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General Car Chat / Re: Vauxhall antira auto diesel lost drive

« on: 05 March 2023, 15:28:32 »

Quote from: wingman on 05 March 2023, 14:08:01

I would hazard a guess that the problem maybe with the transfer box, assuming that this is a four wheel (AWD) version.

Having had an Antara I had a continuous problem with an oil leak from under the car from when it was only 6 months old until I got rid at just over 4 years old. This was despite dealers 4 attempts to reseal the transfer box to gearbox face. This is a common problem with these vehicles caused by the fact that a gasket is not used but instead a specialised sealant. It usually arises at first because insufficient sealer was used at the South Korean factory where these are built. Leaks begin soon after and it is a major job for a dealer to reseal it as evidenced the 4 tries they had with mine without success, each time the cure only lasting about 7-9 months, the last of which prompted me to get rid of the vehicle.

There is also a known problem with the transfer boxes as well. There is a bearing within the box that can cause a hole to be worn in the casing of the box, letting oil to leak out and in the worse case scenario all oil to be lost and the box suddenly destroying itself. The hole caused by the bearing rubbing against the casing cannot be repaired so the only option is renewal at the sum of in excess of £2500. Plenty about this on the Antara forums and other places.

So if it is a four wheel drive model and the leak can be established as coming from the transfer box or its face to the gearbox my advice would be get rid of the vehicle quickly.

Yes, it is 4*4. Where it's leaking out I'm not sure if this is the transfer box or the actual gearbox itself. That is in as far as I can see where it's coming out, but not th actual source of the leak.

Like DG said it's going to be a box out and replace relevant seals by the looks of it. Think he's panicking as just paid 3500 for it. Think he must feel like a turkey that just caught Bernard Mathews grinning at it!

General Car Chat / Re: Vauxhall antira auto diesel lost drive

« on: 05 March 2023, 14:30:35 »

His wife was giving him aggro for not asking me to have a look over it before he bought it, it was a private sale so unfortunately he's been shafted by the looks of it. He never even told me he was getting rid of his Kia sedona, which was a bit shabby, but nothing wrong with it.

So took the undertray off, cleaned all the oil away, then went for a quick drive to get it leaking. The oil is pouring out about a teaspoon say over a minute. There's a small hole right at the bottom of the box where it mates to the engine, and it's pouring out there.

Only thing I can suspect is this transfer box seal or a geabox input shaft seal. There's a video below so maybe someone can advise. You'll see the oil dribble down after about 11 secs. Note this is the leak slowing down as initially after the run it was about double this flow rate.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/7ZShcGxV2wa3fUEF9

Cheers

G

General Car Chat / Re: Vauxhall antira auto diesel lost drive

« on: 05 March 2023, 12:38:36 »

I just put a litre of ATF in it and tried it, now drives ok. Going to put it up on ramps try and get a better look at where it's coming from.

General Car Chat / Re: Vauxhall antira auto diesel lost drive

« on: 05 March 2023, 11:20:04 »

Quote from: Raeturbo on 05 March 2023, 11:17:47

Can’t you refill and try it?

I read that there is a dipstick under the battery tray, but I've took all that out and found a screw in cap like an oil filler, not a dipstick, although somone said it's at the front near the engine mount so will have another look.

General Car Chat / Vauxhall antira auto diesel lost drive

« on: 05 March 2023, 10:12:48 »

Hi all

My neighbour just bought an antara diesel auto and said could I have a look at it as there was a leak underneath, he was out this morning and said I'd see him when he got back, he got back - just - and said we tried putting the car on my ramps but it wouldn't drive back or forward.

I checked for codes, there were none, but noticed that underneath the sump and area around the crank oil seal looks ok, but the oil is coming down onto the tray that covers the box.

I'm starting to think it is autobox leaking, and it's finally ran out hence the no drive. Does anyone have any advice or knowledge of these cars and common faults?

Thanks

G

Omega General Help / Re: Matrix pipes little green clip pipe end

« on: 04 March 2023, 22:25:32 »

Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 04 March 2023, 19:31:38

Essentially they're lock clips to prevent the actual fixings from coming adrift. Think the sliding tab on an electrical connector.

