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Omega General Help / Re: Pas pipe advice needed

« on: 21 June 2019, 17:51:34 »

Graham

The same pipe has gone on my 2.2 TDI.  The garage said it was no longer available and will be replacing it with generic pipe.

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Omega General Help / Re: Xenon level sensor. Expensive

« on: 14 May 2019, 19:42:16 »

See Damaged rear height sensor at  http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=143453.msg1874497#msg1874497

Buy a used one from eBay for £30 in the UK.  Add the metal plate as shown if required.

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Omega General Help / Re: Xenon light front suspension height sensor

« on: 10 September 2018, 10:23:02 »

I agree.  When mine popped out I got the message.  I put it back in and kept it in place with a plastic tie.  All worked fine without any message until the tie fell off.

I figured that the computer? checks to see if the sensor is signalling motion which it will do on virtually any surface.  No motion sets the warning.

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Omega General Help / Re: Xenon light front suspension height sensor

« on: 09 September 2018, 11:40:20 »

See Damaged rear height sensor at http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=143453.msg1874497#msg1874497 and http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=143453.msg1874570#msg1874570 for repairing the sensor and replacing the link arm.

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Omega General Help / Re: Damaged rear height sensor

« on: 09 September 2018, 11:35:29 »

While I had it out, but after taking the photo, I made a new link arm for less than £10.  I got a pair of Igus M6 Ball Joint Linkage, Metric Thread Standard, M6 Thread Size from RSComponents (Stock no.:712-4986, see https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/ball-joint-linkages/7124986/) and connected them with a length of M6 stainless threaded rod Loctite'd into place.  It works a treat. 

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Omega General Help / Re: Xenon light front suspension height sensor

« on: 08 September 2018, 18:49:28 »

I got fed up with the Low beam Fld/Vision error message and repaired mine with a metal bracket i pop riveted on, with about 1mm clearance between it and the arm.

The ball joints on the link rod were full of muck, and the link rod was solid so I cleaned them out so that the link rod moves completely freely.

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Omega General Help / Re: Damaged rear height sensor

« on: 08 September 2018, 18:25:35 »

You might want to seize the opportunity to add a metal plate to prevent the sensor arm from coming out.  This is the repair I did to my front sensor where I pop riveted the bracket with about 1mm clearance between it and the sensor arm.

Also, judging from your pictures, you need to free up the connecting rod ball joints.  I think a reason the sensors fail - search the forum with Low beam Fld/Vision for lots of posts about how the arm pops out of the sensor - is the ball joints get packed with muck and the connecting arm locks solid which helps to lever the sensor arm to pull it out of the sensor.  Whatever, it is rubbish design - a circlip in the sensor would hold the arm in.

You say "I think it observes relative, not absolute motion".  I don't think so or it would not keep the lights aligned.  I think the magnet? (it could be capacitive) and three chips must observe the "actual position of the sensor arm" which is a function of the suspension height and therefore the angle of the car, and therefore the angle the lights need to be rotated through so they don't shine upwards into approaching drivers' eyes.

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Omega General Help / Re: 2.2 TDI turbo whine? is now much louder than before

« on: 20 August 2018, 12:18:10 »

Examination of the flexible mesh connector at the front of the exhaust run was a bit difficult and inconclusive.  At the same time I needed a new rear silencer so it was fitted.  I think the whine has reduced a little but I am getting used to it.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Has any one noticed

« on: 05 August 2018, 14:24:03 »

Personally I find myself equally irritated at people who use their (clearly ample reserves of) time to sit in the outside lane on motorways at or around 70 when there are perfectly usable lanes to their left but feel it's their duty, ordained by some higher power, to restrict me to a pre determined speed of their choosing

You are quite correct to be irritated, if not something more.  Rule 264 of the Highway Code states:
Rule 264

You should always drive in the left-hand lane when the road ahead is clear. If you are overtaking a number of slower-moving vehicles, you should return to the left-hand lane as soon as you are safely past.

Unfortunately it's should, not must.

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General Discussion Area / Re: A public thank you to oof.

« on: 03 August 2018, 13:40:07 »

Stemo

Trolls respond by ignoring what the person says, and insult the person.

Decent members respond to what the person says.

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General Discussion Area / Re: A public thank you to oof.

« on: 03 August 2018, 13:33:24 »

Yes, ok to extract the Michael Bliss from, but look at the reactions and bad words he invoked from others, spoiling the nature of the Forum. That's what I meant by "toxic".
The Forum is precious to me and many others; I don't want to see it ruined by demented, delusional people.

Ron.

Ron

I completely agree. 

Once members stop posting gratuitously offensive posts the forum will be a much better place.

I think the tone has already improved - which was always my objective.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Mind How You Go....

« on: 03 August 2018, 13:03:36 »

Stemo

Don't you understand that what you are doing is being a troll?

Your post is off topic and solely designed to insult me so I have reported it to the moderators.

Can I suggest that you read the forum guidelines at http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=90684.0 which say "Members being offensive to other members will not be tolerated."

BTW - my username is "John-Ha", not the "John Ha" you use.  There's irony there as you well know 

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General Discussion Area / Re: A public thank you to oof.

« on: 03 August 2018, 12:32:40 »

the exception you might have noticed today on another topic, someone who is intent on souring the good atmosphere of the forum. For what reason I cannot even imagine, but who can fathom the workings of a deranged mind?

Ron

Thank you for pointing out how offensive Stemo's and Doctor Gollum's posts were in that thread.  Unfortunately we cannot view the thread now.

They were plainly trolling as their responses had nothing to do with the topic being discussed and were merely gratuitously obscene comments which clearly broke the forum guidelines.

I believe this is why the entire thread was deleted - the moderators did not like Stemo's and Doctor Gollum's offensive behaviour.

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Omega General Help / Re: 2.2 TDI turbo whine? is now much louder than before

« on: 10 July 2018, 11:11:27 »

Many thanks for new responses and especially for letting me know you have one - I may need to buy it!

The whine started suddenly a few weeks ago.  I then realised I was getting a "thump from the nearside back" when I started the car so, when I had the air-conditioning refilled, I asked them to look at the exhaust mounts as I thought the silencer was hitting the body.

It transpired that whole exhaust system had been pushed back a little and the pipework was slightly bent, allowing the silencer to strike the floor.  The pipe needs to be removed and straightened.

A big light then went off in my head. 

I had recently driven quite slowly over a viscous sleeping policemen hump at a garden centre in Bristol and the car - exhaust - had grounded. This is undoubtedly why the exhaust was now bent ... and possibly it damaged the flexible coupling at the front of the exhaust.  ajsphead's comment that I should check the exhaust was ringing loudly in my ears.

I will update when I get the pipe straightened and the flexible coupling checked.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Tinnitus

« on: 09 July 2018, 11:01:37 »

Any sufferers? I'm not actually sure if I'm suffering from it, as the know-all in the corner tells me that it could be lots of other things. I've heard it called 'ringing' in the ears, but mine is more of a 'whistle', a bit like a 1KC tone from a scope. Been about a week now, more noticeable at night, obviously.

Check out the British Tinnitus Association at https://www.tinnitus.org.uk/all-about-tinnitus.  It is most unlikely to have been caused by cleaning your ears in the past, albeit that you should never use anything smaller than an elbow to clean inside your ears.

Different people hear different things.  I first noticed mine when I realised the wind noise while driving didn't stop when the car did.