I have been unable to remove the oil filter cap. The oil filter is the
paper element type.
Could you please verify the location of the oil filter for a Vauxhall
Omega 2.5/2.9 v6 year 1999 onwards. Mant thanks

In article <6f60d4fd2cad618b1154f38d342f4643
@localhost.talkaboutautos.com>, gerrygc says...

> I have been unable to remove the oil filter cap. The oil filter is the
> paper element type.
> Could you please verify the location of the oil filter for a Vauxhall
> Omega 2.5/2.9 v6 year 1999 onwards. Mant thanks
> 

If you can't spot an oil filter, you're not competent enough to be 
working on an engine. Pay someone to change it. 



-- 
Conor

"You're not married, you haven't got a girlfriend and you've never seen 
Star Trek? Good Lord!" - Patrick Stewart, Extras.

"Conor"  wrote in message
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> In article <6f60d4fd2cad618b1154f38d342f4643
> @localhost.talkaboutautos.com>, gerrygc says...
> > I have been unable to remove the oil filter cap. The oil filter is the
> > paper element type.
> > Could you please verify the location of the oil filter for a Vauxhall
> > Omega 2.5/2.9 v6 year 1999 onwards. Mant thanks
> >
> If you can't spot an oil filter, you're not competent enough to be
> working on an engine. Pay someone to change it.
>
>
>
> --
> Conor


what sort of  answer is that ! the guy was only asking for some help.

Conor im not sure what you do for a living, whether you work in a garage or
not , if you do then id thought you be a bit more sympathetic, but if you
dont, here's some info for you, some filter housings where the filter (
paper element)  is incorporated in a black filter housing are quite hard to
spot sometimes in the dark depths of an engine bay in amoungst all the other
shite they fit in the engine bay these days !

reg (reg@somewhere.fsten.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying : 


> here's some info for you, some filter
> housings where the filter ( paper element)  is incorporated in a black
> filter housing are quite hard to spot sometimes in the dark depths of
> an engine bay in amoungst all the other shite they fit in the engine
> bay these days ! 


And here's a clue for you :- Changing the oil and filter is the easy bit of 
a service. The "quick look round" will do an awful lot more, in terms of 
preventative maintenance - but ONLY if you know what you're looking at and 
for. If you can't find the oil filter without a fucking great big neon 
sign, then you don't know what you're looking at or for, so ought to leave 
it to somebody who does.

Adrian  wrote:


> reg (reg@somewhere.fsten.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they
> were saying : 
> 
> > here's some info for you, some filter
> > housings where the filter ( paper element)  is incorporated in a black
> > filter housing are quite hard to spot sometimes in the dark depths of
> > an engine bay in amoungst all the other shite they fit in the engine
> > bay these days ! 
> 
> And here's a clue for you :- Changing the oil and filter is the easy bit of
> a service. The "quick look round" will do an awful lot more, in terms of
> preventative maintenance - but ONLY if you know what you're looking at and
> for. If you can't find the oil filter without a fucking great big neon
> sign, then you don't know what you're looking at or for, so ought to leave
> it to somebody who does.


Oh, I don't know on a modern car.

I'm happy to do most normal service jobs on any car, but I'll be fucked
if I could find where to put the air filter in the Panzerwagen without
consulting the manual.
-- 
Steve H 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo'
http://www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - MZ ETZ300 - Alfa 75 TSpark
Alfa 156 2.0 TSpark Lusso - Passat 1.8 Turbo SE -  COSOC KOTL
BoTAFOT #87 - BoTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC #

>
> Oh, I don't know on a modern car.
>
> I'm happy to do most normal service jobs on any car, but I'll be fucked
> if I could find where to put the air filter in the Panzerwagen without
> consulting the manual.



