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General Discussion Area / Re: Another school massacre is the "good old"

« on: 03 October 2015, 16:22:48 »

994 mass shootings in 1,004 days: this is what America's gun crisis looks like

The Oregon school shooting is evidence that the US response to gun violence ‘has become routine’, Barack Obama says. The data compiled by the crowd-sourced site Mass Shooting Tracker reveals an even more shocking human toll: there is a mass shooting – defined as four or more people shot in one incident – nearly every day

Extracted from here
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2015/oct/02/mass-shootings-america-gun-violence?CMP=fb_gu
Just look at the infographic

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General Discussion Area / Re: Another school massacre is the "good old"

« on: 01 October 2015, 23:49:35 »

Just seen the Obama press conference on this, the absolute right words at the right time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=8&v=qfmXxwC8P_M

Starts at 23 mins

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General Discussion Area / Another school massacre is the "good old"

« on: 01 October 2015, 22:45:49 »

So sad, so appalling 

Massacre

Someday the NRA are not going to be able to prove their argument

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General Discussion Area / Re: Water stain on ceiling

« on: 01 October 2015, 11:23:55 »

If you have any oil based paint that will act as a stain block (I use undercoat but gloss will do) then paint over with your emulsion (takes a couple of coats of emulsion to match)

Make sure you've resolved whats caused the stain.


HTH

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General Discussion Area / Re: God Bless Vamps xxxx

« on: 26 September 2015, 13:12:46 »

Sorry to read of this, my condolences to his family & friends

R.I.P. Vamps

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General Car Chat / Just seen this in the weekly scrote list

« on: 25 September 2015, 20:26:08 »

Local online Police news, saw these two entries

A van driver hogging the middle lane of the M62, J18-J21, forcing traffic into lane three to pass him, was issued with a Traffic Offence Report (TOR).

An Audi TT was also spotted hogging the middle lane of the M62 J19-21 in the roadworks, causing mayhem for HGVs

I am very glad to see this. it is the main thing that annoys me on the motorway

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Omega General Help / Re: HG change on a 2.2

« on: 20 September 2015, 14:44:15 »

Could just be fuel trims drive around for a while and see if it maps up and resolves

If not may need to look at fuel/air filter and any pending codes (run and look at codes before turning off as pending ones reset)

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Omega General Help / Re: Serious electrical failure

« on: 18 September 2015, 12:49:48 »

Sounds very similar to when my alternator went - as said try that or battery

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Omega General Help / Re: HG change on a 2.2

« on: 17 September 2015, 23:48:53 »

Was that an Escort with SOHC, with cam belt running direct from crank pulley to cam pulley, without a cover, looking delightfully simple? And, I suppose, without any extra pulleys to seize up, it never went wrong. I had a similar arrangement on my Peugeot 505GTI. That belt was tensioned via the alternator, which it also drove. The Carton 4 cylinder 18v also had one overhead camshaft, and parallel valves, so came to no harm when the cam belt broke.

Yep

£50 for a suitable cross member with extended engine mounts and slotted straight in as bell housing on gearbox matched. Only had to add different coolant pipes and a custom bracket to hold the original dynamo in the right place. Oh and a custom exhaust.

....
Correction, Carlton 8 valve. Malcolm Kear had his cam belt fail in a traffic hold up on the outer lane of the M25. He managed to crawl across to the hard shoulder on the starter before calling the AA. He was conveyed to Bellinger Vauxhall Grove who simply changed the cam belt and sent him on his way.

Had a similar problem, fan belt failed whilst travelling through France, pulled off the Dynamo and broke the bracket at about 70mph. Dynamo went under car and tumbled down the road. Recovered it and drove to next garage. They found a matching belt and I found two big washers + lock washer in tool box. Bolted it up, refitted dynamo and belt and it still worked. Was still like that when I sold her a year later  .

