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Omega General Help / Re: Vacume pump?

« on: 20 June 2009, 16:50:15 »

OK so I'm going to be a real thickie now and ask what does SAI stand for?  :-?

Also if I do want to disconnect it what am I looking for?

Thanks for the reply's guys

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Omega General Help / Vacume pump?

« on: 19 June 2009, 00:02:14 »

Hi there guy's , when I start the omega from cold there is a fairly loud noise that sounds like a vacum cleaner :-?

It lasts for a few minutes and then shuts off and the car sounds as normal . The colder the weather the longer the sound lasts . Any answers to my mystery under-bonnet cleaning lady?

The car runs as normal and is a 2.5 V6 Elite '98 Thanks guys.

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Omega General Help / Re: Rough Rider

« on: 07 May 2009, 20:33:54 »

Well from my experience I would say YES! Though I don't know if you'll need to get the whole caboodle done.

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Omega General Help / Re: Rough Rider

« on: 07 May 2009, 15:27:00 »

Firstly let me just say another BIG THANK YOU! to all that have replied.

Got the tools out today to do the oil change , I always find it much easier to remove the near-side front wheel to do this . So jacked up the front took the studs off and put my hands around the wheel to take it off....shock beyond words as my fingers are pricked by the steel wires poking out of the tyre Checked the other side and it was the same!

What's happened is the last MOT (six months ago),the front wishbones were changed and the PR1CK that did it didn't check the tracking or tell me it still needed doing This is the same PR!CK that lost one of my wheel studs and neglected to tell me as well (not the first thing you check)

So quick oil change and down to get two new tyres , turns out the mechanic concerned has already been fired , the garage I use has always been good in the past , so I'm not surprised he's gone!

The scariest thing is I only use the car on the M-way at high speed , if both of those front tyres had blown I wouldn't be writing this now [smiley=engel017.gif] I'd be pushing up the daisies

Anyway car booked in for tracking tomorrow and the good news is the steering and ride quality are back to normal

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Omega General Help / Re: Rough Rider

« on: 06 May 2009, 21:35:10 »

No , all the wheel studs are OK , I thought of that as well

The steering pulls to the left , so I'll check the front left wheel first I think

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Omega General Help / Re: Rough Rider

« on: 06 May 2009, 17:03:34 »

Thanks for the link Cybertrucker , I'll give it a go with the spare wheel tomorrow .

Chrisgixer , it is road speed related , as speed increases the shaking decreases , but not like your normal wheel wobble , it starts at such a low speed , like 5mph. Engine runs fine , needs an oil change but I'll do that tomorrow while investigating the car. and self levelling is OK.

Thanks for the advice guys

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Omega General Help / Rough Rider

« on: 06 May 2009, 00:49:38 »

Hi there , not posted for a long time , had some carefree motoring

Unfortunately the car is now riding badly , at slow speeds it feels like I'm driving on cobblestones  :Dand it pulls to the left (which it has always done to a much lesser degree) . The steering wheel shakes as though the wheels are out of balance though the weights are still in place .

All of this smooths out at motorway speeds , but doesn't disappear completely.

Haven't had time to take a proper look yet but I've got a bit of time off now so would like to get it sorted . What are your suggestions as to the most likely causes?

Any help , much appreciated BTW it's a '98 2.5 Elite.

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Omega General Help / Re: Think I know what it is... but...

« on: 07 May 2009, 00:36:03 »

Cam cover gaskets are easy , if I can do them so can you. I'm sure there's a 'how to'. It's not worth paying a garage to do them for you . Just make sure you buy the genuine VX seals and the black sealant.

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Omega General Help / Re: failed to start

« on: 09 September 2008, 19:29:28 »

Hi there Peeps ,
                       Not been here for a while cos the omega's been fine!! However today i've had some strange things happen .

Drove to work last week and got there very low on petrol , 34 miles range remaining on computer display . Started car today when I got back and on route to filling station had to do 'U' turn and car cut out on me. Never happened before but re-started OK , figured that 'U' turn had caused petrol starvation , so drove slowly last 300 meters and put a tenners worth in( theiving petrol station ) then drove 65 motorway miles home . Car behaved normally .

