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Omega General Help / Re: wet front passenger floor

« on: 04 November 2017, 21:01:23 »

Same with me - nearside scuttle like a swimming pool

Just reach down into the water and clear the blockage at the bottom

It'll be like going to the loo after 10 pints of Guinness !! It'll flow out

Other issue is there's a bunch of wiring loom submerged too which didn't create a problem on mine but could easily have done so.

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Omega General Help / Head gasket (one of them) - oh well

« on: 04 November 2017, 20:53:36 »

Well my 1 previous owner, fully specked MV6 3.0 on a V plate has cried enough on one of the head gaskets.

I was considering sorning it in the new year and do the cam belt, thermostat, full service
and a bit of body work on the O/S rear arch

Some joker who works for me said you'll be scrapping it then.

No why should I do that ? I said

Why it's only worth £400 and it'll cost you £500+ to sort

So where to start ?

Is there a link to replacing head gasket on this site ?

Thanks in advance for any assistance

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Omega General Help / Re: In search of a boot lid spoiler

« on: 01 June 2017, 12:00:50 »

 

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Omega General Help / Re: In search of a boot lid spoiler

« on: 01 June 2017, 07:50:14 »

I have a pre facelift one off an MV6 

If you want to pm me

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Omega General Help / Re: Head gaskets - I guess

« on: 10 April 2017, 08:22:00 »

Morning - well checked 30A fuses - all seem fine.

I'll have a look at thermoswitches next. 

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Omega General Help / Re: Head gaskets - I guess

« on: 09 April 2017, 20:45:59 »

Thanks guys - will check tomorrow - hopefully get to the bottom of this conundrum ! 

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Omega General Help / Re: Head gaskets - I guess

« on: 09 April 2017, 20:06:06 »

Well I've been using the MV6 more and took it to Leeds on Friday for a good run.

Temp fine - about 95 on A64 but once hit traffic in city it got to 100+  Had heaters full speed and on HI. When parked up eventually, there were no fans running on which I would have expected.

Temp gauge running very high in traffic on way back to motorway, then ok on M62 when plenty of draft into the front.

Doesn't seem to have lost any coolant for a couple of days.

Thinking the rads must be knacked or silted up - also mystery why fans not kicked in when temp rising - are there any fuses to check ?

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Omega General Help / Re: Head gaskets - I guess

« on: 02 April 2017, 21:05:52 »

Thanks for the reassurance about HG - thought it was a cert.

The car doesn't do a lot of long runs - mostly short hops to be honest so that ties in.

Temp regularly gets upto 100 before fans kick in.

Took off header tank cap when cold this morning and there was a hiss so under pressure. Local garage had it for mot recently and I asked them to pressure system to see any visible coolant leaks - nothing was found

Mystery to me as a layman 

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Omega General Help / Head gaskets - I guess

« on: 02 April 2017, 20:06:15 »

 Well looked in depth today on my pfl 3.0 MV6 as using coolant and running a little hot.

Checked oil level and all ok but unfortunately "emulsion" on inside of oil filler gap when I checked

I guess that can only mean one thing - head gasket ? 

I don't have the time so will probably take it to local Bosch garage. May as well get new thermostat and cam belt done too - ££££££

She's a keeper though as only 1 previous owner and full spec including;  Sat nav, Bose, cruise, leather, telephone headset

Any ideas on typical head gasket prices ?

Thanks

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Omega General Help / Re: Swap PFL drivers door with FL

« on: 21 February 2016, 19:51:47 »

"Takes me about 5-10 minutes on me own"

You'll have to tell us your secret - lol

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Omega General Help / Re: Swap PFL drivers door with FL

« on: 20 February 2016, 17:20:30 »

Thanks   

Well that's a whole day of my life gone !!!

Very rusty drivers door needed replacing as letting rest of car down. Managed to get one with same paint coded door off a FL model.

Got old door off ok - stripped off interior panels.

Managed to unpick the wiring loom  after some difficulty - having to reconnect electrics first to put window back up to get to multi plugs - dropped window in first place so as to make carrying old door easier 

Took a while to get old wiring out of replacement door but sussed it in the end.

Didn't take too long to wiring from old door back in as familiar with routing by then.

Took chuffing ages to get door hung again - I was working on my own as nobody in to help me so you can imagine the struggle with the weight of the door. Had to use a jack to lift up door but top would go in and not the bottom and vice versa - grrr.

Anyway all sorted and all electrics working but door lock button seems jammed now. So job for tomorrow.

Just need to swap bump strips - got old one off ok 

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Omega General Help / Swap PFL drivers door with FL

« on: 20 February 2016, 10:01:51 »

Morning

Is there a tag on forums about swapping front doors from FL to a PFL car?

Thanks in advance

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Omega General Help / Re: 2 FL models complete in Scrapyard near me

« on: 28 November 2015, 21:03:20 »

Well I reckon 20 bucks ain't bad if it's right colour and straight swop

Never find one when you want

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Omega General Help / Re: 2 FL models complete in Scrapyard near me

« on: 28 November 2015, 20:50:20 »

I can check paint code in morning as going to get door for mine.

He wants £20 a door mirror as asked him this morning for the silver one.

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Omega General Help / 2 FL models complete in Scrapyard near me

« on: 28 November 2015, 20:38:17 »

Any one looking for FL spares there are two near me for breaking.

I'm in a YO43 postcode. Can check if bits are available if you ask me.

One is an 03 reg CDX saloon in green, the other is a Silver(Z147) CD saloon on an X plate

Agsin both seem pretty complete, no evidence of accident damage so presume mechanical issues or big MOT problems put them there.