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General Car Chat / Re: How to fix Terry Pagets Vectra...
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General Car Chat / Re: How to fix Terry Pagets Vectra...
« on: 15 October 2020, 17:16:11 »
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Model is SRI, pic above shows the display. I cannot find 'reset' instructions in Owner's handbook or Haynes.
Model is SRI, pic above shows the display. I cannot find 'reset' instructions in Owner's handbook or Haynes.
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Cars for Sale & wanted / Re: 2000 OMEGA PETROL MANUAL ESTATE FOR SALE
« on: 15 October 2020, 14:40:12 »Only rust mentioned on last MOTs was on brake pipes and suspension component mountings, deemed not considered excessive.What's the rust like? And where is it?Not much rust, it sent much of its life in south Europe. The car is in Midsomer Norton, 10 miles south of Bath.
Sorry, I should have been clearer, where is the rust?
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Cars for Sale & wanted / Re: 2000 OMEGA PETROL MANUAL ESTATE FOR SALE
« on: 15 October 2020, 14:20:43 »What's the rust like? And where is it?Not much rust, it sent much of its life in south Europe. The car is in Midsomer Norton, 10 miles south of Bath.
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General Car Chat / Re: How to fix Terry Pagets Vectra...
« on: 15 October 2020, 11:36:22 »
Plumbing all reconnected. Heater still produces no heat. Bother. All that work for nothing. Pipes to heater are both hot.
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Cars for Sale & wanted / 2000 OMEGA PETROL MANUAL ESTATE FOR SALE
« on: 14 October 2020, 20:30:08 »
.For sale: 2000 OMEGA CDX PETROL MANUAL 2.5 ESTATE, V828KOV,195,000 miles
complete with load cover, cargo net, towbar with electrics, and two keys..
Only faults are CD changer has ceased to function, and an exhaust blow in the region of the left hand manifold. I bought this car in 2015, 156,000 miles on the clock from a man who had bought it in Portugal to get his family and caravan home. On getting it home I found little rust, however I had to fit a new exhaust cat back, clutch and slave cylinder, coil pack, and cam belt kit. I changed the rear doors as the windows did not open on the original doors.
Since then the car has been the family spare, done time in Enfield and Chippenham and never let anyone down. It is still running well and in frequent use. It is taxed, insured, MOT expires on October 21st. Purchaser can drive it away, so long as he has another car policy allowing him to drive any other car. I will meet him at Bath station.
It comes with hundreds of spares, including new cam belt kit and changing tools, 4 ATE wishbones, spark plugs, 2 top hat ‘O’ rings, handbrake cable, aluminium headlamp adjuster, front door restraint kits, and many others still in Vx packets. Also included are many working items I have removed from cars I have scrapped, including 4 steel wheels with winter tyres and hub caps, several alloy wheels with good tyres, 3 working ABS units, 3 starters, 2 alternators, 2 drive shafts, 1 prop shaft, 6 door mirrors, 5 crank sensors, 3 cam sensors, a tailgate, instrument assemblies, bumpers, wiper assemblies, hoses, coolant tank, and many more.
Bodywork is tatty, pics follow.
£350, or best
complete with load cover, cargo net, towbar with electrics, and two keys..
Only faults are CD changer has ceased to function, and an exhaust blow in the region of the left hand manifold. I bought this car in 2015, 156,000 miles on the clock from a man who had bought it in Portugal to get his family and caravan home. On getting it home I found little rust, however I had to fit a new exhaust cat back, clutch and slave cylinder, coil pack, and cam belt kit. I changed the rear doors as the windows did not open on the original doors.
Since then the car has been the family spare, done time in Enfield and Chippenham and never let anyone down. It is still running well and in frequent use. It is taxed, insured, MOT expires on October 21st. Purchaser can drive it away, so long as he has another car policy allowing him to drive any other car. I will meet him at Bath station.
It comes with hundreds of spares, including new cam belt kit and changing tools, 4 ATE wishbones, spark plugs, 2 top hat ‘O’ rings, handbrake cable, aluminium headlamp adjuster, front door restraint kits, and many others still in Vx packets. Also included are many working items I have removed from cars I have scrapped, including 4 steel wheels with winter tyres and hub caps, several alloy wheels with good tyres, 3 working ABS units, 3 starters, 2 alternators, 2 drive shafts, 1 prop shaft, 6 door mirrors, 5 crank sensors, 3 cam sensors, a tailgate, instrument assemblies, bumpers, wiper assemblies, hoses, coolant tank, and many more.
Bodywork is tatty, pics follow.
