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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: griffin on 07 August 2011, 10:06:30
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Hi All
Omega decided to dump all its coolant on Friday evening. Got towed home by AA who thinks its probably the water pump gone.
How much should I expect to pay for an independent garage to fix. This is purley for convenience.
TIA
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I doubt that diagnosis....but possible...
More likely a hose or hbv let go I would have thought.
Depending exactly whats happened, shouldnt be more than a couple of hundred.
You may be MUCH better getting one of the mobile mechanics on here to take a look.
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Thank Jimbob
Systems are pour water in expansion tank at top and it pours out the bottom just behind the middle pulley type thing (you can tell I'm not a mechanic)!!
::)
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How far away from swindon are you as the job is not that bad to do if you need a hand :y
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certainly the right sort of location for the water pump then.
Unusual failure though to leak like that
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Hi Joff: I'm in Devizes so not that far may take you up on that offer need to look at the pennies.
Jimbob: Car had been laid up for the last 18 months and this was its maiden voyage so to speak!!!
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Whats the cam belt history like :-? :-/
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It was changed when I bought the car 3.5 years ago. So may need doing again
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Entwood has a locking kit but he is away at the moment I can help you do the water pump so you can get back on the road and then look at doing the cam belt within the next 6 mths how quick do you need the water pump done. :-?
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To be honest its a toy really, so I need to see if I'm going to keep or scrap :'( :'(
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Whats the milage like
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74,036
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If it's a standard CD with no leather or extra toys you will not get a lot for the bits and about £150-£200 scrap, put a water pump in and sell for £500- £1000 ish with only 74k on it. Look at the bay at sold prices it's not good if you are selling as they drink fuel
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I had my water pump replaced recently by my local garage and they charged £100 parts and labour.
Hope that helps with bench marking any prices you get.
Darren
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certainly the right sort of location for the water pump then.
Unusual failure though to leak like that
Had exactly that on the saloon a couple of years back - sudden collapse of water pump bearing and all coolant dumped.
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Happened to my old 2.5 cdx about 5 miles after I sold it. Mind you it had been making noises before that for about 100 miles and water was weeping out of the front.
Guy that bought it made it to the m40 from brackley then the waterpump just expired and let all the water out.
Lucky that its pretty cheap to replace, I now have mine replaced with every cambelt change just to be sure.
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Exactly the same happened on mine 2months before I bought it to the previous owner. Got the AA report, and the bill from the garage. Labour came in at £120 he had the cam belt and tensioner done at the same time though, but that should not effect labour as all has to be removed to do water pump anyway.
Hope that helps
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... but that should not effect labour as all has to be removed to do water pump anyway.
Hope that helps
Not on a V6 ;) ;)
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... but that should not effect labour as all has to be removed to do water pump anyway.
Hope that helps
Not on a V6 ;) ;)
Never thought about it being a differbt engine, but it is a 2.6 so think I am correct still?!!
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... but that should not effect labour as all has to be removed to do water pump anyway.
Hope that helps
Not on a V6 ;) ;)
Never thought about it being a differbt engine, but it is a 2.6 so think I am correct still?!!
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On V6, Waterpump is aux belt driven, not cambelt driven.
You don't need to remove cambelt to change the water pump :y
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........and the 2.6 is a v6. :y
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Oh I shall shut up then! :'(
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No need to shut up mate.we were all in a position of not knowing these things at some point. ;)
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rough breakdown:
2.0/2.2 -> 4 pots (basically same engine with just few differences)
2.2 DTi - 4 pot Chain driven engines, not belt.
2.5TD - BMW Lump, Straight 6
2.5/2.6/3.0/3.2 - V6 Lumps, largely the same, later .6 and 2.'s tad different but basically same engine
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Thanks guys. A bit of soul searching to do I think before I make a final decision!!! :(
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use can change the water pump on a 2.6 v6 without removing cambelt :y
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Yes you can but the front cover has to come off first, so muti ram has to come out and aux belt removed aswell :y
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:y