Jonn carried out repairs on the coolant hose of our 1999 Vauxhall Omega. The damaged section of the hose was removed, and a sleeve was placed over copper tubing before securing it with new jubilee clips. The vehicle was jacked up and placed on stands. The track rod ends were freed off, and the steering […]
Steve has cleaned up the engine under tray, the coolant bottle, throttle bodies, and gasket surfaces of our 1999 Vauxhall Omega. He then reassembled the inlet manifold and fitted new gaskets to the throttle bodies.
Steve has removed the throttle bodies, inlet manifold and injector housing unit to access the heat exchange between the cylinder banks in our 1999 Vauxhall Omega.
We’ve recently welcomed this 1999 Vauxhall Omega to the Bridge Classic Cars workshop for the team to take a look at a few issues with the V6 saloon car.
After recent repairs to its wheel arches and getting high build primer applied, our 1999 Vauxhall Omega went through its final preparations before receiving its top coat of paint. During the prep work, all joints were sealed and the car was appropriately covered to ensure the paintwork looked as good as new. As you can […]
Following repairs to both rear wheel arches and sills, our 1999 Vauxhall Omega was given a coat of high-build primer. This will help provide the best possible surface for the top coat of paint to be applied. With the arch and sills now repaired, and the car almost ready for painting, it continues to make […]
After discovering that our 1999 Vauxhall Omega had some issues with rust, the workshop team got to work on resolving them. With rust beginning to be a thing of the past for this car, work continues to get it back out on the road.
Our 1999 Vauxhall Omega has spent a bit of time in our workshop recently. During this time, the workshop team have discovered some rust issues that will need to be addressed. Our classic car technicians will now put together a plan of how to best resolve the issues so we can get the car back […]
After completing some investigative work and stripping the nearside rocker cover on our 1999 Vauxhall Omega, classic car technician Jon cleaned and reassembled everything ready to be refitted to the car. This included putting the intake runners back together and reinstalling them along with the plenum chamber and pipework. He also emptied the spark plug […]
Lots of work has been done on our Vauxhall Omega over the last few days. Classic car technician Jon has been replacing the front crankshaft seal as well as replacing the front rocker cover gasket. This classic car from 1999 continues to progress through its restoration work and we are looking forward to seeing it […]
Dave is now looking into possible reasons for why the engine on our Vauxhall Omega is leaking. He is currently in the process of replacing the Dowty washers and seals on the oil cooler. There also appears to be a leak coming from the front pulley so this will also need investigating.
The cambelt and water pump on any car are an important and vital component to the engine’s health and well being. The workshop team at Bridge Classic Cars know this so they have replaced those pieces on the 1999 Vauxhall Omega. Our workshop manager John has many years’ experience working on Vauxhalls so the job […]
The workshop team at Bridge Classic Cars have got to work on stripping the dashboard and some of the centre console of the 1999 Vauxhall Omega in order to get access to the old Heater Matrix. Because of its location, many parts of the dashboard had to be carefully removed and stored to get access. […]
This 1999 Vauxhall Omega 2.5 V6 has arrived in the Bridge Classic Cars restoration workshop at our Suffolk HQ for our restoration teams to do an important job on the rare Vauxhall. The team in the workshop have been asked to replace the heater matrix for the owner. Along with that, the team will also […]