Do it yourself - much easier - just loosen the bolts - clean the rubbish and old oil off and use a gasket sealant like Hermatite Red - about 拢2.99 from a car accs shop.
Better than the gasket and longer lasting and cheaper than a garage - did my Rover this way and it has lasted longer than any old gasket and still it is sealed and leakproofVauxhall Omega repairs ( oil leak)?
Yes use red hermatite, block the oilways, seize the engine, then I buy it, my friends sounce a replacement engine and i make a tidy profit.
Really check the bolts are tight, get the riht Torque settings and a decent torque wrench, chances are they wil be slightly loose, if the leak persists follow the proceedure in the workshop manual, use a very thin bead of Golden Hermatite or Instant Gasket if nescessary. Do not overtighten, strip, or snap off the bolts. When the leak is cured get shot of the Omega, the 2.5 is nasty and Gutless. get a BMW%26gt;
Whether it is worth fixing depends upon how much is leaking. I have cars that have leaked a small amount of oil all the time but not enough to be a problem, except for looking bad, check your oil regularly and it should not be a problem. However if you wish to change the rocker cover seal it should only tame a competant mechanic about an hour and the seal should not cost much. Total about 拢30.
If it is just the cam cover then not too expensive. However, if it turns out to be the head gasket then that is quite an expensive job. A cam cover refit normally means a new gasket and perhaps an oil change, which will probably take and hour to do so something like 拢40 for the gaskets, 拢40 for oil and 拢100 labour.
The gaskets themselves are cheap, the cost would be in labour.
Why not have a go yourself? It's just a question of unbolting the cam covers, hoicking the old gaskets out, making sure the mating surfaces are clean and putting the new ones on. Don't bolt 'em down too tight or you could distort the covers. Let the gaskets do the sealing. There's no vast pressure in there, the covers are really just to prevent oil splashing out and dirt getting in.
If you don't fancy getting your fingers oily, just ring a few garages for a quote - it shouldn't be too dear, it's a really simple %26amp; quick job.
i own a repair shop and this is usually about a 50 dollar job on one of those there real easy to work on ,so there's no real difficulty in putting that one on,it may cost a little more considering most shops have different labor rates on this stuff,good luck with it hope this helps.
clara forget garages and cheap seal paste, find anyone who knows a little about cars ask them to put new cover gasket on its so so so easy and cheap, ay trust me ive done it a few times and im not a machanic. best of luck. ps dont just tighten bolts its leakin for a reason, just replace with new and bolt down to hand tight without to much presure ok.
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