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Omega General Help / Erratic 2.2

« on: 23 December 2022, 23:16:12 »

Hi people, I have double trouble and hope i can at least fix one of my pair.
Both are 02 2.2 CDX auto saloons, and both are MOTd, the first issue may be obvious - car 1 is losing water and the header tank is pressurising, the heater works and the oil is fine, it also loses water at the rate of about 2 litres a week.
Car 2 - it has been a nightmare to start - firing & dying, firing and running on 3, then after about 10 mins it springs into normal life. I MOTd it Wednesday and on the way home it started revving erratically from tick over to 2000rpm on a cycle of about 2 seconds. I'm doing a test on car 1 tomorrow for gases in the expansion. Both cars have had long-term engine management lights on too.

Please help oh mighty gurus. 

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Omega General Help / Re: 4 cylinder crankshaft pulley

« on: 31 May 2022, 19:09:37 »

The plot thickens chaps. Just had a s/h pulley arrive to get me out of the poo and it's a larger diameter. Am I stuffed or can I get away with it? I'm trying to work out how to upload a pic. ☺

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Omega General Help / Re: 4 cylinder crankshaft pulley

« on: 31 May 2022, 08:56:54 »

Thanks Doc, It looks like it has half a dozen small bolts around a larger centre bolt.

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Omega General Help / 4 cylinder crankshaft pulley

« on: 30 May 2022, 21:00:56 »

Hello fellow Omega peeps, I bet this one has been asked before. Pulling away from a supermarket carpark on Friday in my 03 2.2 I heard a loud metallic "TING!" and then battery light and no pas. The crankshaft pulley had separated! I got it home and have a s/h replacement to go on - I realise it might not last long - my question is 'in the pulley bolt left hand threaded, and is there a source of new or upgraded pulleys out there?'

Thanks - Chris.

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Omega General Help / Climate control

« on: 14 March 2021, 14:57:03 »

I'm new to the luxury of climate control having recently taken ownership of a 2003 CDX 2.2
I was trying to work out how to turn it to Eco from Auto and realized you have to select one or more directional arrows.
Before i sussed this I'd held the AUTO button in and thought I'd broken something when I saw the temp go to 66 degrees!
Then I realized it had suddenly changed from C to F.
I quite like it in old money 

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Omega General Help / Re: 2.0 front springs

« on: 14 March 2021, 14:47:41 »

Thanks Doc. 

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Omega General Help / Re: 2.0 front springs

« on: 13 March 2021, 19:24:48 »

Thanks VXL, I'm going standard so I'll look for 4 cyl ones. 

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Omega General Help / 2.0 front springs

« on: 13 March 2021, 18:36:52 »

Hi people, I've bought most of the front suspension parts to replace on my daily 8V Select estate - just need springs now.

My question is "are V6 and 4 cyl front springs different ratings?"

Thanks - Chris.

By the way, I've just taken ownership of my late mum's metallic black 2003 2.2 CDX auto saloon.
It has a perfect cream cloth interior, 90k, FSH, drives mint and is near perfect. I love it. 

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Omega General Help / Re: Removing an auto gear knob

« on: 03 July 2020, 10:09:30 »

Thanks guys. Waiters indeed 

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Omega General Help / Removing an auto gear knob

« on: 03 July 2020, 00:14:41 »

Hi chaps, as the title says - I'm ordering new leather waiters and wondered how easy it is to remove an auto knob? I fitted them easily on my manual, but that has a smaller knob (ooh er missus).

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Omega General Help / Re: the downside to my recently fitted heater matrix

« on: 19 May 2020, 21:17:36 »

I think I've seen on another thread this valve - is black and round like a giant heater dial? I will have have a look tomorrow. Can they be retro-fitted if I don't have one? That will definitely solve it. 

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Omega General Help / Re: the downside to my recently fitted heater matrix

« on: 19 May 2020, 21:04:00 »

Errrrm, what's one of them? 

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Omega General Help / Re: Opening and closing the sun roof

« on: 19 May 2020, 20:16:25 »

Out of interest, is it possible that a Carlton / Senator sunroof unit is the same?

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Omega General Help / Re: the downside to my recently fitted heater matrix

« on: 19 May 2020, 20:13:50 »

The temp dials do change the temp, what I can't get my head around is, if you set to cold is it meant to stop the hot water circulating through the matrix? Or am I being completely stupid? It's residual heat radiating from the matrix making the foot-well like an inferno. 

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Omega General Help / the downside to my recently fitted heater matrix

« on: 19 May 2020, 18:55:57 »

Please help!

My poverty spec 8 valver had a heater that was about as warm as human breath in the winter, this led to me replacing the clogged matrix  in Feb. Although it has a tiny leak (had to reuse the O rings as the new matrix came without them) I can live wit that, what is driving me mad is the fact that once the car is up to temp the matrix is red hot....which is great - but so are my feet in the roasting foot-well!

Does anyone have any suggestions or have I done something wrong? The heater brows cold out of the face-vents, but with no air-con in 25+degrees weather it's like driving a sauna!