Well if its a tropical variant its gonna be one damn big think that even
Blunket could find. :-)



> --
> Steve H 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo'
> http://www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - MZ ETZ300 - Alfa 75 TSpark
> Alfa 156 2.0 TSpark Lusso - Passat 1.8 Turbo SE -  COSOC KOTL
> BoTAFOT #87 - BoTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC #

Adrian wrote:

> reg (reg@somewhere.fsten.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they
> were saying : 
> 
> 
>>here's some info for you, some filter
>>housings where the filter ( paper element)  is incorporated in a black
>>filter housing are quite hard to spot sometimes in the dark depths of
>>an engine bay in amoungst all the other shite they fit in the engine
>>bay these days ! 
> 
> 
> And here's a clue for you :- Changing the oil and filter is the easy bit of 
> a service. The "quick look round" will do an awful lot more, in terms of 
> preventative maintenance - but ONLY if you know what you're looking at and 
> for. If you can't find the oil filter without a fucking great big neon 
> sign, then you don't know what you're looking at or for, so ought to leave 
> it to somebody who does.


That's rather the problem with the Omega 2.6 V6 (I have one, also) - the 
oil filter is not visible from above the engine bay. I had mine changed 
whilst a garage was changing the oil-cooler[*1] and asked the mechanic 
where  the filter was, he chuckled and explained you'd only find it from 
underneath, behind the engine.

So, not all cars come with "fucking great big neon sign", try looking 
under the bonnet of a v6 Omega before judging the OP.


*1 - Was actually looking for the oil filter to replace it DIY when 
noticed the Baileys in the coolant, that turned a DIY job into an 
expensive garage job.

gerrygc wrote:

> I have been unable to remove the oil filter cap. The oil filter is the
> paper element type.
> Could you please verify the location of the oil filter for a Vauxhall
> Omega 2.5/2.9 v6 year 1999 onwards. Mant thanks
> 


I can't help (suffered the same problem trying to find it), however, 
have you tried www.cavweb.co.uk, under the Omega forums - bunch of 
genuinely able enthusiasts who're more than happy to help with information.

Mike

Mike Dodd (no-address@lo0) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying : 


>> And here's a clue for you :- Changing the oil and filter is the easy
>> bit of a service. The "quick look round" will do an awful lot more,
>> in terms of preventative maintenance - but ONLY if you know what
>> you're looking at and for. If you can't find the oil filter without a
>> fucking great big neon sign, then you don't know what you're looking
>> at or for, so ought to leave it to somebody who does.

> That's rather the problem with the Omega 2.6 V6 (I have one, also) -
> the oil filter is not visible from above the engine bay. I had mine
> changed whilst a garage was changing the oil-cooler[*1] and asked the
> mechanic where  the filter was, he chuckled and explained you'd only
> find it from underneath, behind the engine.


Right, and?

You mean you think a good look and poke round underneath the whole car is 
not a fairly important part of a service? Oh, dear.


> So, not all cars come with "fucking great big neon sign", try looking 
> under the bonnet of a v6 Omega before judging the OP.


Re-read, ol' sausage. I'm implying the OP needs the FGBNS. Somebody-with-
clue wouldn't.

"gerrygc"  wrote in message 
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>I have been unable to remove the oil filter cap. The oil filter is the
> paper element type.
> Could you please verify the location of the oil filter for a Vauxhall
> Omega 2.5/2.9 v6 year 1999 onwards. Mant thanks


if you have the paper element, then somewhere there will be an aluminium cap 
with a very large hex on ,  as I recall it is underneath, on the left of the 
car, toward the back of the engine, the lump it lives in can leak against 
the block, they often move as you do them up.

mrcheerful

In article <dga3n8$6nk$1@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk>, reg says...

> 
> "Conor"  wrote in message
> news:MPG.1d929fe8b724cfcc98ac91@news.individual.net...
> > In article <6f60d4fd2cad618b1154f38d342f4643
> > @localhost.talkaboutautos.com>, gerrygc says...
> > > I have been unable to remove the oil filter cap. The oil filter is the
> > > paper element type.
> > > Could you please verify the location of the oil filter for a Vauxhall
> > > Omega 2.5/2.9 v6 year 1999 onwards. Mant thanks
> > >
> > If you can't spot an oil filter, you're not competent enough to be
> > working on an engine. Pay someone to change it.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Conor
> 
> what sort of  answer is that ! 


A helpful one that'll save him 100's when he fucks up the motor.


-- 
Conor

"You're not married, you haven't got a girlfriend and you've never seen 
Star Trek? Good Lord!" - Patrick Stewart, Extras.