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[danzigfan]

Hello, my omega's right xenon head light is not working. I disasebled it and found electro motor not only dead but rusty all inside and out. Left head light seems to be ok so I need to change right one. Now what I would like to know is, should I try to change electro motor first, or should I just change the light entirely. And one more thing. There's not a lot of Omegas where I live, does anyone know if Vectra's xenon light motor would fit in, as a spare part. Thank you for answers

[markrl]

We need a little more information to help you out. Can you confirm that your headlamp is a projector Xenon as the term Xenon seems to be applied to just about anything these days. If it is try swaping the bulbs over between the working one and the non working unit. If it still doesn't work then the likely culprit is the ballast pack (the small steel box under the lamp) used to up the voltage in order for the bulb to ignite. All the bits are readily available second hand from ebay or breakers yards. I'm not sure were you are your name suggests you may be in Poland.

As far as I am aware the Vectra uses a different lift motor but there is plenty second hand Omega ones available. Be careful with the high voltages on the ballast units.       

[danzigfan]

Just about 1000 km away from Poland, Slovenia  . The bulbs are working fine, the problem is that auto leveling isn t working. The motor is dead, so I wanted to know if maybe vectras el.motor would fit in, just to try if electric works properly before buying new head lamp.

[danzigfan]

And one more thing..... When I fit a new head lamp that works, will it start working properly emidiatelly or will I have to reset that annoying CHECK light on board computer first?

[markrl]

Try swaping the motor from the good lamp and fitting it into the lamp that isn't working (same motor used on either side). The motors are different on a Vectra.

Fix the motor first and see if the fault clears. If it doesn't you may have a problem on the actual level sensor (if HID) but as I still dont know exactly what kind of headlamps you actually have further explanation is pointless. Do one thing at a time in logical order the motor is very easy to replaced and quite cheap second hand (at least here in the UK).

[danzigfan]

If one motor is dead, both will not work, that s what I did find out, so I guess I ll try to find a second hand motor or maybe entire head lamp, just for testing. Have to fid one nicely crashed omega I think  . I ve adjusted beam level manually now, so I m able to see anything at night, at least. Thank you for information about vectra.

[danzigfan]

The only problem is I can t find many omegas in slovenia for spare parts. That s why I asked for vectra s el.motor. They are just everywhere

[markrl]

Is your car fitted with HID Xenon projectors or the lookalike Halogen versions? Difficult to help you any further without any information   

[RobG]

On your headlamp switch do you have an adjuster wheel for the headlights :question

[danzigfan]

No adjuster on switch. Should be self adjusting, it has those sensors under car in back

[RobG]

No adjuster on switch. Should be self adjusting, it has those sensors under car in back

1 at the back, 1 at the front. Do as Mark suggests and swap the motors over to confirm that it is definitely broken

[danzigfan]

Ok, but not today, have no garage, almost night, raining. When I find out the problem i ll tell you. Well be in touch, thank you

[danzigfan]

Searched for some crashed omega with xenon and nothing found , so I need to ask you something. My leveling mechanism is broken - el.motor is dead. Would leveling mechanism from facelifted omega B fit in? Or at least a el.motor? Couse the price for leveling mechanism at opel service is 165 euros. Sorry I won t be able to answer yuor posts couse I need to to go to work tii 23:00. Thank you

[RobG]

Searched for some crashed omega with xenon and nothing found , so I need to ask you something. My leveling mechanism is broken - el.motor is dead. Would leveling mechanism from facelifted omega B fit in? Or at least a el.motor? Couse the price for leveling mechanism at opel service is 165 euros. Sorry I won t be able to answer yuor posts couse I need to to go to work tii 23:00. Thank you

Should do OK. If you are really stuck I`ve got a couple here.....could find out postage costs from the UK for you

[danzigfan]

Wait for now, I ve spoken with a friend today, mechanic of my omega, he said he ll take it to MOT, it will definitely pass. Have MOT in June, it will do for now, but I would to fix it ASAP. Right after buying new summer tyres this week, new winter tyres, some good ones, we have nice snowy winters here. Could you find out costs of sending it anyway please? And the way to pay you