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Omega General Help / Nothing going on but the rent !

« on: 24 January 2007, 16:41:42 »

Hi peeps !

Sorry no postings latley

Megga is running as it should , and last posting explains how happy

is was with the MOT .

Sooooooooooo twiddling me thumbs here looking for things to do !

Is there any beifit to giving the old girl a drink of redex !! Like i said runs ok, but wondered if redex actually did anything in a prevention kind of manner - like clean injectors !!!

Just wondering ! Might give the megga another oil change soon, as i am sooooooooooo bored ! LLOLL

Omega General Help / Upper spec trim !

« on: 18 January 2007, 21:49:36 »

Anyone know why there seems to be a distinct lack of the woodgrain trim fitted to upper spec trim Megas ( facelift only ) for sale !

Mark

Omega General Help / MOT

« on: 13 January 2007, 21:35:40 »

mega had the MOT yestrday ------------ oh lots of nail chewing !!! :-/

" i'm affarid Sir, its a faliure " !!

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh NO , why meeeeeeee

Then the better news ---- cracked rear spring sir, bung us £60 and we will fit you one now !
Whoopieeeeeeeeeee

A years ticket - no advisories
Oh I love MY OMEGA !

Seriously, just wish i had time to change the spring myself - but for £60 cash, who's arguing !

HAPPY DAYS :

Omega General Help / Front door card removal

« on: 30 December 2006, 15:33:19 »

Hi chaps !!

OK, have followed FACELIFT front door card removal instructions to the letter !

I still cant get the bloody door card off the door !

Seems as if there is another fixing somewhere in the middle ri9ght on the top edge of the card !

Had another look at the " how to" , and it mentions the lip or locating strip on the top edge of the card, might be a bit tight !

Didnt , obviously want to force things too much, but i can not get the bloody thing to fully release from the door !

Shall i give it a serious whack or thump on the bottom of the door card , in an upwards direction as suggected in the how to !

Has anyone else had a really tight top edge on a facelift door card !!!

Ohhhhhhh and yes i have removed ALL screws/trims etc .

Cheers

Mark

Omega General Help / AM I SEEING THINGS !!

« on: 15 November 2006, 17:35:32 »

OK am i seeing things and possibly going senile LLOLL !

Have a 2000 2.2 GLS mega ( manual )

Has the cheaper split display screen in it that displays time, temp, and radio station etc !

Got home and turned car off at ignition, and thought " oh bugger whats the time " so quickly turned the key again to power up the display to see time !

I'm certain that where the radio station is displayed , on the bottom line of the upper diaplay, the word " MESSAGE" was displayed for a split second , before reverting back to my pre selected radio station !

AM I GOING MAD !! If not, what does it mean, is it a message from god, as i have been naughty and possibly started another oil thread, am i being punished

Mark

Omega General Help / VX OIL EXPLAINED !

« on: 14 November 2006, 20:58:41 »

Sorry if this has already been covered and if its posted in the wrong place !
Quite a few people recently have been asking what oil to shove in there Omega, and as usual the recomended is the VX semi Synth, so here that oil explained !

On the container you will see the following printed :-

ACEA A3 / B3 API SL / CF

ACEA :- association des constructeurs europeens d'automobiles

A3 :- oil for HIGH performance car

B3 :- HIGH performance diesel

API :- American petroleum Institute

SL :- BEST quality oil available ( printed on the highest quality oils ) now usually replaced with abbriviation SM

CF :- most commom oil grade for passenger diesel cars

So there you have it the VX semi synth explained , and looking the dogs pink bits, A VERY HIGHLY RATED OIL indeed

Mark

Omega General Help / Strange OR what !

« on: 29 October 2006, 16:14:40 »

Helloooooooooo !!!

OK reverting back to the " oil level" thread the other day !

It was confrimed , by members on here, that the 4 pot Omegas take 4.5L of engine ( with filter change) as per the written data in the users manual !

OK , serviced the Omega this morning. drained oil, new filter etc, and 4.5 L ONLY comes half way up dipstick !
As we know between min and max on dipstick is 1L, then i was 1/2 L short !
Got 5L in it and its reading MAX on dipstick !

Whats even stranger is i have gone back through the very compreshensive service records of the car ( all nine of them ) all except one service receipt shows 10 units of oil used ( 1 unit = 1/2L ), the odd one shows 9 units ( 9 x 1/2 L = 4.5L )

Urmmmmmmmmmmmm anyone else !!!!
Engine is a Y22XE ( if that makes any difference ) !

I'm convinced somethings a miss here :-/

Cheers

Mark

Omega General Help / Oil level

« on: 27 October 2006, 16:39:31 »

Hi

Please just remind me of the amount of engine oil used in a 2.2 ( including filter ) !

I seem to remember someone saying there was a mis-print over the exact quantity used in the VX handbook !

Also will flushing the coolant system via the header tank, remove ALL exsisting coolant !

Cheers

Omega General Help / centre storage unit !

