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Omega General Help / Where's this go
« on: 16 March 2025, 20:11:20 »
Have been sent this by someone, I'm guessing it's for aux pump under the coolant tank.
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General Car Chat / Re: Pissed off being ripped off for insurance
« on: 16 March 2025, 19:53:36 »But does the cash back exceed the amount spent via their sites Vs not using them...
If they give you £30 back but you could have bought the exact same thing from somewhere else for £30 less (probably an even greater difference), have you actually benefitted?
^^^^^^^This every Time...
Having looked at Insurance through cash back and non cash back,, it's normally cheaper via non Cash back. My argument is why not just offer the product cheaper instead of all the up selling and smoke+mirrors B.S
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 08 March 2025, 12:17:30 »Less than a year ago I fitted a new pair of Halfords H1 dip beam bulbs to my sons Civic.
A couple of days ago he mentioned that the n/s one had stopped working. Found a used one in the shed that worked so fitted that.
This morning he said that one isnt working now either, so fitted another one I had in the shed.
Now all four bulbs (dip and high beam) are on when headlights are switched on.
Switching to main beam changes nothing, and high beam blue tell tale light on the dash doesnt come on.
Dont know where to start to find out why.
Was originally thinking of just fitting four new bulbs, but if theres something else going on, it may blow them in no time and thats almost £50 wasted.
Im not great with electrickery, so any ideas welcomed.
Check the appropriate relay,, also might be the headlight dippy flicky bit on the steering wheel.
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General Car Chat / Re: Help in Bleeding Astra J Brakes after Rear Caliber Change
« on: 05 March 2025, 20:24:56 »
I've got this https://www.halfords.com/tools/hand-tools/automotive-tools/europat-vizibleed-brake-and-clutch-bleeding-kit-321141.html?istCompanyId=b8708c57-7a02-4cf6-b2c0-dc36b54a327e&istFeedId=367c5610-f937-4c81-8609-f84582324cd6&istItemId=xxwmax&istBid=t&&_$ja=tsid:%7Ccid:17363835999%7Cagid:%7Ctid:%7Ccrid:%7Cnw:x%7Crnd:3993948498277538863%7Cdvc:m%7Cadp:%7Cmt:%7Cloc:1006818&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAiaC-BhBEEiwAjY99qHZjSZM6yyF6nw5hLvEARTT48hwSJ4FulSRGUVGJCEyAhqRAZdqDDBoC0rIQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
The one that uses the air pressure from a tyre I found very messy,,, if you have a compressor the vacuum bleeds are very good.
The one that uses the air pressure from a tyre I found very messy,,, if you have a compressor the vacuum bleeds are very good.
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Omega General Help / Re: Instrument cluster failure - RPM + Speed frozen, coolant + fuel not reading.
« on: 05 March 2025, 17:51:18 »21
Omega General Help / Re: Instrument cluster failure - RPM + Speed frozen, coolant + fuel not reading.
« on: 05 March 2025, 17:48:30 »
PM's replied too 
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General Discussion Area / Re: Licence renewal...
« on: 03 March 2025, 18:36:34 »
What ever Entitlements you have, you will retain,
A large number of Drivers I know use D4D for medical £55 all booked online.
The only thing some have noticed on renewal is iirc "section 104 or 107" it's catching a few motorhome aimers out.
A large number of Drivers I know use D4D for medical £55 all booked online.
The only thing some have noticed on renewal is iirc "section 104 or 107" it's catching a few motorhome aimers out.
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Omega General Help / Re: Auxiliary belt tensioner V6
« on: 28 February 2025, 19:06:25 »
Just remove the pulley, then the dust cover from the bearing, clean all old grease out,, refill with new grease,, and put back together.
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Omega General Help / Re: Y26SE - starting then dying
« on: 09 February 2025, 21:14:15 »
Have you had any of the Vacuum pipes off, or removed the intake and replaced the vacuum pipes wrong or the plug on the back of the plenums..
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Omega General Help / Re: ATF Filter
« on: 07 February 2025, 15:52:42 »
You'll need 8L of Dex 3, a suitable way to put it in, I used a Garden Sprayer, It's a messy job if done on the drive, for filters and gaskets from here
https://www.jpat.co.uk/
https://www.jpat.co.uk/
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Omega General Help / Re: Omega 2.6 V6 - P0170 and P0173 (Fuel Trim Malfunction Bank 1 & 2)
« on: 04 February 2025, 13:31:17 »
There's a take off for vacuum on the servo line.
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Omega Gallery / Re: Omega B2 3.0 V6 Executive from scrap to sunshine
« on: 03 February 2025, 18:48:00 »When I was trialling the vertical poly bushes, Tony at WIM suggested running zero front toe. It certainly tracked true down the road, but any effect on steering was potentially down to the bushes as geometry.I found 0'' and 35psi increased tyre life,but didn't affect the handling, running at 30psi would allow for more tyre wear, especially in the centre,and on non-XL tyres gave more wear on the shoulders as the tyre flexed more. Hence I use to run XL at 35psi.
With standard bushes I only ever had about 0°06" so can't really say whether the way the car drove was down to the bushes or the geometry or a combination of both.
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Omega General Help / Re: Front strut difference between Saloon and Estate
« on: 03 February 2025, 18:42:28 »
Use Bilstien springs. They do a complete package.
https://www.bilstein-shocks.co.uk/products/46-192813
https://www.bilstein-shocks.co.uk/products/46-192813
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Omega Gallery / Re: Omega B2 3.0 V6 Executive from scrap to sunshine
« on: 03 February 2025, 13:41:09 »This thread gives some insight into the murky depths, but there are several thousand posts on the subject over the years.
https://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=38995.0
Front settings:
Camber -1°10"
Caster ~ 4.5° to 5.5° ideally similar side to side and can be improved by moving the subframe.
Toe 0°03" to 0°05" toe in. Total toe 0°06" to 0°10" and even side to side.
Rear:
Thrust angle 0°00
Camber and toe should be similar side to side, but they are a single adjustment and the only number that matters is that the thrust angle is Zero. Nothing more or less, not even a gnats cock either way.
I use to have 1• camber,, and run the front track at 0- parallel.. running tyres at 35psi. 245/45/17