Yesterday I brought my 2.2l Omega BJ 2000 to the FOH. Oil change / inspection was ready. Furthermore he made for about 14 days in the first seconds after the start clappy sounds. My guess valve play. The FOH revealed to me quite quickly that besides oil also the timing belt must be changed. Running power 54000 , age BJ 5/2000. Timing belts must be changed all 60000, but what is dramatic is the age of the This morning the FOH calls and explains that the valves are not the reason for the noises, but a defective cracker. I almost collapsed. After I had bought the 2.5 V6 in 1999 and after a year the cracker was broken, I had decided not to drive the Opel again because of other quality problems and the behavior of my FOH s. Last year the price / performance ratio has changed. And now I’m told that the cracker is broken again. Costs approx. 190 Euro for crackers, gasket and standing bolts and approx. 250 Euro for installation. In addition, the timing belts for approx. 300 Euro and the large inspection for 320 Euro….. should now print out 1000 Euro. By the way, I bought the car with one year warranty. Crackers do not fall into this guarantee. I really recg and I just wanted to get rid of that. Until because…. oho