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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: ckz on 14 March 2015, 20:21:19
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guys,
just coming home from work. stopping to let a mate out the car, when i drive in reverse off to get out the drive, it made an awfull grinding and surring noise ,
no powe-rsteering and after a second it only make a surriiinnnnggggg noise which is louder when the acceleration is pressed down. more speed louder and faster surring noise.
no power-steering at all.reservoir is full.
what is this problem ? i had no problem with the steering before at all, no indication.
don't tell me its worth a new car. lol
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Aux belt failure?
If not pop belt off and spin the pump pulley to check for play/stiffness. Check other pulleys whilst the belt is off too... And ffs stop revving it. If Waterpump isn't spinning then you're into new engine territory :o
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ill have a look tomorrow.
belt is there and is running.
with torch i could see all agregates running, nothing stopped.
i only know about the noise becaue i had to drive home.
no overheating no waterleaks, no oilleaks.
ill see when its daylight.
hopefully something easy to fix.
otherwise a new car very quick - dont like driving hers. to small. yuk.
thanks so far. ill keep posted what i find out in the morning.
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Sounds like the pumps fubbered to me.
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thats great. NOT.
thats all i need. a new is bloody expensive plus the fxxx work required. nobody can do it straight away.
i hope not.
i have a look in the morning and hopefully can determinate anything.
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thats great. NOT.
thats all i need. a new is bloody expensive plus the fxxx work required. nobody can do it straight away.
i hope not.
i have a look in the morning and hopefully can determinate anything.
Can't make any promises but might be in your vicinity mon or tues :y
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that sounds good. but im at work in the morning till 1pm.
i go out the next half an hour and try to see what i can find out.
i know there no leaks, nothing dripping, the reservoir is full, never had any noises on steering - apart when you turn on full lock the usual slight suring.
if its the pump, how much work is involved to change it for a new one?
found some on amazon for around 110£.
not sure if i have to go for omega or if there any other cars are the same.
for example wishbones interchangeable with vectras etc.
the thing is, i am about starting a new job this month and need the car, so i dont have much time to get it done.
the less work the more chances i have someone can fix that.
for a reasonable price.
defo not vauxhall.
if i remember when i drove of there was a rubber burn smell, but not sure from the car or the surrounding place i was at the time.
no burn smell when i was at home.
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i did make a short video from the pump while the engine is running.
well i dont know if you can hear exactly what noise it makes.
first time i try uploading a video over photobucket. ( hope it works )
(http://<embed width="600" height="361" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullscreen="true" allowNetworking="all" wmode="transparent" src="http://static.photobucket.com/player.swf" flashvars="file=http%3A%2F%2Fvid1314.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ft569%2FTom2905100%2FMobile%2520Uploads%2F20150315_094620_zpsz0s0to9l.mp4&title=powersteeringpump">)
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ok, guess not. no idea how to upload videos on here.
video available on facebook omega owners if it helps.
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http://i1314.photobucket.com/albums/t569/Tom2905100/Mobile Uploads/20150315_094620_zpsz0s0to9l.mp4 (http://i1314.photobucket.com/albums/t569/Tom2905100/Mobile Uploads/20150315_094620_zpsz0s0to9l.mp4)
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Remove the aux belt and spin all the pulleys by hand... money on tensioner pulley being rough :-\
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Was the pas pump. Repacked aux tensioner with grease. Was running dry.
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Was the pas pump. Repacked aux tensioner with grease. Was running dry.
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Brilliant! :)