Ah the good old days of simple cars, even when modded 

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Omega General Help / Re: Auto Gearbox Problems - 2.2. 16V

« on: 16 September 2015, 21:47:18 »

Hi - I appreciate the help and advice - esp the "throttle adaptation"

Other Questions:-

Could be the butterfly sticking? - seems stiff but i don't know how it should be - certainly it moves under a good poke with a screwdriver and I oiled the spindles in case I had been overenthusiastic with the carb cleaner stuff
Did you take it out to clean? Yes
Did you put it back the right way up/centered correctly? Yes
Did you force it all the way open to clean? Yes - I guess in my heart of hearts I'm wondering if I've been too heavy handed??

Stiff is the stepper motor being manually turned by you thats why I mentioned opening all the way

Same here, no throttle response. Mine seemed to be getting stuck and a few taps on the throttle body made it work, I had a spare which did resolve it  but not anything else still get P1555 but does not seem to affect the car so ignoring for now

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Omega General Help / Re: HG change on a 2.2

« on: 16 September 2015, 17:50:06 »

At least nowadays we angle tighten our head bolts once and don't have to tighten them again after 500 miles; and the tappets helpfully adjust themselves.
I found the angle tightening rather alarming (3 times 90 degrees, then 15 degrees), it got harder to turn each time and on the final 15 degrees there was a loud bang; I thought I had broken off a head bolt, but I had not; the 3/8" extension had snapped. I finished the job with 1/2" tools.
Was that the Escort twin cam? I used to rally in a twin cam, they seemed so exotic then, now most cars seems to have overhead camshafts!.

Not a twin cam, engine out of a 2000E cortina transposed into a MK1 1300 sport. Modded up all round but looked standard. Capri killer most of the time  .

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Omega General Help / Re: Auto Gearbox Problems - 2.2. 16V

« on: 16 September 2015, 15:56:52 »

I have wondered about starting a new thread - but here goes anyway.

I've had the car back now for couple of weeks during which time I've done about 600 miles. In an effort to cure the lumpy tickover I followed all the advice and did the throttle body strip/clean and whilst I was under the bonnet cleaned the oil breather, EGR valve and the MAF. Other than the breather pipe all was dirty but nothing appeared to be blocked

Started up and all worked OK even did a test drive and it certainly performed better.

Came to get in it today, started up  and NOTHING. It would start and hold a - sometimes erratic - tickover - but there absolutely NO response to throttle pedal input.

Checked the obvious things like the plug connectors etc - all seemed OK. Will have another go later - But (here we go again) anybody got any ideas?? 

If the code is P1555 then this is the throttle body (or pedal) but seeing as you have cleaned it;

Could be the butterfly sticking?
Did you take it out to clean?
Did you put it back the right way up/centered correctly?
Did you force it all the way open to clean?

All questions I asked/checked myself, see this thread, http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=130904.msg1676240#msg1676240
note throttle adaptation not specific to migs but may help, throttle full on, ign on, hold for 30 secs, release and start

Good luck, I still have the prob and ignoring it for now

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Omega General Help / Re: HG change on a 2.2

« on: 13 September 2015, 20:00:32 »

Got it! It was not lambda sensor, it was not plug stick; it was  the vacuum pipe not replaced in the inlet manifold. I spotted it, replaced it, tested it, and it ran perfectly.  Tappets soon settled down, and it ran like a sewing machine. I ran it for an hour, no water loss. Job done.

Thanks to SIR Philbutt for his excellent guide, and to all members for advice.

In the 1960s I had the head off my Mini every Christmas to regrind the valves and decarbonise it.  That was easy. 55 years later, with overhead camshafts, cam belts, emission devices all over the shop, things are trickier. What makes it all possible is this excellent forum, with support and advice.

Your Welcome

I did the same 30yrs ago with my escort, which had a 2ltr OHC engine, it gave me the confidence to do mine, and yes it was that long between HG jobs 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Come on lads, lend a hand!

« on: 01 September 2015, 20:33:39 »

Well we know there are a least 9 w*****s in this country (+ politicians) 

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Omega General Help / Re: Auto Gearbox Problems - 2.2. 16V

« on: 30 August 2015, 11:42:39 »

Lumpy tickover is more than likely a vac pipe/EGR problem seeing as the head has been off.

Lightly spray brake cleaner around the inlet/brake servo area and the rear of the head. If tickover restores that will confirm it.

Then process of elimination will find the leak