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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Battery drain

« on: 22 October 2022, 11:11:05 »

Hello peeps, been a while.
Hope everyone is okay


Omegas been off the road for 9 months and recently been draining the battery down to near enough nothing.
Before I jump in, what number /  which TDU controls the timed tag lighter ?

Tia

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General Car Chat / Honda CR-V injectors

« on: 09 June 2022, 13:32:51 »

Just had that carbon clean done on my 57 plate / 165k  cr v
Worked pretty well tbh but his diagnosis software pulled up a problem with Number 2 injector.
Basically under 1500 revs it is hardly working to the point the other 3 are having to compensate causing it to misfire at low revs.
I believe they are Bosch injectors but the serial number system is a nightmare trying to find a replacement part.
Local dealers refuse to help at all.   
The injector has a grey top with a ‘ B’ on it.
Numbers are as follows

0445 110 1645u r06 e01
Various other markings inc ….

DAASC5
3110

New ones are stupid prices so looking at a known good set of 4 ( for equal flow) and programming / fitting.
Anybody on here help in anyway ??

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General Car Chat / Tracking question

« on: 08 April 2022, 19:43:14 »

Last week myself and Mini me replaced the front springs, shocks and strut tops on his civic.
All went according to plan.  Today, he had a front tyre replaced and asked them to track the front up.   After beginning the setup, they decreed that because one of the new tops has a squeak, they cannot track it.
Is this true or 'dangle berries' ??
The cars done 250 mile since the struts was fitted.

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Omega General Help / Part number please for a ..........

« on: 19 March 2022, 14:34:20 »

02 plate 3.2 Mv6 estate rear wheel bearing ?

TIA 

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General Car Chat / Aaaand my first question about the Honda engine

« on: 01 March 2022, 20:17:28 »

Popped a MAF code tonight.
The MAF is fitted on the back of the air filter box
Obviously checked the box before I handed over any money and the filter was clean which coincided with the service just carried out a few thousand ago.
Just removed the filter and the back of the box is pretty dirty with oily soot and bearing in mind its dark and all I had was a torch on the phone, The MAF looks like its got a oil film on it.
Can these be cleaned safely or are they overly sensitive like the omegas and die if touched ?? 

Just emailed the garage I bought it off and I await details of the 3 month warranty its supposed to have.

Even though the car has pretty much full service history, the car has been drove like miss daisy for years by its old past owners.
It was pretty choked up when I started the journey home but cleared up very well with very little smoke under any throttle conditions by the time I had got it down the M62 and home.

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General Car Chat / Laptop based diagnostic software

« on: 27 February 2022, 18:03:01 »

Since both myself and Mini Me now drive Honda’s, what’s the best laptop diagnostics software out there ?

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Omega General Help / rear wheel bearings

« on: 23 February 2022, 17:30:12 »

Are the rear wheel bearings the same on the Carlton and Omega ?

Tia

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Omega General Help / Drive shafts

« on: 19 February 2022, 10:54:07 »

Need a quick fix for the car.
Nearside driveshaft is rattling and clicking away like a person of dubious parentage.
This is the side that the shocker top sheared off last summer so not surprised really.
I have a 3.7 diff and 2 decent shafts on the breaker but due to the amount of crap around the car, only the offside shaft is easily accessible.
Are these shafts sided ?
In other words, will offside fit nearside ?

TIA 

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General Car Chat / Honda CR-V 2.2 cdti v-tec 07 ish

« on: 17 February 2022, 20:04:46 »

Any good ?

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General Car Chat / Volvo XC90

« on: 16 February 2022, 18:17:20 »

Anybody got one / had one ?
Opinions ?
Fuel, performance ect ?

Seriously looking to move on from the omega in the next few months  :'(
Needs to be reasonable on fuel (for size) and capable of pulling a pikey van

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Omega General Help / Oil filter canister

« on: 23 January 2022, 13:37:06 »

What size socket fits the cap ?

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Omega General Help / The bugger won't turn over

« on: 18 December 2021, 15:46:49 »

Well it was bound to happen sometime 
Went out to the car and the engine fails to turn over.
Batteries a little run down due to short journeys, 11.8 (key position 2)
Go to 3 and no clicking or anything other then the step motor on the throttle body doing its little dance.
Not even a volts drop.
Am I right in thinking there are no starter relay on the 3.2 ??
Got it on charge for a few hours but its pishing down and getting dark so any hammer wielding will have to wait until tomorrow.
Other then idioting the starter, any pointers ?
For reference, its is a 3.2 manual conversion so would have had the auto box loom shorted out by Serek.

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Omega General Help / Code reading software

« on: 19 October 2021, 12:56:36 »

Will that laptop based code reading software which used to be popular on here work wirelessly via a OBD2 Bluetooth adapter ?

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General Discussion Area / Sunlife Insurance

« on: 15 October 2021, 20:54:28 »

With the impending higher gas prices, I decided to use a little extra income I have and signed up for a over 50's life insurance policy as a bit of extra cover so the wife can set fire to me when i'm brown bread 
As a part of this deal, after 3 months I was to receive a Love To Shop gift card to the sum of 120 quid.
Last week, I received half the letter (left hand side) along with a apology from Royal Mail.
The right hand side of the letter containing the card had been torn away and the card obviously spirited away by some thieving little scumbag 
Rang Sunlife's customer care and was politely told that since I had received half the letter, there obligation was for filled and I can quietly go and go forth and multiply 
Knowing a little about these cards, I know that they have to be registered first before you can access to money requested they call up the card serial number and have it blocked to no avail ........... they just wasn't interested   
To Royal Mails credit, they opened a case, closed it within 24 hours and sent me a cheque and apology for 20 pounds (which is the most compensation that comes with a letter) leaving me 100 quid out of pocket 

Any idea where to take this next ?

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Omega General Help / Heavy duty shocks

« on: 04 September 2021, 11:57:21 »

Does anybody out there do a rear heavy duty shock absorber for the estate ?
Running B4’s on mine with Eibach springs and since I put a larger lpg tank in last year they are struggling to keep the back end planted when driving quick on rough A roads