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I do agree to a point, however, there are a lot of people out there that simply cannot afford the outlay for a vehicle with low kms. A lot of young people simply do not have the benefit of large savings, but need transport to acquire meaningful employment. The obvious downside is that a cheap...

Actually, I haven't progressed at all. Still exactly where I left it at my last post. Life just got too busy I'm afraid. I plan to get back into it next weekend as I need to get the car on the road again. Will update with progress as I go.

I have seen it. It really does make sense too, especially if the engine has sludge in it as it will get blocked. I will definitely be looking at what can be done about that. What I don't understand is what causes the sludge in the first place. I have seen many other engines that have been...

Slowly I'm afraid. Too many other commitments at the moment. Will be spending some time on it tomorrow. Will hopefully get it finished this coming week.

I will probably get them a little better than that, but I'm spending what little time I have concentrating on the timing chain components. Once I'm happy with them I'll revisit the heads.

That's exactly what I plan to do. Here are some updated pics:

Yeah, I did see that clip. Haven't had the chance to check it yet. Will get back to you on that.

Yup, that is a good question. Probably not. This is why I believe it's worth attempting to revive it without just replacing everything. Give it as good a clean as I can and see how we go. To be honest, if I really loved the car, if it was something really special, like a Manaro or something, I...

I hear you. I've managed to get the majority of the gunk out of the heads. It's pretty much just on the surface now. I'm attacking the timing chains today and tomorrow, I'll see how I go with that before making any more decisions. On a side note, the bottom end doesn't look too bad. I really...

Yeah, thanks. Unfortunately, I have no choice but to attempt a revival. A few hours of my time and effort might be worthwhile in the end. It has actually been my first Commodore. I did not know about this problem when I bought it, if I had, I would have been more cautious. While I've been...

It's done 223000. I bought it 20k ago and have given it two oil changes with Castrol Edge 5W30. The original owner was a care provider, probably a fleet car as it's got the T92 (I think) option for the lights to be always on. The log book shows a reasonable service history up to 106000...

I have 2008 Omega which has been making all sorts of awful noises when starting from cold. I have done quite a lot of reading in here and decided that there was a good chance that there was sludge in the engine. I decided to pop the rocker covers off and have a look, and also drop the sump and...

I did use a 3 jaw puller, but latched on the inside and held with a cable tie. Who would have thought it would work.

Thank you for sharing, helped me out a lot.