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Omega General Help / Re: Suspension woes

« on: 22 January 2009, 18:47:36 »

get Genuine GM ones at the end of the day genuine suspension parts wont compromise the cars handling find a member near you with a Vauxhall Trade card

How much would these be if bought through trade card option?

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Omega General Help / Re: Suspension woes

« on: 19 January 2009, 22:20:33 »

I got a quote from my local motor factors and they quoted me £180 roughly all in for front and rear shocks does this sound a fair price.

Geometry last time I had it done wasn't to pricey but a reminder of how much this usually cost would be a bonus.

Was thinking to get a garage to do all the work but there is no fun in that

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Omega General Help / Re: Suspension woes

« on: 19 January 2009, 22:17:46 »

my MV6s were leaking so i replaced them both! my car just bounced about when i went over speed humps both front ones were leaking at 122k


whilst replacing them i noticed my WB bushes were all nackered so i replaced the wishbones aswell!

replacing the struts is fairly easy to do on the omega hardest part is compressing the spring!

FAO The Boy ive got pix from when i changed myn but dont have the free time atm to write a guide

Any pictures would be a great help

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Omega General Help / Re: Suspension woes

« on: 19 January 2009, 22:15:59 »

Thinking I will be going down the road of fitting new shocks all round.

I have just been looking on here and can only see a guide for rear shock removal.

If someone has done the front shock removal can you give me some pointers.

All the help I can get would be greatly appreciated.

Front is straightforward, but need spring compressors and get the camber reset afterwards.

I have to change some front springs, so will do a guide at same time, but depends when I get time to do it...

Thought I might need a set my local motor factors do them for £32 does this sound pricey?

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Omega General Help / Re: Suspension woes

« on: 19 January 2009, 22:03:01 »

Thinking I will be going down the road of fitting new shocks all round.

I have just been looking on here and can only see a guide for rear shock removal.

If someone has done the front shock removal can you give me some pointers.

All the help I can get would be greatly appreciated.

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Omega General Help / Re: Suspension woes

« on: 19 January 2009, 21:44:15 »

Failed shocks are not a fail, only leaking shocks

Does this sound like the end of my shocks or could this be spring related

Have to admit this is looking to be why I hit a speed hump a while back.

More noticable since travelling further for work.

Whats the signs of failing shocks as they seem to settle again when bounced any other tests?

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Omega General Help / Suspension woes

« on: 19 January 2009, 21:30:02 »

Just lately been getting a swaying feeeling as in a boat when motoring along every bump the car rocks now I'm guessing my shocks are shot at the front or all round maybe.

I have also noticed the front end has dropped slightly whats the chances its just spring related.

Any help on this would be greatly appreciated as I am thinking to replace the shock all round come the end of the month including the wishbones and anti roll bars.

What I dont get is it passed the MOT with just a failure on the exhaust which was blowing surely the suspension would have been tested.

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Omega General Help / Re: Black sealant query

« on: 15 January 2009, 15:25:46 »

Checked the car earlier feeling quite pleased with my efforts no traces of oil at the rear of the engine or down the sides just need to check where the cam sensor is, if all clear hopefully all will be ok

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Omega General Help / Re: Black sealant query

« on: 14 January 2009, 08:40:33 »

there was a thread on this a while back, iirc, the loctite  version of the vx stuff was loctite 598 as available from Halfords, but this was superbead by i slightly different product with a 4 digit code begining with 10** or similar, and takes something like 48 hours to cure fully. Or something along those lines. What ever the details the outcome was it was ok to use.... Hth

I have left it a couple of days before checking shall be taking a look during lunch fingers crossed it has cured the oil leak.

The stuff I got confirmed it was good for oil seals i.e sump pan etc so hopefully it was a good purchase, if it has failed its no biggy really cos I shall make sure I get the propper VX stuf come saturday morning if needed.

What I found was I had the HG done at a garage and they never put any sealant on so some sealant imo is better than none.

I shall let people know what my findings are hopefully after lunch pending on how work goes today  

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Omega General Help / Black sealant query

« on: 13 January 2009, 16:29:23 »

I unfortunately missed Vx on saturday to get the genuine stuff and the reserve I had unfotunately had gone solid lol. I had to go to halfords in the end and bought the Loctite equivalent has anyone else on here tried the stuff, any luck it will be just as good as the VX black stuff.

Whats the chances it will leak again following using this stuff, needed something at the time as had the cover off.

Car on a whole runs alot better following the rocker cover reseal and an ICV clean including the breathers.

Next job is the shocks and springs all round.

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Omega General Help / Re: Exhaust Manifold Woes

« on: 22 November 2008, 20:25:22 »

My other half has been known to do this a couple of times.  Its a bit of a pain but perfectly doable.  Good luck

Cheers   its annoying as I have done the manifold a few times now what with failing gaskets and bolts, I had it spot on before taking to a garage and knocking the underside of the car.

Last time I removed the manaifold it was refitted and was spot on all torqued correctly, now regretting letting a garage get there mits on my omega and going near the speed humps always the way a short can cause problems .

Just need to find a good dry, warm day and crack on with it.

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Omega General Help / Re: Exhaust Manifold Woes

« on: 22 November 2008, 19:48:26 »

Well I had a look at the exhaust today and the manifold, the exhaust still looks solid and I checked all the joins and they look to be leak free. Damn it was cold  

The Manifold however I found a loose bolt in the top row and missing  2 bolts in the lower row which annoyed me fortunately no snapped studs.

I had to fit a new bolt in the one which was loose, used my tap & die tool to clean and check the thread in the head, bolt tightened in spot on.

There were 2 lower bolts which i managed to put new bolts in as they were loose but I dont hold much hope for them at the moment as I had a garage do some work on the car a while back when they did the HG and I think they may have mucked the threads up good and proper.

Still moment of truth will be in the morning with a cold start.

My plans for the future are to totally remove the manifold and retap all the threads and fit a new set of bolts.

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Omega General Help / Re: Exhaust Manifold Woes

« on: 21 November 2008, 17:31:42 »

could you have crushed a cat bud ??  :-/

That was a thought of mine but shall be giving good look over tomorrow so should be the moment of truth, shall be posting up with my findings.

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Omega General Help / Re: Exhaust Manifold Woes

« on: 21 November 2008, 17:19:00 »

Any other Ideas on this would be greatly appreciated as its been a while since doing any major work on my car, just thinking their maybe more damage than 1st thought you never know.

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Omega General Help / Re: Exhaust Manifold Woes

« on: 21 November 2008, 08:25:29 »

I think it did cos there was an almighty thud at the time I stopped and had a brief look under the car but had to continue as was late for work.

The car though once warmed up drives nice.