Refit them as intended, but don't lose too much sleep over them

Nope, I promise I won't get OCD about it, plenty more stuff to do that with

Omega General Help / Matrix pipes little green clip pipe end

« on: 04 March 2023, 15:31:54 »

So, as part of my strip and check of the coolant and breather system on the elite (3.2) I decided to take off the matrix pipes and the coolant valve to check it all over.

I had a bit of a struggle figuring out how the pipes actually unclipped off, but then eventually got it. The top one came off quite easy, the bottom one was the proverbial bar steward.

Before I took the hose off, I could see a green plastic clip on the matrix pipe neck on both in and out pipe as in pic below.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/hZR99TdYKTDFkYBS6

although they weren't secured to the coolant pipe, just sitting on the pipe necks.

Once I had pipe off, I noticed that I could snap this green clip into the front of the pipe. Is that case, that you have to pull this green clip back towards you once pipe is back on? I don't see how that secures it though, or does it hold the clips on the pipe shut as well?

I think the HBV must have been replaced at some time as I can see some staining on the bottom of the pipe where the 3 pipes mould into 1 like it had been leaking in there at some point.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/yNVpooAgZZ23zd6M8

Not sure about those green clips though. With them floating on the pipe it would suggest this has been off before.

To finish off, here's what happens when you start putting your hands into the back of an omega engine bay, there will be blood!

https://photos.app.goo.gl/UwVPqE429ZceepkGA

Omega General Help / Re: 2.6 V6 Intermittent Starting and Rough Running

« on: 02 March 2023, 05:45:56 »

Could be worth checking for oil in the plug wells as a start, pointing to leaky rocker covers, then requiring a full clean of the breather system and new rocker gaskets etc.

How old is fuel in it? A fuel filter change wouldn't go amiss if you don't know when it was last changed. Also worth clearing the fault codes and seeing what comes up again, as those could be old stored codes. Disconnect battery for a bit to clear them.

General Discussion Area / Re: Bye Bye Krankie !

« on: 20 February 2023, 06:54:27 »

Maybe the leadership contest will collapse and she'll be there for us for evermore! Wasn't really celebrating because the problems she created (that we'll all pay for) are still very much with us and the SNP look like they want to continue down that path, it's just one deck chair moved on the titanic that's all.

Apparently she was called seaweed at Uni because even the tide wouldn't take her out!

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Omega General Help / Re: 2.6 metallic "clink" sound on start up

« on: 15 February 2023, 12:51:58 »

Cool, thanks for all the replies, I think now that I'm feeling this rubbing from the cover, it be worth investigating the TB. I don't think I could rest until I had tbh. Won't be doing it right now as car still in Winter mode but will get to it in the next Month or so and see what's what.

Luckily I heard the sound it was only for a few secs, you wouldn't hear it unless you were standing at the engine bay right after start up.

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Omega General Help / Re: 2.6 metallic "clink" sound on start up

« on: 14 February 2023, 22:24:35 »

So bit of an update, but not really positively identifed the issue. I decided to take the aux belt off and check/spin the pulleys before it started, nothing that I could feel or hear wrong, apart from that slight play in the tensioner pulley.

Then started it up without the belt first to see if I could hear anything, nothing, then put belt back on to see if the noise came back, it didn't. I was half expecting it to, but then thought maybe playing about with the tensioner moved something in it, if it is that at fault.

After that I noticed a sort of low dull repeated scraping from what sounded like behind the belt cover, and when I put my hand on it, I could feel this dull repeating scraping sound.

So, not got to the source of the original problem, but now got another, and it sounds deeper this time! Need to do a bit more digging.

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Cars for Sale & wanted / Re: Manual 2.6 Elite for sale

« on: 11 February 2023, 10:41:53 »

Ooft that price went up

Since it's a manual hope it doesn't go to someone that will slam dunk it and do doughnuts in it all day

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Cars for Sale & wanted / Re: Manual 2.6 Elite for sale

« on: 10 February 2023, 03:12:28 »

Seen a few posts through car forums that people are getting certificates of conformity from the manufacturer for the ULEZ thing, I don't really get what they mean though, as is the ULEZ not saying your car has to meet euro 6, or is it euro 4 emissions levels for petrol, which is what they test at MOT, so what difference is a certificate of conformity going to make?

Example post from Porsche forum:

https://www.porscheclubgb.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=1093872

Another: https://wiki.mag-uk.org/images/f/fd/How_to_get_Certificate_of_ULEZ_exemption.pdf

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