Omega Owners Forum
Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: tunnie on 22 January 2007, 16:44:26
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Popped out to Tesco today, mate was driving...
Loads of town driving, never went above 50... went to, halfords, comet, tescos. all in different retail parks lots of stop starts...
Now on the last stretch home noticed steam coming out of the front grill, got worse as we got back. When we got home, there was quite a lot of steam.
Strange thing is coolant is about where it was before... coolant tank barley gone down a cm max...
Also the front leccy fan for the air-con was also wet :o :-/
Piccys, hard to capture steam:
(http://tunnie.co.uk/omegaforum/senator/radproblem/DSC06399.JPG)
(http://tunnie.co.uk/omegaforum/senator/radproblem/DSC06405.JPG)
(http://tunnie.co.uk/omegaforum/senator/radproblem/DSC06406.JPG)
The Rad is bad shape i know, i think the best option is to replace....
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Not the healthiest rad I have ever seen! ;)
As for photographing steam.... it's easy, as long as you can get the cooling system to produce enough! Mark is your man for this task! ;D
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Not the healthiest rad I have ever seen! ;)
As for photographing steam.... it's easy, as long as you can get the cooling system to produce enough! Mark is your man for this task! ;D
;D ;D ;D
Its defo the Rad then, no other serious problem it could be? :-/
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Oh dear, not very nice[smiley=huh.gif]
Still £300, can't really complain
On the subject of £300 (£345 to be exact) - Decided to have my 60,000 mile service, cambelt and pulleys done next Monday :-/
Cambelt was done at 40k but no documented proof. You guys have finally worried me enough to have it done, would be a complete disaster if it was to break.
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Oh dear, not very nice[smiley=huh.gif]
Still £300, can't really complain
On the subject of £300 (£345 to be exact) - Decided to have my 60,000 mile service, cambelt and pulleys done next Monday :-/
Cambelt was done at 40k but no documented proof. You guys have finally worried me enough to have it done, would be a complete disaster if it was to break.
Its something people don't think about really, i should get mine done. I asked for it when i bought it, but until i found this place i did not know the proper way.
Hoping a replacement rad should not be too steep.
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Looking at that, you can see the bit of core which is probably split.....defo radiator....about 125 quid new....for a good one.
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Looking at that, you can see the bit of core which is probably split.....defo radiator....about 125 quid new....for a good one.
Cheers Mark,
There is a complete Senator on fleabay going to £125!!
Can't afford a new one, will have to be a second hand one.
Already e-mailed a flebay breakers advert on a Senator. If anyone one see's a Senator going cheap, let me know :y
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It needs to be one from a Senator with aircon as I seem to recall they are different to non aircon models....
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Strange thing is coolant is about where it was before... coolant tank barley gone down a cm max...
remember the coolant expands when hot. Check when cold, level will have dropped.
Not worth messing with 2nd hand rads imho....
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It needs to be one from a Senator with aircon as I seem to recall they are different to non aircon models....
All 24v Senators had Air-con i think? (apart from x-plod) - Saw some photos of Carlton GSi's the Rad looked the same...
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radiators on tc perhaps for the senny? :-/
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radiators on tc perhaps for the senny? :-/
TC website down , so can't tell - older stuff aint in the book...
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Have placed wanted ads on the sites mentioned!!! recore would be about 80quid??? place on Botley trading estate does it had my twin turbo SDI rad done there very good people!!!
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£80 quid :o
£125 for a Brand new rad... :-/
Hummm.. i can't afford either really, i was hoping for a £20 quid on a second hand rad ...
If it was my main car, brand new rad would go in... but i didn't want to spend that much on it really.
A second hand rad should be ok thats in fairly good shape? Or at least better than my current one.
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found one mate!!!! just got to collect it from norfolk when i next get up there!!!!!!
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Can't you just 'borrow' the one from your bedroom at Uni? ;) ;D
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found one mate!!!! just got to collect it from norfolk when i next get up there!!!!!!
Excellent your a legend m8! I'll drop you a PM
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Can't you just 'borrow' the one from your bedroom at Uni? ;) ;D
;D ;D ;D ;D
Class Theo :y
Apart from I am in a rented house and i don't think my landlord would approve! ::)
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found one mate!!!! just got to collect it from norfolk when i next get up there!!!!!!
Excellent your a legend m8! I'll drop you a PM
its not a problem just called in a favour as im owed quite a few!!!!
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This forum never fails to amaze me.... :y
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This forum never fails to amaze me.... :y
Amaze? It's bloody fantastic i think!
Couple of hours after posting about a problem, not only do i have a solution. But a replacement part sourced!!
No other forum is like this....
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Oh dear, not very nice[smiley=huh.gif]
Still £300, can't really complain
On the subject of £300 (£345 to be exact) - Decided to have my 60,000 mile service, cambelt and pulleys done next Monday :-/
Cambelt was done at 40k but no documented proof. You guys have finally worried me enough to have it done, would be a complete disaster if it was to break.
Buy a cambelt kit, oil and filters etc, and do it yourself ;)
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If only I had the time. On site most weeks and weekends just seem to come and go without me noticing them. I also need a working car at the end of it...
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Tunnie,
I told you I had one for the price of postage!!
Anyway, the difference in the rad's is Auto/Manual transmission. If your car's an auto, make sure the replacement rad's got the oil cooler in the offside tank!!
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Tunnie,
I told you I had one for the price of postage!!
Anyway, the difference in the rad's is Auto/Manual transmission. If your car's an auto, make sure the replacement rad's got the oil cooler in the offside tank!!
I was expecting to pay for the Rad PLUS postage, blimey was not expecting a freebie :o - Many thanks m8 :y
Mine is an auto.... is the rad a different shape for the manuals then?
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Nah, more or less the same shape, but the auto rad's got a couple of pipes out of the off side tank to cool the transmission oil.
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Nah, more or less the same shape, but the auto rad's got a couple of pipes out of the off side tank to cool the transmission oil.
Cheers, should be interesting replacing the Rad. :D
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Nah, more or less the same shape, but the auto rad's got a couple of pipes out of the off side tank to cool the transmission oil.
Cheers, should be interesting replacing the Rad. :D
Remove the front wheels, discs, suspension, front wings, bonnet, engine and battery....