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Messages - Lizzie Zoom

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Omega General Help / Re: Breather Hose
« on: 10 January 2024, 17:30:38 »
Well, I today braved the very cold breeze and fitted part of the breather pipe.

Due to not wanting / being able to currently get to the back of the engine, I decided to just cut the damaged part of the pipe off and connect a new section with the right sized pipe (thanks again DG!) and connector to satisfy the situation for now.  In the summer, when I am fitter and the weather is warmer, I will try and replace the whole breather pipe, whilst also replacing the HBV as I will be working on that part of the engine.

Today I kept the engine going as I worked to stop me getting too cold, which could give me complications, but even with removing the wipers and lifting the scuttle out of the way, it was still bloody awkward!  But at least for now it should make sure the forthcoming MOT emissions test is not compromised. 8) 8) ;)

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Number Plate Bulb
« on: 06 January 2024, 16:31:08 »
and no doubt halfords wouldnt be far behind.
thats why we all mostly do our own stuff here and are happy to give guidance to others.
all the best l

Yes, and I am very grateful for all that guidance, even when it is a simple matter of changing a bulb, but after surgery.  It really helps  8) 8) 8) :y

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Number Plate Bulb
« on: 22 December 2023, 17:56:07 »
Well, I did what I shouldn't do at the moment and laid on the floor and found the clip to release the bulb unit, before getting into the inner part where the bulb was.  Bulb changed, so another thing off the list before the MOT in January. :y

To think the Vx dealer wanted £27 to do that! :o :o

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Number Plate Bulb
« on: 22 December 2023, 12:16:52 »
Thanks all. :-* :-* :-* :y

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Omega General Help / Re: Alternator
« on: 22 December 2023, 12:15:31 »
Thanks for all your best wishes. Much appreciated! :-* :-* :-* :y :y

Merry Christmas to you all! :y :y :y :y

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Omega General Help / Re: Alternator
« on: 21 December 2023, 17:08:30 »
Well, eventually came out of St Thomas Hospital London, with 7 stents pushed up into the arteries around the heart.  So, apart from taking it easy, that is me fixed! :y :y

As for the Omega, which I can now legally drive again after the week's medical restriction, after reconnecting the battery she started first time after 7 weeks standstill.  The new alternator is working fine.

Big relief.  Have now booked her in for the exhaust to be redone by the specialist garage outfit who should have done a far better professional job, which my Vx dealer faulted in a lovely health check video!! :o :o

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Number Plate Bulb
« on: 21 December 2023, 17:01:38 »
Never had to replace one on an Omega, but how do you access the number plate bulb please?

Maybe simples I know, but at the moment I cannot see how and the way I am means I want things to be easy!!! :o :o

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Omega General Help / Re: cambelt 3.2 elite gates
« on: 14 December 2023, 17:12:08 »
……..
Surely  they didn't stop making them on the same day they stopped making the cars :D

No, but the dealer is only obliged to supply spares for up to ten years after the final build date I believe. This still makes any ‘new’ belt very old.  :y

Maybe. But Gates would have carried on making them as it was apparently not just an excluvie GM part.  I. Any case these belts are not made of tissue paper, but strong rubber.  I believed that it is the use of them on a very hot engine, with the massive tension over 4 years / 40k+ miles that destroys them eventually, not time spent in a spares department. ;)

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Omega General Help / Re: cambelt 3.2 elite gates
« on: 10 December 2023, 11:38:34 »
the correct Gates one is still readily available from Autodoc online. :)
But are they older than the ones on the car. I would imagine everything now is (very) old stock.

No idea.  The Autodoc stock comes in from Poland/Germany and is for the Opel as well as Vauxhall  Omega, plus goodness what else. As long as they last the 4 years on the engine that is all I care about.

Surely  they didn't stop making them on the same day they stopped making the cars :D



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General Car Chat / Re: Gone In Seconds
« on: 27 November 2023, 12:23:14 »
It's probably just me, but a £350k Rolls on a drive of a humble type house, on obviously a very bog standard housing estate strikes me as a bit unusual.
In addition it has been known about for the last few years that criminals use devices outside of the property to activate the car's keys.
So why has this owner of such an expensive vehicle not taken better security precautions when being parked in a very typical housing estate, where usually the very rich do not normally live?

So he/she thought a Ring doorbell would be adequate security for such a vehicle parked in that way? ::)

Sorry, but something is wrong here.  My suspicious brain is working overtime on this one ;D ;D

I am sure the police and insurance company would be investigating this case very closely.

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Omega General Help / Re: cambelt 3.2 elite gates
« on: 26 November 2023, 19:36:13 »
Realistically, you'd be unlucky for it to fail soon.  The GM lowered limit of 40k/4yrs was due to an unacceptable number of failures with the original 80k/8yrs.  Unacceptable probably means less than 5%.

When the kits were readily available at a sensible price, and can be done in an hour or 2 quite easily, it was a no brainer to stick to the GM recommendation.  Now the kits are scarce, and probably all old stock, that makes the decision more difficult, even more so if you have to pay a garage to fit it (and they probably can't fit it properly anyway)

I would add that Serek at his Huntingdon SOS, garage, a OOF member, can be highly recommended to change our Omega cam belts, at a very realistic price.
Many of us use his services.  ;)

As for the cambelt kit itself, the correct Gates one is still readily available from Autodoc online. :)


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Omega General Help / Re: Breather Hose
« on: 25 November 2023, 11:31:43 »
1/4" ID rubber hose. Ideally oil/fuel resistant. A foot should be ample. ISO 7840 would be my preferred suggestion.

Readily available. Can be done without, but plenum best unbolted and lifted forward for access. It runs from the breather bridge to the crankcase vent box next to the large hose.

The middle sized hose is the outlet from the carbon cannister purge valve.

Thanks DG, most helpful :y

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Omega General Help / Breather Hose
« on: 24 November 2023, 17:00:09 »
I have a split breather hose feeding the rear of the plenum, one of the smaller diameter of the two.

When I get out of hospital I want to replace it.  Is that straightforward and where can I obtain such a part now please? ;)

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Omega General Help / Re: Alternator
« on: 24 November 2023, 08:20:57 »

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Omega General Help / Re: Alternator
« on: 24 November 2023, 08:20:07 »
And leave the handbrake off

Always do when parked on the flat, such as In the garage :y

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