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Omega General Help / Re: New Battery Required

« on: 29 August 2009, 21:34:30 »

I have spent the last two hours on Google and have established that 075 batteries are recommended by lots of manufacturers for the Omega but I can't find any tables for Unipart batteries 

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Omega General Help / Re: New Battery Required

« on: 29 August 2009, 21:26:12 »

Frustrating day today. Went to GSF first to pick up new radiator for wifes Golf. Got into Omega (with new Golf radiator) turned key & engine struggled to turn over. Second attempt & engine burst into life so with a sigh of relief decided to go straight to VX & pick up battery that I ordered on Thursday.

Arrived at VX dealer to be told that there is a stock take being held in Luton so the battery won't be in till Wednesday. Bit of a nuisance because I was planning to drive to Scotland when the M5 reopens on Tuesday 

I wonder if the Unipart GBA3075 battery innocently resting in my wifes Golf would do the job?  :-?

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Omega General Help / Re: New Battery Required

« on: 27 August 2009, 22:55:29 »

Autobahnstormers membership pack turned up this morning. Excellent service, I didn't post the application until Monday morning.

Turns out that my nearest Vauxhall dealer isn't a Trade Card  branch so the VX website is a bit misleading.

Got myself to the next branch and ordered a VX battery. Nice price but not a stock item so got to go back to pick it up on Saturday.

Is the procedure for battery replacement the same on a 2003 2.6 V6 as on a 1994 2.5 V6 ?
 ie
1. Turn on ignition
2. Wait for most of the dash lights to go out
3. Disconnect battery within 30 seconds or so
4. Connect new battery
5. Press window & sunroof switches until you hear each relay click

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Omega General Help / Re: New Battery Required

« on: 23 August 2009, 22:39:37 »

Thanks again.

My nearest dealer is a trade club member 

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Omega General Help / Re: New Battery Required

« on: 23 August 2009, 21:29:11 »

Printing the form now, will post it tomorrow.

I don't know if I can delay replacing the battery until the card arrives though

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Omega General Help / Re: New Battery Required

« on: 23 August 2009, 20:57:42 »

OK thanks.

So if I present an Autobahnstormers membership card I will get 'Trade Club Card' prices?

I was assuming that Trade Club was for commercial customers only.......

25 years ago I lived 7 miles from the Vauxhall plant in Luton and half the people I had been to school with had a relative who could claim 'staff discount'. The factory has been demolished now, Bedford Trucks gone, AC Delco gone 

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Omega General Help / Re: New Battery Required

« on: 23 August 2009, 20:39:39 »

How do I go about getting a trade club card?

I started a thread earlier today in 'General Discussion Area' and was advised to join either Autobahnstormers or VODC.

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Omega General Help / Re: New Battery Required

« on: 23 August 2009, 19:57:49 »

Thanks (everybody  )

£63 (+15% ?) was about what I expected to pay for a decent battery so genuine it will be 

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Omega General Help / New Battery Required

« on: 23 August 2009, 18:04:18 »

OK, had my Omega for one week so far. Had a few niggles with the alarm going off when the engine was started, doors unlocking themselves immediately after being locked and slow cranking when starting the engine.

I have just measured the battery voltage 10.5 volts  (but the good news is that when the engine is started it goes straight up to 14.3v and stays at 14v with everything electrical switched on  ).

I think the battery is the original, (so 6 years old) markings are:
Vauxhall 12 01 264 EP
12v 66Ah 300A(DIN) DF
Maintenance Free Wartungsfrei

Does anyone have any strong opinions on different brands of maintenance free batteries? If I had a trade card I would go & buy a genuine battery tomorrow. Can anyone tell me what the price for a genuine battery is from Vauxhall?

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Omega General Help / Re: Need something clarifying Chip Upgrade

« on: 31 August 2009, 21:13:01 »

Or something with a metal case that is earthed when plugged into an electrical socket (kettle, toaster).

In the weather we have been having down here recently the chances of creating a big enough static charge to damage anything are pretty much zero.

Touch something metal to discharge yourself before you start, don't fidget and there is very little chance of any problem.

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Omega General Help / Re: Noisy exhaust

« on: 31 August 2009, 19:30:56 »

I have had stainless steel exhausts on my Land Rover and Range Rover. They sounded more tinny than a genuine exhaust and didn't seem to last any longer.

Silencers and bits that can be made from flat or rolled sheet were high grade shiny SS and didn't rust but the formed pipes were made from softer SS which suffered surface rust. The worst rust occurred on the welds. It looked to me as though they had used plain steel welding wire. Maybe they should have been TIG welded :-?

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Omega General Help / Re: Noisy exhaust

« on: 31 August 2009, 17:15:08 »

Is it a Vauxhall exhaust?

Can you tell us what make it is if it isn't Vauxhall?

I stopped going to fast/quick/rapid fit type places 20 years ago for my Vauxhalls when I realised that genuine parts lasted 7 or 8 years whereas the nasty ones lasted 2 while strangling performance, reducingincreasing fuel consumption and sounding nasty.

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Omega General Help / Re: miss fire v6 cdx

« on: 30 August 2009, 14:17:42 »

It may actually be possible without removing anything given sufficient determination but you will be working by touch and your arms will look as though you have been swimming with Piranha fish afterwards.

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Omega General Help / Re: miss fire v6 cdx

« on: 30 August 2009, 14:09:20 »

Either
-wiper motor / scuttle

or
-top half of inlet manifold

or possibly both depending on personal preference & how big your hands are.

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Omega General Help / Re: How High....

« on: 31 August 2009, 19:06:09 »

Do you need to take the box out?

When I took the engine out of my manual Omega it seemed natural to drop the gearbox before lifting the engine. The engine is ridiculously heavy even without a gearbox attached.

With my old Range Rover the gearbox is such an awkward lump that I find it makes sense to lift the engine out first if I want to access the gearbox. The gearbox does rest nicely on the crossmember when separated  from the engine however.