Bit of an update for this now...
Hope this next part helps others as there is so little info I found on the net and the workshop manual was OK but not 100% right in my case.
Firstly, I lined up the camshafts on the timing marks as used when changing the belts.
Disconnected the two breather pipes and took off the cam cover.
Dropped the engine on the O/S using a trolley jack to control the drop of about 100mm.
Disconnected the three plugs from the VVC actuator.
Undid the the 10mm bolts holding the actuator to the head.
Carefully removed VVC Actuator housing and baseplate, leaving the piston rack in situ (removed piston top to allow baseplate to clear).
The manual suggests the complete actuator can be removed but I found the piston rack was held firmly in place and would not shift either up or down.
Cleaned off the liquid gasket, prized out the old rubber O-rings from the baseplate (boy that rubber was seriously hard and no surprise it could have been causing the problem).
Replaced the O-rings and also there is a piston oil seal which needed changing as that was rock hard too, took that out of the baseplate with a Dremel.
Swapped the piston top and allen screw over as a new one is supplied it the kit.
Had to remove the piston top and reuse the old one as the new seal was so tight I couldn't get the actuator housing back over it, even when swamped with engine oil.
Carefully reassembled everything and bolted the engine back in place.
Also, fitted some Magnecor leads, (I chose the Red leads as they were only a couple of quid more than the blue).
They are slightly too large to follow the normal channels but easily fit.
Finished off the driveshaft gaiter situation....
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Then drained the coolant and flushed out the fairly liquid/dishwasher tablet concoction as there was a fair bit of gunk needing shifting which the Mobile Mechs had picked up on.
Replaced with 5L of oat and topped with water.
Part fitted a B&G servo bracket, still need to drill the holes and clamp up from inside.
Went for a little spin to check all is good. Not fitted the engine cover, alternator cover etc.
Came back and found there is still a poxy oil leak!!!
I'd cleaned the engine as best I could previously but it was too dark to see what the cause is.
It's not the sump plug, cam cover, cam oils seals or VVC actuator.
There doesn't appear to be any oil running down from the top of the engine as before but cannot be 100% at this stage.
Fresh oil is dripping from the lowest point of two pipes to the right of the sump plug (near what could be the crank sensor?)
So, two oil leaks maybe?
The VVC actuator was certainly one of them
Had to call it a day as too dark and started raining.
Stay tuned
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