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Omega General Help / gear lever

« on: 15 January 2015, 17:41:13 »

On my automatic miggy...when the gear lever is locked into park if i just apply the foot brake pedal there is a defnate....clicking sound every time the foot brake is applied....it appears to be the locking mechanism for the gear lever..any ideas why it does this and how can it be cured.. .

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General Car Chat / paint

« on: 14 January 2015, 14:32:42 »

The grey rubbery stuff that the f/l//omegas have on the door cards....can you buy it to repaint to look like original  

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General Car Chat / omega mv6

« on: 11 January 2015, 21:34:25 »

just looking at a 2003 omega mv6 on the internet.......strange thing is that according to the dvla   the mileage checks are as follows...5th may 2011...reading was 106000.....nearly two years later 15th feb 2013    reading was   107000.....15may 2013 same year was 108000.....so in two year mileage increased by only 2000 miles...ok fair enough,but then on 15th december 2014  reading was 141000..which means in 19 months the mileage increased by 33000 miles......do you think that is strange.?

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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / head rests

« on: 11 January 2015, 11:11:32 »

Free to collector...before they get binned on Wednesday....3 rear and 2 front head rests for a f/l omega...in small grey check with red in them....

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Omega General Help / air vac pump

« on: 02 January 2015, 22:44:11 »

Please can anyone tell me what the (air vac pump) that works the h.b.v. for the heater looks like....any pics or part number would help so that I can look it up....as try as I may I just cant find it on my 2.2 omega anywhere...looked by the pollen filter and tried to trace the air tubes but to no avail....so if I knew what it looked like I would know what I am looking for ..thanks....

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Omega General Help / seats

« on: 01 January 2015, 16:06:25 »

Will a rear seat from a face lift 2000..on estate fit into a face lift saloon...if not what is the difference and can it be made to fit..cheers

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Omega General Help / heater air vac

« on: 27 December 2014, 22:25:23 »

If by taking the air vac hose off the h.b.v.and plugging the end of the hose makes the heater hotter what is the problem....

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General Discussion Area / another star dies

« on: 22 December 2014, 20:39:50 »

Another star has died yesterday..Billie whitelaw...such a great actress and person...god bless 

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Omega General Help / thermostat

« on: 21 December 2014, 21:39:14 »

any one know what degree stat a 2.2 (desmond ) takes and is it separate from the housing or does it come complete with housing...as some suppliers ( q.h ) show it just as a stat where others show it with housing..

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Omega General Help / heater probs

« on: 19 December 2014, 20:31:20 »

my 2.2 miggy heater h.b.v.was faulty..thus no heat...changed it..bled system all ok.....car left standing for a day and no heat again....bled the system all ok...next day heater still ok nearly all day....left car standing over night,next day ..no heat.....bled system took ages but again heater working...today heater ok,drove 20 miles all ok....left car for two hours heater still ok..drove 15 miles no probs..left car for 5 hours drove home no heater......system and matrix have been flushed and all ok,,,,temp gauge rises as normal and engine does not over heat all hoses are hot including matrix hoses...Just dont understand why the heat keeps stoping but returns when system has been bled......now realy peed off with it all.........so please any help would be realy great ,thanks.

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General Car Chat / rear exhaust

« on: 18 December 2014, 16:51:49 »

The omega woes just carry on and on....today i was told by another driver that I had a load of ribbon hanging from my rear exhaust box and he asked if someone had stuffed it up there and did I know it was there...On inspection and a lot of tugging all of the fibre glass wrapping has now come out....looked like horse hair....filled  a carrier bag full of the stuff.....so although the silencer sounds and looks ok I have just ordered a new one...merry christmas 

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General Car Chat / omega models

« on: 16 December 2014, 23:54:15 »

I have had around 9....2.2 omegas (desmonds as you call them  )  and the only real problems I had was three with head gasket failure,apart from that realy reliable....I have been looking at a 2003...2.6 omega and wondering if I should have it....I have had a 2.5 and had nothing but bother...so what are the opinions of a 2.6../ 3.2..as the thought of.....cam cover gaskets..oil coolers...self levelling suspension..extra .exhaust sensors.... and other common issues all going wrong coupled with dearer insurance....why do most of you prefer the larger engine motors......apart from the extra power ...what is there to gain 

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Omega General Help / heater hoses

« on: 08 December 2014, 12:45:49 »

going to change h.b.v. on a 2.2 omega...looking at the heater  matrix hoses that are in the engine compartment that connect to the heater matrix there are the large white plastic connectors and hanging in the breeze doing nothing around them are two green plastic rings.....what are the green rings for and should they just be lose...and how do i disconnect those white plastic rings  hoses from the heater matrix please as I am replacing all the hoses at the same time ..thanks..

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Omega General Help / heater / h.b.v.valve

« on: 05 December 2014, 15:50:30 »

Facelift 2.2.....heater probs......all blowers / vents work ok,,,temp gauge goes up to 85/90 deg...but heater is very poor.hardly luke warm..Question 1....I have found that the  air vac pipe on the h b v  has snapped off where it joins the valve on the top..so have ordered another valve to change over....the other problem is have I been heavy handed with the air vac pipe as it came from the top of the valve and  it appeared to be routed into the cab where the heater matrix pipes came out where the sharpe metal edge is,.now I thought that it could not be correct to be jammed in there like it was so I gave it a tug and snapped it..then i pulled hard on the remaining bit and that came out as well....on placing the two pieces together they appear to fit together as one piece.........so were they jammed in there by someone who has replaced the matrix or do they go into the cab and have i caused myself a lot of work by breaking it..........question 2...that  h b v air vac pipe is routed along with the brake servo air vac pipe across the bulk head towards the nearside inner wing where they both disapear into the sound insulation,,,,,so where do they go from there and where  are they connected to....thanks 

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Omega General Help / wheel and brake wobble

« on: 30 November 2014, 22:38:10 »

A friend of mine just bought an omega...The problem is at approx 50mph it has slight wheel vibration and on easy braking there is a slight vibration coming up through the brake pedal just as if the  a.b.s system is making  the brakes go..on/off..on/off on.off....With heavier braking this disapears and feels ok...The brakes are spot on and there are no a.b.s warning light to say the unit is faulty.....fitted new genuine front discs and pads and then had the wheels tracked and balanced..flew through m.o.t...with no advises......if the steering geometry camber/angle/whatever  is out would this cause these two symptoms...thanks