Started the engine strip :)

[Rob-se9]

Hi guys and gals. I finally got started on stripping the engine down. As i took the engine cover off i found mouse poop near one of the spark plugs. As there's a hole in the sound deadening i bravely desided to investigate and what i found under there was an old mouse nest . I really hope there's nothing under there as ill be screaming like a 9 year old girl if anything fell out lol .

[john.ness]

mouse poop that made me laff!!!

[v6 steve]

F*** me, we had a car down the garage that had a birds nest in the polen filter

[Allys Cally]

have you got oil in the spark plug wells then Rob?

[john.ness]

if you got oil in the spark plug wells is ur rocket cover gasket gone??

[Rob-se9]

have you got oil in the spark plug wells then Rob?

it looks that way the oil coolers gone aswell could this be a sign something else has gone? Oh and both rocker cover gaskets are leaking

[Allys Cally]

common problem with the v6's mate, invest in a set of vectra cam covers its the best way to solve the cam cover leaking

[Rob-se9]

Oh right, Vinny did mention it to me when he popped round at the weekend

[Allys Cally]

dont pay over the odds either, they sell from £60-£90 on ebay but check your local scrappys mate. i got a set earlier on this year for just £20

[BazV6er]

yh they look like this , best way forward and they dont leak unlike the plastic ones that are prone to warp:

when they started leaking:


and the new vectra v6 cam covers:

[Rob-se9]

Aw wicked, ill keep my eye out for a set

[k1nty]

the cat must be gone mate,or the mice wouldnt be there!

[Rob-se9]

the cat must be gone mate,or the mice wouldnt be there!

It must of been like it when i brought it from the previous owner, maybe they've left this calibra and gone onto my dads

[Robs-se]

Get the mice to get started undoing some of the bolts or nibble through a few cables. Charge them rent to pay for the rebuild. I'm waiting to see how many bodies are recovered once the sound deadening comes off

[Robs-se]

the cat must be gone mate,or the mice wouldnt be there!

It must of been like it when i brought it from the previous owner, maybe they've left this calibra and gone onto my dads

Bloody better not have the spiders in mine wont be liking that