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Omega General Help / Re: How long to change a V6 thermostat?

« on: 30 September 2009, 20:47:16 »

Have a look at this link it may help you in knowing how long it will take.......

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1229464812

Thanks for that link

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Omega General Help / How long to change a V6 thermostat?

« on: 30 September 2009, 10:07:56 »

I have bought a new thermostat (& seal) to fit on my 2.6 because it isn't warming up properly.

Several years ago I had the engine out and rebuilt the top end on my old 2.5 V6 so I know I have the tools and the skills to do the job but...... last week I jacked up the front of the car, put the wheels on ramps and crawled underneath in readiness for draining the coolant. By now it was 4pm and I needed the car in the morning for a 500 mile round trip so I closed the bonnet, dropped the car back onto the ground and went back inside for another cup of tea.

I am going to allow all day to do the job but I am curious as to what the official time allowance is?

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Omega General Help / Re: Front Caliper Mounting Bolts

« on: 05 October 2009, 19:58:48 »

And get a tub of copper grease.

The correct grade of locktite is also useful, it will prevent bolts coming loose on their own and keeps moisture out & prevents corrosion so they won't be seized when you do want to remove them.

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Omega General Help / Re: Headlining

« on: 05 October 2009, 15:07:19 »

That helps.is the rubber stuck or just bloody hard to get off

You don't need to remove the door rubber, it has a soft lip that sits over the trim. You just need to fold the lip back out of the way to get the trim off.

My pre-facelift was like that & I have just checked that my facelift is the same.

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Omega General Help / Re: Headlining

« on: 04 October 2009, 17:58:30 »

Also how the hell do you unclip the panels on the posts that are either side of the windscreen

Unscrew the grab handle over the door. The trim piece is about 4 feet long and made from two different coloured pieces stuck together. IIRC it is held by 2 or 3 spring clips and is slipped in behind the rubber door seal.

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Omega General Help / Re: Serious inner front tyre wear?

« on: 02 October 2009, 17:51:45 »

what is CAMBER ?

It is a measure of whether the wheel leans in or out.

Positive camber is when the top of the wheel is further from the centreline of the car than the bottom.

Omega front wheels seem to have varying degrees of negative camber (which increases as the springs age and allow the car to settle and also as bushes wear).

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Omega General Help / Re: usful site for tractor owners

« on: 03 October 2009, 09:58:32 »

and please note the comments about the 2.5!!!!

Is the rest of the site as inaccurate as the comments on the 2.5 ? :-?

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Omega General Help / Re: speedo not working

« on: 03 October 2009, 23:27:34 »

Second hand radio out of the car in the yard no paper work with the car, therefore no hope of the car pass

As RobG suggested then. Contact DaveDND before entering too many wrong codes and locking it up totally.

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Omega General Help / Re: speedo not working

« on: 03 October 2009, 22:37:44 »

Thanks will try and let you know what happens also does anyone know where to get a code for a ccr2006 and do you need two one for radio and one for cd or just one.

Have you have just bought the car? With luck you will find the 'car pass' in the owners handbook. The code for the original radio will be on this card.

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Omega General Help / Re: Wheel squeal

« on: 29 August 2009, 15:55:27 »

1. Support the car
2. Remove the wheel
3. Undo the retaining screw that holds the disc onto the hub. Screw one of the wheel bolts in a few turns to keep the bolt holes lining up with the hub.
4. Undo the caliper retaining bolts (can't remember if the shock absorber is in the way for this one, if it is you have to put a jack under the hub to compress the spring slightly when you release the shock absorber bottom mounting.
5. Very carefully ease the caliper off the disc, there should be enough give in the steel brake pipe to allow you to do this and suspend the caliper behind the disc.
6. Using a torch & screwdriver peer through the hole provided in the disc and undo the handbrake adjuster enough to pull the disc off.

And reassembly is the reverse of disassembly. (or whatever the phrase is that Haynes used to use )

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Omega General Help / Re: Wheel squeal

« on: 27 August 2009, 19:11:07 »

I had those symptoms because my handbrake shoes had worn a groove in the inner drums in the rear discs. Everything worked fine but it was irritating and embarrassing.

I put up with it for 60,000 miles before eventually replacing the rear discs/drums, pads & shoes. That fixed it 

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Omega General Help / Re: rear seats

« on: 02 October 2009, 17:55:37 »

Pull forward and up.

Put some gloves on first though because there are lots of sharp edges for you to catch your knuckles on as you fall over when it comes out

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Omega General Help / Re: Headlight problem

« on: 30 September 2009, 19:34:57 »

I had this problem after I fitted cheap replacement headlights (£50 each). The electrical connectors were poor quality and one of the pins in the connector bent back when I plugged it into the wiring loom.

If you only have the problem with one lamp then it isn't the earth wire.

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Omega General Help / Re: AIR CON TO CLIMATE CONTROL

« on: 01 October 2009, 15:48:47 »

I think the Euro regulation that permits the use of HID lamps requires headlight washers and either self levelling suspension or self levelling headlights.

I don't know what the MOT testers manual requires.

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Omega General Help / Re: Air temp sensor location

« on: 29 September 2009, 20:04:55 »

On my pre-facelift (1994) omega it was pushed through a grommet in the bottom of the bumper on the passenger side. I have read that it is in the centre of the bumper on a facelift.

I am guessing that the mini-facelift is the same as the pre-facelift.