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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: REvil71 on 29 June 2011, 20:09:47

Title: Headlights
Post by: REvil71 on 29 June 2011, 20:09:47
Hi
My drivers side headlight -zeon - is slightly lower than the passenger side. when i start the car up the display says there is a problem. would the fault be inside the fitting or elsewhere. if anyone can supply any details or pics of headlight that would be great. 8-)
Title: Re: Headlights
Post by: Mr Gav on 30 June 2011, 21:48:33
I think this is what you`re looking for  ;)
Headlight adjusters (http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1271424451)

I`ve just done one of mine for the MOT and I`ll do the other this weekend.
If you take off the cover above each light and reach down to the sidelight/main beam bulb rubber cover and and press forwards the lens will move if the adjusters are broken.
It could also be the servo motor not levelling up the lens, you can hear these when you turn on the ignition.
Title: Re: Headlights
Post by: Andy B on 30 June 2011, 21:52:47
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I think this is what you`re looking for  ;)
Headlight adjusters (http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1271424451)

I`ve just done one of mine for the MOT and I`ll do the other this weekend.
If you take off the cover above each light and reach down to the sidelight/main beam bulb rubber cover and and press forwards the lens will move if the adjusters are broken.
It could also be the servo motor not levelling up the lens, you can hear these when you turn on the ignition.

I doubt that the ally adjusters would help here, the HID auto levellers would have no idea if the adjuster is broken so won't know to display the fault. This problem could very well be the motor for that headlight in that one light is moving & the other isn't.
Other fault areas are obviously the sensors front & back on the nearside suspension.
Title: Re: Headlights
Post by: dbug on 01 July 2011, 02:00:37
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Hi
My drivers side headlight -zeon - is slightly lower than the passenger side. when i start the car up the display says there is a problem. would the fault be inside the fitting or elsewhere. if anyone can supply any details or pics of headlight that would be great. 8-)

It would help if you said if you posted the error message displayed!

Assume you have HIDs - xenon lights.

As Andy says probably dodgy servo motor behind light unit.
Title: Re: Headlights
Post by: REvil71 on 03 July 2011, 17:03:27
just managed to reach behind lights. the fitting is so loose. rocking side to side, up and down. thinking someone done a bodge sometime. will have to remove headlight and investigate.
Title: Re: Headlights
Post by: REvil71 on 05 July 2011, 20:22:30
hey hey hey, its the adjusters, surprise surprise. broken off so headlight just hanging there no direction. have sourced a special supperglue with an activator which reckons it can bond anything. will try wednesday. heres hoping. 8-)
Title: Re: Headlights
Post by: Andy B on 05 July 2011, 20:24:30
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hey hey hey, its the adjusters, surprise surprise. broken off so headlight just hanging there no direction. have sourced a special supperglue with an activator which reckons it can bond anything. will try wednesday. heres hoping. 8-)

but as per my reply above, knackered adjusters won't put the warning message up.  ;)

The plastic adjusters have a waxy feel to them but here's hoping your super duper glue is up to the task in hand - Araldite isn't  ::)
Title: Re: Headlights
Post by: REvil71 on 07 July 2011, 17:52:58
Just managed to put all parts for the headlight back together and so far ... glue holding fine. tested lights and at moment haven't had the warning come up. will try night driving later and see how it performs. :D
Title: Re: Headlights
Post by: REvil71 on 17 July 2011, 19:17:13
Headlight fine but the problem was with the adjuster arm that feeds both headlights. Still, fixed and mot-ed now. good for another 12months
Nice to hear the tester say this is such a good car considering the age of it. ;)