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Omega General Help / Re: Best current source of 10/40 semi ?

« on: 27 April 2018, 21:34:37 »

Genuinepartsearch.co.uk have some for just over £13 Inc delivery

Please post a link to that. I can only seem to find 5L cans of Dexos 2 5W/30.
Thanks,

Just search for 95599582,  it should come up. That's the one I purchased the other day.

If anybody is interested, there is Unipart 5W40 fully synthetic @£14.70 for 5L delivered, available on ebay.

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Omega General Help / Re: Best current source of 10/40 semi ?

« on: 24 April 2018, 13:46:53 »

Genuinepartsearch.co.uk have some for just over £13 Inc delivery

Please post a link to that. I can only seem to find 5L cans of Dexos 2 5W/30.
Thanks,

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Omega General Help / Re: Partnumber help

« on: 22 April 2018, 20:58:43 »

The screws are a much more reasonable "clearance stock" @ £0.10 ea here. Don't know how how much to deliver in Sweden however.

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Omega General Help / Re: Partnumber help

« on: 22 April 2018, 17:03:39 »

There's some for sale on ebay. The picture looks similar to your screw and there's also a photo of the GM label which agrees with the part numbers I gave you earlier.

Your problem might be that if the screw is a special order item then there might be a minimum order quantity of 5 or 10. So you'd still be better of looking for an alternative.

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Omega General Help / Re: torque convertor lock up

« on: 22 April 2018, 15:39:00 »

You might get a better idea of whether or not the torque lock-up is working by using cruise control on a clear dual carriageway. The lock should remain engaged going up a gentle incline, the instantaneous fuel consumption will rise. Using the throttle pedal tends to disengage the lock and the revs will jump.

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Omega General Help / Re: Partnumber help

« on: 22 April 2018, 15:24:32 »

Seems to me that it should be GM part #11092143 (KAT 20-52-000) Screw, Flat Rd. Hd., M5 x 12 Radiator grille to front panel upper?

If you don't want a big box of assorted sizes from Amazon then these would probably do the job in No. 10 x 1/2"? Worth a punt at £1.60 for a pack of 10 delivered if you were in the UK. Must be somebody in Sweden selling them in Sweden.

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Omega General Help / Re: engine mount bolts

« on: 07 April 2018, 12:53:40 »

From your signature you have a 2.2 16V petrol estate? So a face-lift?

The engine mounts are a rubber block with captive studs on the top and bottom. They can't really 'drop out' as such. So I assume you mean the bolts securing the heat shields? Anyway you can find a drawing here, perhaps identify which bolts are coming loose and dropping out.

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Omega General Help / Re: Non starting and occasionally cuts out at idle.

« on: 05 April 2018, 23:06:27 »

This sounds like a failed crankshaft sensor. Not sure what the noise means. Have you checked for stored fault codes?

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Omega General Help / Re: Breather Bridge Seals and Cam Gaskets

« on: 01 April 2018, 17:55:22 »

Its always been black on those seals, green is for somewhere else

Might not be green, can't remember for sure. However the Vauxhall listed sealer is/was 90542114 (GM kat 15-03-170). It's apparently still available and it's also specified in the Haynes manual. That sealer, whatever colour it is, works but goes hard and crystallises over time and then the seals fail again, even if the seals are genuine Vaux.

Opinion seems to be unanimous that the black sealer 90485251 (GM kat 15-03-295) works better.

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Omega General Help / Re: Breather Bridge Seals and Cam Gaskets

« on: 01 April 2018, 01:49:11 »

I used this about 3 years ago. Outlasted the rest of the car. Anyway I had no complaints.

Some members say the GM original seals are the only way to go. It seem to me that it's just as important to get the mating surfaces thoroughly cleaned of old sealant. And to use the good GM sealant (black) 90485251. The original green sealant is part of the problem.

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Omega General Help / Re: Misfire on Cylinder 3

« on: 31 March 2018, 23:31:46 »

It's a wasted spark system across three cylinder pairs 1-4, 3-6, 5-2 So 3 fires at the same time as 6 and vice-versa. One of the pair would always be on the exhaust stroke so the unnecessary spark in that cylinder is 'wasted'. Hence a coil pack fault on cyl 3 usually affects cyl 6 etc.

Make sure that plug wires are pushed fully home on the coil brick pack. That said I've seen an out of the box fail with an aftermarket coil pack. Very irritating given the effort required to replace the coil pack on some models.

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Omega General Help / Re: Sticky front Caliper - any advice before I have a look and free off ?

« on: 24 March 2018, 21:58:06 »

Since you're overhauling or replacing a caliper consider changing the brake fluid.

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Omega General Help / Re: Rear brake pads

« on: 15 March 2018, 17:07:45 »

The pads can be obtained easily almost anywhere - it's the pins and clips for vented discs that are like gold dust.....

I managed to find the pins and clips.  I kept getting sent short one's from so called brake specialists.

Be nice to know where you found them and what they cost?

And the pins and springs in the GM 9193476 kit should be correct for any Omega B with non vented discs. The price for the package still beats original GM pads on their own.

Concerning pins and springs for vented rear discs.

GM never listed these as kits

The retaing pin is 9195055 (Opel Kat No 5 42 801)
Cross Springs are 9195056 (Opel Kat No 5 42 913)

Andy

The pins when still available were apparently £5.80 ea and the springs £4.49 ea, trade + VAT. So a nice £38.62 just for the fitting kit.

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Omega General Help / Re: Rear brake pads

« on: 10 March 2018, 18:13:43 »

Original GM pads with fitting kit for can be had here for £9.95 delivered. For non vented. GM Nr 16-05-026 9193476.

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Omega General Help / Re: Ball joint replacement

« on: 01 March 2018, 13:56:54 »

I may even go to one of those places that hire out ramps. My back struggles working on the floor

Can do the exhaust then too

Do such places still exist? Had believed they fell foul of health and safety years ago.