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Omega General Help / Re: Issue with timing belt marks
« on: 17 April 2023, 21:18:16 »
It's a while since I did one but if there's a rotation mark on the belt, that's the way it needs to go.

If you meant which way do you route the belt, then the later non-adjustable lower roller is done anti-clockwise, and the adjustable clockwise.

Yeah I totally forgot since last time I done it, conventionally on any other belt I've done you always run all the slack to the tensioner, but that was on single cam engines. I'll need to dig out the cambelt DVD for refresher!

If you get really stuck, I'll fly up to you. I'm off work for a while. I do have another cambelt  I've promised to do first, but, if you're stuck without a car I'm sure there can be some negotiation :y

That's very thoughtful of you  :) although I should be able to get it all sorted, as I've done it a few times before and usually don't let things beat me! I'm trying to get it all done by the end of April so I can get it taxed and back on road, putting all the bits back together, including the scuttle area and wipers and the breathers and bits I'd removed to do all the other work.  :y

Cheers

G

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Omega General Help / Re: Issue with timing belt marks
« on: 17 April 2023, 19:31:52 »
It's a while since I did one but if there's a rotation mark on the belt, that's the way it needs to go.

If you meant which way do you route the belt, then the later non-adjustable lower roller is done anti-clockwise, and the adjustable clockwise.

Yeah I totally forgot since last time I done it, conventionally on any other belt I've done you always run all the slack to the tensioner, but that was on single cam engines. I'll need to dig out the cambelt DVD for refresher!

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Omega General Help / Re: Issue with timing belt marks
« on: 17 April 2023, 19:29:59 »
Looks like perhaps a tad too much slack between cams 3 and 4. You can, with the locking tool in place, gently rotate the pulleys using a t50 socket (or sometimes by hand) to get the marks sat right.

I don’t personally use the timing marks on the belt - just the setting kit :y

I tried that with the other set of cam locking tabs which seemed very loose, whether that was a good thing or not I don't know but swapped it for the KM ones which are tighter.

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Omega General Help / Re: Issue with timing belt marks
« on: 17 April 2023, 16:22:05 »
I just realised is it clockwise I'm supposed to go not t'other way?

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Omega General Help / Issue with timing belt marks
« on: 17 April 2023, 15:45:02 »
3.2 TB replacement
Gates kit Part number: K035453XS

Lined up the yellow double mark on the bottom pulley, slotted in the locking tab, started working my way up counter clockwise from the pulley, got to the first cam (4th cam), started working it round and then over to the 3rd cam and it doesn't look very happy with the teeth on the belt on 3rd cam.

I was using cam locking widgets from an older locking kit I had that felt a bit loose, so swapped those with the ones from the kent moore locking kit I had, didn't seem to make much difference.

I bought the kit opened, but not used, off a fellow so I'm wondering now is it the wrong belt, or for the pre-facelift. It's got the double yellow and double white lines, with only white marks for the cam line up marks.

It seems to almost line up here cam 4, but I feel like the line should be above the tooth not the gap, the cam and notch behind it seems to line up ok, but the belt won't go any further, and if it did the white line wouldn't line up with marks then:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/5EDjCTqB5oBuuhY69

But the line on the belt won't stretch over to the notch on the cam 3.

Any ideas?

Thanks

G



 

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Omega General Help / Re: water ingress
« on: 04 April 2023, 22:27:57 »
The drain at the bottom of the cabin filter was blocked in mine, it caused water to back up in that box section and flood into the passenger floor.

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General Car Chat / Re: End of life no parts anymore
« on: 15 March 2023, 12:46:40 »
theres always a few breakers about. either on here on on ebay the engines were well used in various cars including saabs
.a second hand  cooler should be fine if the cost of new is putting you off..after all every omega is fitted with one !   in fact every used car  out there is a collection of used parts bolted together !
or as mentioned a replacement could be fabricated (or bypassed)
nothing to make me think the car should be scrapped especially if its a good example otherwise.

Weren't post facelifts stainless steel anyway, and I guess anything in any other vx/saab of that era the same?

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General Car Chat / Re: End of life no parts anymore
« on: 15 March 2023, 10:13:52 »
This no use?

https://www.proparts.se/en/artiklar/oil-cooler-assembly-2.html

I don't see the dreaded "out of stock" tag so might be worth a shout, although it might be contact for enquiry only as I don't see a buy button.

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Omega General Help / Re: Matrix pipes little green clip pipe end
« on: 15 March 2023, 10:01:20 »
Every day is a school day ;)

Definitely - after me spending 1/2 an hour trying to put them back on the pipe lol find out theyre not even needed!

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Omega General Help / Re: Matrix pipes little green clip pipe end
« on: 13 March 2023, 10:44:53 »
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 :y

No there not

The lock is the sliding portion of the main black coolant connector, the green tabs are a transit part from component manufacture, they serve no purpose once fitted

I'd just read on the global TIS the same that they were for manufaturing purposes only and don't need to be reused.

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Omega General Help / Re: Matrix pipes little green clip pipe end
« on: 06 March 2023, 12:22:28 »
One of the clips on the end of the pipe that goes from aux pump to top matrix pipe is brken off, my fault testing it for strength but it didn't take much tbh.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/jMETGyVQeT63eNkUA

The other ones seem pretty firm. Wondering if it will be ok with 5 out of 6 clips or a no no?

Thanks

G

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Omega General Help / Re: Matrix pipes little green clip pipe end
« on: 06 March 2023, 09:52:01 »
Just a heads up on those hoses, not available anymore, so if there's any problems with the ones that you have, then you will have to get inventive. I had one that was leaking, so I cut the ends of, and with my bad eyesight I screwed it up and had to have the car low loaded to a garage, and they took two goes at fixing them with spring clips/ jubilee clips.

I was suspecting they'd probably be like hens teeth to find, although I did have a dig about just for spares. Ends look ok but I'm thinking they must get brittle with heat/cool cycles and then you apply force to them to remove them after 20 years, doesn;t inspire confidence, but the clips do still feel springy (not pushing my luck though).
 

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General Car Chat / Re: Vauxhall antira auto diesel lost drive
« on: 05 March 2023, 15:28:32 »
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!

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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


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