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General Car Chat / Re: Brake pipe ?
« on: 24 July 2017, 14:23:45 »
Is the tool correct for steel pipe?
kunifer is softer than steel and probably better too
kunifer is softer than steel and probably better too
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Omega General Help / Re: How does HBV work V6
« on: 24 July 2017, 10:22:50 »
When the car has been switched off there is still a vacuum present which has enough power to keep the pressure in the system albeit for a short while.
I dont have climate control but when mine is off and I turn the direction dial, you can hear the flaps hissing then the vacuum dissapears.
Have you checked the rubber couplers on the vac lines?
any signs of cracking will contribute to vacuum loss
I have a line that has nearly worn through where it has been rubbing on the coolant bridge.
Or the diaphram in you hbv is nearing its usefulness and needs replacing
I dont have climate control but when mine is off and I turn the direction dial, you can hear the flaps hissing then the vacuum dissapears.
Have you checked the rubber couplers on the vac lines?
any signs of cracking will contribute to vacuum loss
I have a line that has nearly worn through where it has been rubbing on the coolant bridge.
Or the diaphram in you hbv is nearing its usefulness and needs replacing
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General Car Chat / Re: Multi tool - any ideas where to get the screws?
« on: 23 July 2017, 10:02:59 »
What make is it?
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General Car Chat / Re: strange sound coming from engine random x18xe1
« on: 23 July 2017, 10:02:02 »
If you pull up the fuel rail straight up, you wont damage the seals.
I pulled apart my v855 and had to replace the injector seats because the P/O never put them back.
I pulled apart my v855 and had to replace the injector seats because the P/O never put them back.
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Omega Gallery / Re: MY97 GLS 2000 16v
« on: 22 July 2017, 13:46:05 »
Got some new rims from Nigel (omega52)
They need a refubish but are perfect for now, had the boots off the deepdish (I dont think I even put 100miles on them)
It has now stopped pulling to the right and sticks to the road
Need to colour code the mirror covers and possibly look for a foglight bumper
They need a refubish but are perfect for now, had the boots off the deepdish (I dont think I even put 100miles on them)
It has now stopped pulling to the right and sticks to the road
Need to colour code the mirror covers and possibly look for a foglight bumper
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General Car Chat / Re: strange sound coming from engine random x18xe1
« on: 21 July 2017, 17:03:20 »
Ours made a tapping sound when revved, sort of like a cracked manifold
I remember looking down into the inlet manifold, it was caked in oil an sludge, the dual tract flaps wernt working properly
Im sure the bottom end was on its way out
I remember looking down into the inlet manifold, it was caked in oil an sludge, the dual tract flaps wernt working properly
Im sure the bottom end was on its way out
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General Car Chat / Re: strange sound coming from engine random x18xe1
« on: 21 July 2017, 15:15:40 »
I have heard pinking from loose plugs but only just, was on my 5cyl v70 its is a strange sound.
I had a dreaded xe1 in a v reg zafira, it was garbage
I had a dreaded xe1 in a v reg zafira, it was garbage
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General Car Chat / Re: new windscreen time
« on: 21 July 2017, 15:11:18 »
When I had my mk4 astra done, the young lad even vacuumed both footwells for me.
That will learn me to drive in the sun and behind a driver with bad eyesight
That will learn me to drive in the sun and behind a driver with bad eyesight
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 20 July 2017, 23:01:14 »
Checked the pipercross panel, I forgot I put it in lol.
After a year it has started sagging so its going in the bin, when I can be bothered to order the paper element and a new cabin filter.
Also fitted the new 17" 6 spoke sport alloys, they look nice but still strange on a p/fl
After a year it has started sagging so its going in the bin, when I can be bothered to order the paper element and a new cabin filter.
Also fitted the new 17" 6 spoke sport alloys, they look nice but still strange on a p/fl
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Omega General Help / Re: Steering Idler
« on: 20 July 2017, 07:18:23 »
It cost £8 with free postage, about 2 pints in new money I think
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Omega General Help / Re: Steering Idler
« on: 19 July 2017, 21:30:31 »
I had a febi one off ebay, had the part numbers cast into the arm
so supposedly a good one, 110mm iirc
so supposedly a good one, 110mm iirc
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Omega General Help / Re: Air con leaks
« on: 18 July 2017, 13:09:30 »
Probably nitryl washers as its resistant to pretty much anything
where cheap rubber would dissolve when it touches oils corrosive gas
where cheap rubber would dissolve when it touches oils corrosive gas