Got back to Brighton and filled up for reasonable price (dies with laughter). Got back in car and it wouldn't start. Turned over OK but wouldn't fire up untill about 5th attempt. When it did start revs fluctuated a bit and then settled down to normal.

Have done paperclip test and no codes are stored except 12 and 31 , engine not running so assume this is normal .

I depend on this car to get to work so would like to head off any problems before I get stranded on M25 :-/ :-/ Any suggestions will be appreciated

                                    Thanks Steve.

seems dodgy crank sensor..

Would crank sensor not show up on paperclip test?

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Omega General Help / Re: failed to start

« on: 09 September 2008, 17:59:11 »

Done paperclip test , as above , codes 12 and 31 which I think is normal.

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Omega General Help / failed to start

« on: 09 September 2008, 17:25:24 »

Hi there Peeps ,
                       Not been here for a while cos the omega's been fine!! However today i've had some strange things happen .

Drove to work last week and got there very low on petrol , 34 miles range remaining on computer display . Started car today when I got back and on route to filling station had to do 'U' turn and car cut out on me. Never happened before but re-started OK , figured that 'U' turn had caused petrol starvation , so drove slowly last 300 meters and put a tenners worth in( theiving petrol station ) then drove 65 motorway miles home . Car behaved normally .

Got back to Brighton and filled up for reasonable price (dies with laughter). Got back in car and it wouldn't start. Turned over OK but wouldn't fire up untill about 5th attempt. When it did start revs fluctuated a bit and then settled down to normal.

Have done paperclip test and no codes are stored except 12 and 31 , engine not running so assume this is normal .

I depend on this car to get to work so would like to head off any problems before I get stranded on M25 :-/ :-/ Any suggestions will be appreciated

                                    Thanks Steve.

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Omega General Help / Re: Plug lead change

« on: 09 September 2008, 19:34:12 »

removing the plenum chamber from top of engine may give you a bit more room to manouvre , just keep all 'o' rings and plug holes with paper towel so nothing drops into engine.

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Omega General Help / Re: Comedy rocker gasket replacement quote

« on: 09 April 2008, 03:19:25 »

Sometimes the rocker covers do warp. Had to have mine replaced aswell as the gaskets on my previous Omega but not at the cost you've been quoted!

Granted, i'm sure sometimes they DO need changed, but he claimed that was defo. the cause of the leak.
He hasn't even seen the car.

He's probably talking cr@p then. If like me, you can't do them yourself you're better off finding a decent independent garage that will do them at a fraction of VX's charges.

Yeah, i'm in the same boat as you mechanicaly mate, i havn't the skill, tools or time to do these jobs. I prefer to trust garages and folk who know their way round the engine bay.

The Job Realy isnt that hard and as for trusting garages

Your realy lucky if you've got a garage you can trust , but for peace of mind do it yourself There are good guides on this site and plenty of people to give advice . Just use genuine VX parts .

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Omega General Help / Re: Remote Locking

« on: 05 February 2008, 13:37:42 »

I would suspect the solder joint between the circuit board & the battery contact
It's worth resoldering to eliminate that as the cause
Takes seconds to do
 

Nice one Pitchfork

Had a closer look at key today and had a poke around , thought as key's not working got nothing to loose anyway one of the contacts was broken .  

Thinking back I dropped the key just before it stopped working so maybe this broke the connection in the first place

Still don't know why the key re-set with key in ignition doesn't seem to work though , nothing happened with either key . Never mind happy now got 2 functioning keys again [smiley=laugh.gif] [smiley=laugh.gif]

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Omega General Help / Re: Remote Locking

« on: 04 February 2008, 22:51:01 »

Did you check the battery holder as suggested?

The battery holder bent a little as I was taking the battery out but didnt seem to be damaged at all , will have a closer look at holder and soldered joints tomorrow