£350, or best
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General Car Chat / Re: How to fix Terry Pagets Vectra...
« on: 10 October 2020, 11:04:49 »
Having failed several times to seal the new matrix to its pipes with the washers and clamps supplied with the new matrix, I glued them together with Loctite EA9492. I was aware that if this failed to seal both joins I would have a problem. It failed to seal the upper join; I have a problem. Now I cannot remove the matrix.
My inclination is to scrap the car. Other options: saw through the pipes near the matrix, remove matrix, strive to seal the leak (upper pipe) with EA9492, reassemble with hose and hose clips. Any more?
Car is 2008 manual Vectra petrol 1.8 saloon, MOT expires October 14th, reg.is DN08BOV.
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General Car Chat / Re: How to fix Terry Pagets Vectra...
« on: 09 October 2020, 14:04:09 »I have tried high temperture epoxy adhesive, one pipe is sealed, the other leaks. I may yet try other lash-up cures, but I am weary, and if DG, or anybody else, would like to try, I wish him luck.I don't think you are the only one to struggle with this:
https://images.app.goo.gl/N6ZUX2f75ygSfymu8
Terry , instead of scrapping it why not do something like the Pic in Marks link ?
My current dream is to saw through both pipes near the matrix, get good sight of the leak then repair it and rejoin the pipes with hose and hose clips.
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General Car Chat / Re: How to fix Terry Pagets Vectra...
« on: 09 October 2020, 10:40:53 »If you insist on scrapping it for a heater matrix, let me know.Looks like I shall scrap it, Doc. Are you interested?
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General Car Chat / Re: How to fix Terry Pagets Vectra...
« on: 07 October 2020, 22:00:36 »Seals into matrix, pipes into matrix, fit clamps.I thought you and Nick had done this job.
At a guess.
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General Car Chat / Re: How to fix Terry Pagets Vectra...
« on: 07 October 2020, 18:39:42 »I don't think you are the only one to struggle with this:Thank you, relieved to hear that. It begs the questions, how do they do it on the assembly line, and did Haynes find it so simple as to be unworthy of advice.
https://images.app.goo.gl/N6ZUX2f75ygSfymu8
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General Car Chat / Re: How to fix Terry Pagets Vectra...
« on: 06 October 2020, 14:54:00 »Finding the part number for the seals and clips took me five minutes. On top of the five minutes spent finding a working parts list. Neither of which was particularly arduous.No need to apologise, all fair comment. The e-bay matrix came with washers and new clips, I could buy another easily enough. My problem was not managing to assemble it correctly. I still believe there must be a technique, a procedure, that I have not twigged. On the assembly line at Russelsheim they must pop these on in under a minute, with never a leak.
Granted, I could have done this when you first had the issue (as could anyone else) but it is what it is... Not from being unhelpful but certainly from a lack of inclination.
If I were you, my next step would be to give the above part number to your nearest dealer and get them ordered. If they aren't prepared or cannot be bothered to, then order them via the link above.
Whether you need another matrix depends entirely on how much you may have buggered up the existing one.
Apologies if that's all a bit direct.
Using Loctite EA9492 was a desperate measure. It has not cured fully yet, it's colder than when I last used it. Having done so will make dissembly almost impossible.
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General Car Chat / Re: How to fix Terry Pagets Vectra...
« on: 06 October 2020, 12:42:21 »I agree.If you insist on scrapping it for a heater matrix, let me know.
Yes, it is daft.
I am not sure where I went wrong. Heater was giving out no heat, blocked matrix seemed likely cause. I could find no furum guide for the Omega, but Haynes made it sound simple enough, with his usual 'refitting is a reversal of removal'. I found refitting difficult
The car cannot be driven. What should I have done?
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General Car Chat / Re: How to fix Terry Pagets Vectra...
« on: 05 October 2020, 20:07:41 »Shameless bump...Thanks, Doc, just seen it.
Terry, have you seen this?
The man offering for sale the matrix and washers that I bought has given up and refunded my money. Seeing no way I could mend the matrix system, this morning I decided the car was probably a wreck. I therefore joined the matrix and pipes with the epoxy adhesive I used before on the thermostat. I will let you know how it turns out.
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Omega General Help / Re: Is there an online Vx spares catalogue?
« on: 05 October 2020, 12:26:29 »You have answered you own question, finding parts isn't as easy as you think. As people have already said you order the wrong part is yours.Right. Thank you for the offer, Let's see how it works out.
If you are really stuck PM your vehicle details, Chassis No etc and what parts you want and ill see if i can track them down