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General Car Chat / Re: washer non return valve

« on: Yesterday at 22:18:46 »

Quote from: Andy B on Yesterday at 10:08:42

Quote from: Kevin Wood on Yesterday at 09:16:26
Quote from: TheBoy on 16 May 2025, 19:59:48
Quote from: Sir Tigger KC on 16 May 2025, 19:57:38
Is that better or worse than a shit part from China? $:-\$

Talking of which have you tried Temu?
I can confirm that pattern JLR headlamp washers from China are even worse than the JLR ones, though at £12, about a tenth of the price....

They only have to actually work once a year.. So far the original ones have managed that with a bit of fettling.

.. although I then need to remember to remove the relay so it doesn't syphon out the contents of the washer bottle overnight.

"My" MOT tester has yet to test the headlamp washers on my ML. It's not that easy anyway cos they don't wash every time the screen is washed

I got an advisory for them leaking last year, so maybe I'll try my luck with them inop next year and see.

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General Car Chat / Re: washer non return valve

« on: Yesterday at 09:16:26 »

Quote from: TheBoy on 16 May 2025, 19:59:48

Quote from: Sir Tigger KC on 16 May 2025, 19:57:38
Is that better or worse than a shit part from China? $:-\$

Talking of which have you tried Temu?
I can confirm that pattern JLR headlamp washers from China are even worse than the JLR ones, though at £12, about a tenth of the price....

They only have to actually work once a year.. So far the original ones have managed that with a bit of fettling.

.. although I then need to remember to remove the relay so it doesn't syphon out the contents of the washer bottle overnight.

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General Car Chat / Re: washer non return valve

« on: 16 May 2025, 17:26:09 »

Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 16 May 2025, 15:22:32

Presumably Jaaag CBA to supply them. $:-\$

I suspect it's because of the sh1te design of their headlamp washers and the fact that they don't bother as standard that he wants them.

Which reminds me...

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General Discussion Area / Re: Two firefighters lost

« on: 16 May 2025, 13:48:11 »

And, completely coincidentally, I am sure, where they were planning to build a hotel were it not for the (listed) hangar building.

Now that it has cost lives I am sure I will be proved right or wrong one way or the other..

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Omega General Help / Re: Engine swap

« on: 16 May 2025, 07:08:37 »

Quote from: TheBoy on 14 May 2025, 11:56:26

It was definitely easier in the dry, and not being constantly distracted by Omegatoy destroying my door mechanism....

I don't know. LFF64 did an admirable job soaking up the rain for us.

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Omega General Help / Re: Omega Catera MV6 3.0 Iddle or oil pump Problem

« on: 16 May 2025, 07:06:03 »

Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 15 May 2025, 11:18:28

That the light comes on when decelerating, was what I should have typed.

I did wonder about the level... although the pressure switch is on the front of the block so deceleration should have the opposite effect... Which leaves the pump from the three primary culprits.

It doesn't matter where the pressure switch is, the oil pressure is almost constant everywhere downstream of the pump, but the location of the oil pickup pipe in the sump, and any baffles, etc. might do.

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 15 May 2025, 17:58:11 »

Put an MOT on the roller skate at last.
..and right on cue, the nice weather has gone.

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Omega General Help / Re: Omega Catera MV6 3.0 Iddle or oil pump Problem

« on: 15 May 2025, 07:36:28 »

Quote from: tomuxzz on 14 May 2025, 19:58:46

Hot engine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&si=S-LQuYNT4yzQ6apZ&v=jHf-5uTrRj4&feature=youtu.be&cbrd=1&ab_channel=Tomas
Cold start:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2d5CzxY--E&ab_channel=Tomas

Looks to me like the light is telling you the pressure is low but the gauge is behaving normally. I would follow Nick W's suggestion, get a workshop pressure gauge and actually measure the oil pressure before going too much further.

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 14 May 2025, 22:45:13 »

Quote from: STEMO on 14 May 2025, 22:21:42

Quote from: Sir Tigger KC on 14 May 2025, 22:17:56
Quote from: STEMO on 14 May 2025, 17:32:48
Finally got off my arse and started looking for a new (different) car. Going to see a V70 on Saturday.

Nice. Assuming it's a diesel, the 2.4 D5 is the one to go for.
Don't need anything as powerful as that, Tigger. 2.0 D3 SE. 2014 with 140,000 miles on it, FSH, New MOT.

And manual, wouldn't trust an auto box with that many miles on it.

Power isn't the only concern. My brother had a 2.0 Volvo diesel of about that era and it was a dog. Kept diluting its own oil and eventually did the decent thing and committed harakiri by the side of the road in a big cloud of smoke, at about 70K miles IIRC.

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Omega General Help / Re: Engine swap

« on: 14 May 2025, 07:27:45 »

Quote from: TheBoy on 12 May 2025, 08:51:02

Swapped the long, heavy TD engine before

I was younger back then. Was that saga really 17 years ago

<shudder> There's something wrong with that picture. It's not raining and I can't see any re-purposed bits of garage door in play.

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Omega General Help / Re: Omega Catera MV6 3.0 Iddle or oil pump Problem

« on: 14 May 2025, 07:26:01 »

Might also be worth checking the oil pressure relief valve while you're at it, although I can't remember where they are on this engine.

Blocked oil pickup is definitely a possibility and worth eliminating.

Could just be a lazy oil pressure switch?

If the oil pressure picks up quickly at higher revs it's possibly not work worrying about if the above check out OK.

It's normal for some variants of the V6 to idle as low as 450-500 RPM from memory.

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