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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Battery being drained

« on: 02 February 2008, 17:55:34 »

Pull the radio and check the load current.

Its always a favourite for people to get the radio live and ign the wrong way round on aftermarket units, and can be undetectable by pulling single fuses.

Drain often comes from powering up the aerial booster constantly.

If so, check live and ign are the correct way round.

you beat me to it! happened in my old calibra with a HU i didnt install, took me ages to find the cause!

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Battery being drained

« on: 01 February 2008, 12:56:04 »

do you have an aftermarket cd player/dvd with screen?

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: After market head unit

« on: 05 February 2008, 22:41:22 »

ok cheers, also one more question, i have an elite, and it has 2 subs in parcel shelf (although not the bose setup i dont think) if i buy a new head unit, will this work ok with the subs, as i asumme the subs already in the car have an amp, and the new Head unit will have amplified outputs aswell? will two amplifiers cause conflict as such?

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / After market head unit

« on: 05 February 2008, 22:28:48 »

if i install an aftermarket head unit, will the track display still show on the dash screen (e.g above the fuel consuption computer)? and will it work with the standard CD changer (philips DC012)? cheers if you can help!

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: CD changer help!

« on: 05 February 2008, 19:52:05 »

sorry to drag up an old thread, I have the same set up, it has been working fine (apart from the magazine used to pop up whenever it felt like it and sometimes it wouldnt read disks unless re-loaded) but now it wont play and it wont eject the magazine! the fuse is ok (the green light on the eject button lights up when i press it) I have taken the head unit out and all connections seem ok. Any ideas?

If it is nackered, i am willing to replace the head unit, and/or changer, i would like to keep a changer in the boot, i went to halfruads to see if i can simply get a new changer and some sort of adaptor for the wiring that is already there, but he said I will need to go to vaux dealer  

if i replace the head unit can i still keep the info on the dash display?
And if i change the head unit, can i use a new changer with the existing wiring that is there? I would like to keep a changer if possible, but dont want to start pulling trim apart if i need to renew the cable for it!
any help, ideas or suggestions much apprieciated.

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Cruise Control

« on: 20 January 2008, 11:41:15 »

there is a cruise control kit for sale in parts for sale if you need it!

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Omega General Help / Re: coolant pressure test?

« on: 17 April 2009, 12:00:06 »

OOPS!!! just found the guide! sorry. Didnt appear in the search though?!

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Omega General Help / coolant pressure test?

« on: 17 April 2009, 11:52:25 »

I have a coolant leak, fixed the main problem of a split hose going from HBV to coolant bridge, but still have a very slow leak. How can i check as there do not appear to be any visable leaks and i guess it is only a tiny trickle?

I have read about the pressure test with a tyre valve and a spare expansion tank cap but couldnt find how to do it in the search box. Can anyone give some instructions?

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Omega General Help / Re: Heating hoses

« on: 11 April 2009, 11:08:27 »

Im not sure where it goes, it is below where the hbv sits, it is the large hose that enters the block next to a smaller hose. I used grips to remove the pipe clips from the hbv, but have no chance of getting to the clip on the block because i cant even see it,i can just feel it with my hand. I have the wiper arm/motor and hbv out the way, do i need to remove all the breather pipes & injection system to access it?

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Omega General Help / Re: Heating hoses

« on: 11 April 2009, 10:09:50 »

ok, have removed the coolant hoses (thanks marks dtm) the hose coming from the hbv going into the block has split. I have removed it from the HBV but how on earth do you remove the clip holding it onto the block? any ideas? I have tried with a mirror but to no avail?!!

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Omega General Help / Heating hoses

« on: 11 April 2009, 07:24:07 »

I have a split hose below the HBV. looks like its one of the 2 that enters through the bulkhead. Whilst that area is in bits and easy to get to, I am going to replace all the large hoses in that area. anyone know part numbers for them? Thanks in advance.

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Omega General Help / Re: Handbrake Help

« on: 11 February 2008, 21:59:23 »

surely you cant do valentines day?!! DONT forget!

Im guessing the cable is free as its new? On my calibra, i had to take the cable of on one side & slowly feed oil down it while pulling it back and forth! It looked free and looked like it was moving (i could pull it with my hand) but against the other side(which was free) the otherside moved easy and the because the culprit side was stiffer, it just made the splitter part twist at a funny angle.
Good luck

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Omega General Help / Re: just found this

« on: 11 February 2008, 09:28:27 »

I wouldn't change the cats though, the originals should still be fine.

its the cats im worried about though, I havnt tried to get it off, but the bolts that hold the centre section to the cats are completly rusted, along with the thread that is actually in the cat part.

I fear that if  try un-do it it will bust the thread in the cat, or snap/round the bolt of and leave a right mess for me to sort out!
I dont want to take it off, then find out The thread in the cat part is broken & i will be left without a car untill i can source a new cat.

If all went wrong,  thought about drilling the thread out and using a new bolt with a nut on the otherside of the cat flange. Dont think this will work though as i assume the bolt is shouldered  to allow the correct gap for some sort of compression gasket or something?

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Omega General Help / Re: just found this

« on: 10 February 2008, 15:38:14 »

exactly what i was thinking, and if it starts to look nackered or starts blowing towards the end of the 2 years take it off and get them to send a new one!

think i may give it a go at the end of the month.

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Omega General Help / Re: just found this

« on: 10 February 2008, 15:16:31 »

mine is 3.0 v6, it has 2 sections, one each side of the car, i wouldve thought the 16v only has one. (one manifold,one cat, centre section etc where as the v6 has 2 manifolds, 2 cats, 2 centre sections & 1 backbox).

The joint looks fairly rigid (but i assume it must have some flexibility in it for shakes and vibrations) but it definatly isn't "flexible"

that diagram looks to be the correct system for my car, only thing it dosent have is manifolds.

I was just surprised at how cheap it is, especially with 2 cats.

cheers for the warning though!