2006 11:58:10
- Not the same V6, Ian Glenday
, Sun, 16 Apr 2006 12:10:10
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