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General Discussion Area / Re: Project TB1 update - help needed

« on: 29 August 2006, 22:47:48 »

Glad to hear that you are getting things sorted.  Good luck with the rest!

Just a thought re the fans.  Has anyone been "fiddling" with the wiring loom?  By this I mean wires cut, dodgy crimps (or worse scothlocks ) in the vacinity?  Bit of a long shot.

I also wonder if the ECU knows the fans are rotating.  To do this, it would have to be presented a signal to inform it as such.  Perhaps this has failed in some way and causing your problem.  This is probably an even bigger long shot TBH!

As said above, glad that you are making progres and feel free to ignore the above remarks re the fans!

857

General Discussion Area / Re: Project TB1 update - help needed

« on: 27 August 2006, 09:54:29 »

More likely to be the Oil TBH.  I don't think that you had tap water in the system long enough for any lsating effects.

If it were me, I would just bung on a new sender along with the rad fan switch.

However, I realise that any such actions will eat into any profits from the project.

858

General Discussion Area / Re: Project TB1 update - help needed

« on: 27 August 2006, 09:43:53 »

Having had the rad cover off my Omega for recent coolant change, I can confirm that there are thee fans on the V6 (mine is a 2.5).  Two fans are for the A/C condensor and are at the front of the rads and one, very large fan, is behind the engine rad for coolant cooling (obviously!)

Now, when I was fiddling about in this area, I noted that there were several senders / switches on the left hand side of the rad (as you are looking at the rad from the front of the car).  I am not sure what sender / switch performs which function, but I would suspect that any form of fan switch will be in the rad.

Your temperature gauge may be suffering from a failed sender.  Try removing the sender lead and shorting it to ground.  If the gauge goes into the red then it is the sender at fault.

HTH somewhat!

859

General Discussion Area / Re: Project B - 1995 3.0 Elite Estate (56k warning

« on: 18 August 2006, 12:36:58 »

Well good luck with project B tunnie.

That is good economy - my 2.5 does not do that admitted mine is an auto but even so.

Anyway, I went to my local yard last week and there was an M reg elite saloon in there.  Although the interior is cream leather, it may yield some useful parts.  If you want anything give me a shout.  It was complete (apart from audio and Cd changer) when I was there but that may have changed now of course.

860

General Discussion Area / Re: I'm all alone

« on: 27 August 2006, 09:34:14 »

Someone will be along soon!

861

General Discussion Area / Re: Diesel Omega wanted - cheap and cheerfull pref

« on: 25 August 2006, 22:48:21 »

to do a post grad Teaching course for the next year.

Can't offer any advice about the cheap diesel, only to say that I would have thought it could be a bit of a tall order.

Would like to wish her every success with the Teaching Course - this is something I would like to do.

Also, glad that she came out of the incident unscathed.

Happy hunting!

862

General Discussion Area / Re: OMG!!!! You have to see this....

« on: 27 August 2006, 09:32:59 »

Truly nasty me thinks.

And why start a listing when you are going on holiday??

The addition of Vacum and Volt gauges are sure to add value!!

Typical boy racer chaved up machinery in my opinion.

863

General Discussion Area / Re: SMS/Text shorthand

« on: 25 August 2006, 13:26:11 »

SMS/TXT shorthand?
Aaaaargh......I hate texting

So much easier (and quicker for me) to dial the number and TALK!!

Must be an age thing

Fully agree with this it is what I do.  I am 32 so not sure if it is an age thing or not!

Also agree with Hillper (but cannot work out how to quote two things at once).

People send me texts - half the time I cannot work out what they mean.  Every time, I just ring them in order to reply!!

864

General Discussion Area / Re: Good luck to Laidback's team going on CRX!

« on: 25 August 2006, 22:39:26 »

At the risk of asking a dense question - what is CRX???

Anyway whatever it is - I imagine some sort of driving challenge - the very best of luck!!

865

General Discussion Area / Re: 100th post

« on: 25 August 2006, 22:42:06 »

Nice!!

 

866

General Discussion Area / Re: 100th post

« on: 25 August 2006, 16:36:07 »

Cheers guys,

Won't be able to get the post count up that much over the weekend as single handedly painting the outside of a large church hall - masonary and windows.

You could say that this is my Project A, B and C!!!!  

Hope you all won't be working as hard as me although Tunnie and The Boy might be on thier cars!!

867

General Discussion Area / 100th post

« on: 25 August 2006, 13:04:15 »

Well, I know that it is not quite up to the level of Tunnie or Auto Addict, but I have just reached my 100th post.   It took me twice as long to get to this level at the other place.  That speaks volumes!!

Just thought I would share this probably useless fact.

Hope everyone enjoys the bank holiday weekend!

868

General Discussion Area / Re: Todays Travels

« on: 24 August 2006, 22:00:00 »

It was pure heaven getting back into the Omega.  I don't know if all Vauxhall's models are built for comfort, but I can travel for miles in both the Omega and the Cavalier with not the slightest ache at the end of the trip!

Ny mum has a polo, an auto, the seats in that are like lumps of wood.  Very hard.  Would not fancy going very far in that - perhaps that's why when we go on family business, I get the job of driving!

869

General Discussion Area / Todays Travels

« on: 24 August 2006, 20:57:06 »

Today had to travel to one of our offices.  This meant a journey from Uxbridge (near Heathrow) to Droitwich (near Birmingham).  Distance wise, it is a little over 100 miles each way.

Company policy states that if travelling on company business we have to use a company car.  The car today was a 2003 Golf.  Whilst the TD engine had nice power and crusing at 80 in 6th gear resulted in 2.2K RPM with a wonderful economy of nearly 50 to the gallon, I finished the journey both ways stiff and aching.  I could not obtain a comfortable driving position despite copious adjustments of the seat.

Boy was I gald to climb into the Omega to drive home tonight!

Sorry about that - rant over!

870

General Discussion Area / Re: Cambelt Change DVD

« on: 22 August 2006, 11:49:39 »

Excellent News this.

Robin Hood - PM (and pay pal payment) sent!

Looking forward to receiving it!