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[Wayne]

Got up this morning, still baffled about that "loose pipe" on my car
cant get to the HBV or whatever it is, still cant find it! and YES i must be dumb i guess  
gonna have to pay one of you a visit to help me with my remaining "problems"

anyway, i done the RESET procedure on the Air-Con by pressing AUTO and OFF, after it was done i noticed my Air-Con was cooler, or was i must imagining it? what does the reset fix or change?
took my S Reg 1998 Omega CDX 2.5 V6 up to Kwik-Fleece in Oxford, left it with them for 90 minutes
came back and the guy said "no charge" hooray!!
they said my car started off at its coldest at 8.5 degrees, they got it down to 7.5 and thats it
is that normal and as cold as it will go? it does seem to be colder, but not as cold as my grandfathers V Reg Honda Accord
maybe each make and model of car is different as to how low it goes in Temperature?
i also go them to do the "anti-bacterial" thing for £19.95

when he gave me the keys back i said goodbye and drove off
so i got the whole car re-gassed and whatever AND he forgot to charge me £19.95 for the "anti bac"

RESULT!!

i also just fitted me NEW K&N Air Filter and me NEW Pollen Filter
http://www.puravent.co.uk/filters/display_static_page.pl?static=puraventfilterdesign.htm
which on its own cost me £23.70 because i got a decent one
for the Air filter fitting, do you pop it in and then push it down into the box, or sort of just let it sit on top and then clamp the lid back down again?


also, anyone on here from Oxford that can do a "coolant" flush and "re-fill" for me?
i wouldnt have a clue how to do it and would worry about messing it up coz i am as Stupid as they come, ha ha ha
i will buy that stuff your all on about, whats it called again?
my present coolant looks Blueish, everyone on here seems to say RED is better yes?

thoughts guys?

[TheBoy]

You can do the coolant flush

Do you know when last changed?

[Weds]

they said my car started off at its coldest at 8.5 degrees, they got it down to 7.5 and thats it
is that normal and as cold as it will go?

I don't think it will go any lower, the omega A/C is not the best in the world..

[Wayne]

as far as i know in the 5 years i have owned the car its NEVER been done, not even sure IF the car dealer i bought it from even done it!

help,   lol

and nope, you dont know how "in-capable" i am of doing this!
i can change a "plug" and thats it!

hence thats why im a Musician, its easier! lol

[TheBoy]

as far as i know in the 5 years i have owned the car its NEVER been done, not even sure IF the car dealer i bought it from even done it!

help,   lol

and nope, you dont know how "in-capable" i am of doing this!
i can change a "plug" and thats it!

hence thats why im a Musician, its easier! lol

Right, it needs changing 'now'

Are you capable of undoing a screw? Do you have a reasonable supply of water (eg hose)?  If answer is yes to both of those, you can do it

It will need flushing through a few times, as it will be in a hell of a state.

If you really don't think you can do it, you are welcome to bring up, and I will show you exactly what you need to do to flush it (as said, you will need to do a few times over the period of 2 or 3 days).

[Wayne]

Are you capable of undoing a screw? Do you have a reasonable supply of water (eg hose)?  If answer is yes to both of those, you can do it

It will need flushing through a few times, as it will be in a hell of a state.



it will need doing a few times over 2-3 days? what do you mean mate?
dont i just flush it out and then re-fill?
you could always do it for me? lol would pay you!
or is there a "maintenance" thing on here?

[TheBoy]

it will need doing a few times over 2-3 days? what do you mean mate?
dont i just flush it out and then re-fill?
you could always do it for me? lol would pay you!
or is there a "maintenance" thing on here?

Its old, dirty, yucky coolant.  It is not possible to completely empty the v6 cooling system (easily), and each flush gets about 1/2 of it out.  So you keep doing it over and over again (using the car a bit between flushes to help mix it up) to repeatedly dilute the crap thats in there.  When its virtually neat water in there, then add neat antifreeze to give the correct 50% mix.

Does that make sense?

I will happily show you what to do (for free), but you will need to do some yourself over the next few days for the reasons above.

[Tony H]

as far as i know in the 5 years i have owned the car its NEVER been done, not even sure IF the car dealer i bought it from even done it!

help,   lol

and nope, you dont know how "in-capable" i am of doing this!
i can change a "plug" and thats it!

hence thats why im a Musician, its easier! lol

By "plug do you mean spark plug? have a go at the rear one passenger side on your motor

[Tony H]

Also took mine into Kwik fit last week for aircon temp down to 3 degrees the said they wouldn't be able to improve on that and sent me on my way

[Chopsdad]

Good news re Quick Fit and coolant flush is easy enough to do - I know 'cos I've just done mine

PS For anyone else reading this the Anti Bac cans are now in stock at Tesco Extra - made by Car Plan and cost £4.99  I ran one in my wife's stinky car and it no longer pongs

[Wayne]

Tony - they got yours down to 3 degrees? mine wouldnt go lower than 7.5 degrees

i had no leaks or anything

so it looks like there MUST be something wrong as its NOT ice cold like it should be?


what model and year of Omega do you have?

thanks

[bigup316]

hello mate i live in abingdon and have the same problem with my 98 cdx let me know if you get it fixed and ware and how much so i can take mine in it will be winter before i get this thing bloody fixed haha

[Tony H]

Wayne you've misread my post aircon was already running at 3 degrees so they said they would not be able to improve that figure so they did nothing I must be lucky and have an efficient system.When I took it in I had just completed a twelve mile journey so the system was very cold. They said an average figure for aircon is about 5 or 6 degrees.My Meegas a 2,000 W 2.5 Elite