« on: 08 October 2006, 13:16:09 »

Hellooooooooooooooooooo

as per usual ( so i'm told) the silly plastic handle on my centre storage box thingy ( behind hand brake )
has decided to " pop" off, now its buggered ! Broken, useless

Anyone invented a fix for this !!!

Cheers

Mark

Omega General Help / Trade Club

« on: 21 September 2006, 17:13:54 »

Hi peeps, sorry for my absence of late !

Had reason to visit local VX dealership on Monday, and to cut along story short, started talking and trying to blag a trade club card again !

Luck was on my side, the local area trade club rep was in the building ! After having a few freindly words with the guy, he said he would get an account for me !

Well today, Thursday, i get a phone call, saying all was OK, and here's your account number !
Card is yet to arrive etc, along with the books !

One problem i have is i have found the trade club web site, but its asking me for a login and passwrod !

Tried contacting the club via the online form, but it come up with page not found when i go to send the on line form off asking for assistance !

Any tips ! Or do i have to wait for the card and books etc , and the info will be included with these !

Also is there only one logon site for the trade club !

Cheers

Mark

Omega General Help / Oil pressure switch !Hi Peeps

« on: 24 September 2006, 18:56:11 »

Hi Peeps !!

Urmmmmmmmmmmm oil pressure switch BLEW today, bloody OIL everywhere !!!

I refused to beleive it could be the pressure switch until a mechanic friend of mine said it was quite a common problem ( not with Omega's ) most or all pressure switch's are partly metal , partly plastic, and where the two join together is a common place for a leak to form ! Also ( i'm told ) that the pressure switch's sometimes just blow right the way through, so oil comes out where wire go's in !!

I know its caused a dammed mess ! Estimated the pressure switch had blown 1/2 pint in 50 miles !!!
Ohhhhhhhhhh what a mess !!! Looks like a GUNK job to me

Anyone else been on the receving end of a blown pressure switch !!!

Cheers me dears

Mark

Omega General Help / Odd one maybe !!

« on: 11 September 2006, 21:08:32 »

Just lately i have noticed that at times ( not most of the time ) my car seems to crank over 4 or 5 times before firing ! It happens when warm or cold engine , when it happens !!!!

When this does happen, the old spanner light pops up on the dash board !

Turn engine off and start again, SPANNER GONE !

Any ideas mates !!!

Cheers

Mark

Omega General Help / Paint problem !

« on: 10 September 2006, 20:37:30 »

Hi peeps.

OK in breif, decided to do a poxy little paint touch up yesterday and today today !
Had the extra weather strip off of the sill, and right where it terminates at the rear wheel arch, i has the smallest bubble in the piant work imaganable !

Rubbed it all down to bare metal, which resulted in 3 little pitts in the maetal, rust proofed it , filled the pitts primed it, painted it !

Trouble is NO MATTER what i do, the piant i am using seems to craze ( like hammerite ) when ever applied !
I have a few tins of Hicote in the correct color , and it sprays on to anything else OK ! ( no crazing )

I have even tried further rubbing down of the paint work, other types of primer, and even NO primer at all , paint still crazes up !
Yes i am wiping down with celulose thinners, leaving it a few hours to dry even before painting ! Tried Meths the lot , still crazes !!!

WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY !!!

Is it just that Hicote is crap !

Used Hicote on my sons car, and it worked a treat , and was WELL immpressed with color match !

Cheers

Mark

Omega General Help / Oil thread LLOLLL

« on: 03 September 2006, 21:59:57 »

Nahhhhhhhhhhh only joking , well kind of !!

Went to Tesco's garage tonight and popped a few quids worth of Petrol in the Omega !

Was moving up the que waiting to be served and looked over at some of the mrechandise on the shelves !

Waht the f****ing hell thats at £13.47 a litre !!! Looks like oil---------------- nah cant be at that price !!!

Went to investigate and it was OIL !!! Castrol " Edge "
Wohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh nasty price !!!!! Thats like a £60 oil change !!! Nahhhhhhhhhh cant be !!!

Searched for it on the internet and Halfrauds came up in the first 5 search's !
" Enter your car model here " urmmmmmmmmmm Omega !!!
" Best oil to use is Castrol Edge " recommended for you car ! Like f***k it is !!!
4 litre bottle is £42 something !!!! Yeaaaaaaaaa of course its the best oil for my car, cos its bloody expensive thats why !

You can only buy it in 1 litre and 4 litre cans, how very convinient !!!!!

Whats it all about then chaps, is it ever lasting oil or what !!!!
Got to be something about it at that PRICE !!!

Oh yea almost forgot, thye were also recommending Castrol Edge 0-30w !!!!! ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh !!!
Mark

Omega General Help / Tunnies exhaust

« on: 30 August 2006, 22:27:50 »

Great how to on the brake fluid change Tunnie, and i love the way the spanner magically appears AFTER you mention not to forget putting it on the nipple first !!! LLOLL

Well done mate , but main reason for this post is to say " HAVE YOU SEEN YOUR EXHAUST" !!!!!

Might be a suggestion to do a how to on fitting a NEW 2.2 exhaust LLOOLL
Good on ye mate

Mark