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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / electrical short in heater/air con

« on: 13 February 2010, 17:25:51 »

I woke up to a flat battery this morning. Thought it was a knackered battery so bought a new one from halfords.

All ok.

Then the radio was doing different thing to what it used to do (it had stopped needing the instrument panel fuse pulling out and putting in again to swith it on). It was working fine.

Then i got a funny burning smell and the air con/ blower fuse (30 amp) keeps blowing after 5 or 6 seconds after replacing.

Any ideas of a simple fix? electrics are really out of my comfort zone and i want to avoid the expense of an auto electrician.

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / changing head unit

« on: 10 February 2010, 14:10:11 »

i keep reading about BOSE systems and all the problems with changing head unit etc.

I have a CDX and no idea if i have bose system or not. Is it a case of a typical 'normal' head unit swap?

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / head unit problem

« on: 10 February 2010, 14:13:29 »

The old guy i bought my car off had some work done. The mechanic disconnected the battery and long story cut short there was no code so the mechanic guy decoded the head unit.

all was well until the head unit occasionally doesnt switch on. In which case you have to pull out one of the yellow fuses under the dash and plug it back in again (its the same fuse that covers all the dash lights/power etc.) once this is done, the head unit works fine but may not work randomly once the cars been switched off. (until you do the fuse trick)

any ideas? it only happened since the unit became decoded (according to the old guy)

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / low beam / vision alert

« on: 06 February 2010, 15:46:11 »

I sometimes get the message 'low beam/vision fault - check' flash up. I thought it was something to do with the xenons but it does it even without the lights being on. Ive checked them anyway and all seems fine.

Any ideas?

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Omega General Help / Price check

« on: 14 April 2010, 18:13:59 »

Im going to be selling my omega in the next week once i can get some pictures sorted. How much do they go for as they seem t vary widly in price.

Mines a 2000 facelift on X plate. 2.5 CDX auto with proffessionally installed BRC LPG system (got allthe certificates etc)

Its got 6 months tax, oct MOT in silver. drives perfect. Body has a couple of stone chips and a bit of corrosion o the bottom corner of the OS rear door. Has a dual elec towbar fitted also.

Just had new waterpump, Dis Pack, Leads, LPG regulator and ABS Ecu, all replaced after going wrong.

Its on 107K miles.

If i could have an idea of value i will stick it up in the for sale section.

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Omega General Help / Squealing brakes

« on: 29 March 2010, 09:17:39 »

My front drivers wheel squeals when braking. Is it right that just copper greasing the back of the pad will stop it?

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Omega General Help / Misfire

« on: 22 March 2010, 17:07:02 »

My 2.5 has suddenly devloped a misfire this morning. Nice and regular misfire, warm or cold. No smoke, running temp normal, and no engine light.

It does smell of rotten eggs though. Diagnostic isn't throwing up and codes. I thought cat had collapsed but also suggested coilpack/leads

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Omega General Help / Engine temp and idle speed with aircon

« on: 09 March 2010, 19:42:22 »

Is this normal?

My v6 wasn't getting up to temp (75). I presumed thermostat so have bought one ready to fit. Then today I ran the car in Eco mode and it sat perfectly at 90 with big fans kicking in at just under 100. When I switch Eco off, a small fan starts and brings engine temp right down to 75 and fan stays on.

Also with Eco on idle speed is a nad under 500rpm, with aircon on it raises idle speed to just over 500 rpm which feels less lumpy

is all this normal?

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Omega General Help / Early morning white smoke

« on: 02 March 2010, 17:10:54 »

Everyone will get the white smoke on a morning but how long does yours take to go away , if at all. Mine seems to smoke all the time like it's still cold. Less so today when it 7 deg but still a constant stream floating up when stationary.

It's not headgasket problems as it smells clean and as it should. I just thought it should ease off. Temp gauge shows 75deg on my 2.5 facelift and gets warmish but never hot inside. It's running LPG if that makes any difference.

I've ordered a new thermstat in case it's cause it's just not warming up properly

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Omega General Help / No tc or abs problem

« on: 26 February 2010, 13:27:51 »

Just flashed on and staying on now after a few days of flickering on and off. I guess this is the ecu problem? Anyone know any one who can replace it in Newcastle area?

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Omega General Help / Mayonaise

« on: 27 February 2010, 11:43:22 »

Probably answering my own question but I have very very slight traces of Mayo on the filler cap around the screw thread. Or a line an inch long and 1mm wide. Header tankbis nice and pink water and zero on the dipstick.

I'm thinking it's just a bit of condesation with it being cold and filler neck proud of engine rather than being on the cam covers etc

Am I right?

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Omega General Help / Tech 2 Newcastle

« on: 27 February 2010, 09:53:53 »

I may need a vauxhall specialist with tech 2 in Newcastle next week. Yell.com didn't show anything only dealers.

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Omega General Help / Mouldy sunroof

« on: 25 February 2010, 18:02:02 »

How do you get rid of the green alge mould around the outside of the sunroof. It's on the outside on the black rubber stuff that seals the glass. It's not taken over yet but is starting to look a bit yuk

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Omega General Help / Wanted section

« on: 24 February 2010, 19:07:22 »

I know I'm new but in fairness I've only just the car lol

the reason for thread is that I need to post in the wanted section for a facelift cigarette lighter and wire back to the connector in the dash.

Problem is I can't. Not enough posts. I can understand about wanting to be cautious about handing over money for parts that may not exist but in this case I'm the one sending the money.

Can anything be done? I'd rather buy off here than some dodgy scrappy on eBay

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Omega General Help / Running temp

« on: 10 February 2010, 15:50:51 »

My newly aquired facelift V6 runs at around 75 to just under 80 in the current cold (2deg or less) weather.

The heather blows nice and warm etc and all runs ok.

Is the temp ok as it seems a bit low to me