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« on: 04 August 2020, 20:11:07 »
Wee bit of an update on my omega, trying to use it a bit more during summer, I have since changed autobox oil, and also took sump off and cleaned it all out and changed the engine oil inc. sump off and clean out.
After topping up the oil I must have put too much in it, it was overt he full mark after checking it next day, so I then decided to drain some back out, put an old pan under it and let a few cupfuls out at a time, it wasn't going down so I let maybe a litre or so out, and boom the dipstick is now showing no oil at all!
I don't know how I do these things lol, it seems to have gone from over full to nothing, and i've emptied out perhaps 2 litres if that. So as the oil was draining into an old cat litter tray (Shouldv'e cleaned it out first) I'm not risking putting cat litter chunks + oil back in just went and bought 2 litres of oil and topped up with one litre and it's back to 1/2 full so that'll do it.
Also need to change the drop link on driver side, can't mind it might be other side, but I have a spare so that will be next. The main concern at the moment is though the TC and ABS light staying on. I was away on holiday and as I usually disconnect battery when leaving it for more than a few days, I connected up, started checking tyres and stuff, had radio on, then thought oh wait I might have drained the batter a bit. So closed everything radio off, left it for a few mins, then turned it over and yes it was very slow churning, sounded like it was going to click click, but held it and it went just.
Seems ok now, must have just drained it a bit much when doing tyre checks with radio on.
Longer term things I want to get changed as well is the air-con condensor and drier, which I've got in my stock, air con was originally low on gas so topped it up but Iafter seeing the air-con radiator I can see why it is probably not quite as cool as it should be, all the fins are missing.
. Easy to set up, just a sacrifical anode plate and a power supply wired to the anode and the part in the water. Add some baking soda and it starts bubbling the rust off.
you won't reverse fast enough to get the abs to work, if it even works in reverse...