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Omega General Help / Re: Cam Belt change - Bucks area?

« on: 27 May 2010, 17:43:55 »

Drop Daz a PM (Darth Loo-Knee) although believe he's on his travels at the mo. He'll drive down to you for some petrol money and bacon butties or you can drive to his. When he did mine he did the full kit inc. water pump, although would also suggest getting the aux belt done while it's off as well.

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Omega General Help / Re: Alarm goes off for no obvious reason

« on: 25 May 2010, 19:28:08 »

Thanks for these comments - I'll check out the suggestions. I must admit I thought it could be temperature related as it started with the recent very hot weather, but it went off again this morning and it was actually fairly cool.

Thanks again,

Mark S.

I have had exact same issue, was worse over winter, mine was not bonnet or power sounder but has stopped going off now my drivers door solenoid has stopped working!
I have been told that even the alarm system with the right test kit can be diagnosed  :-/, I'm waiting to have this done on mine might be worth asking around people in your area, better to get the right piece replaced, if your like me you will be reaching round to lock the car from the back seat to stop the alarm going off
Hope you sort it

You'd need to link up to a TechII to diagnose. Best way is process of elimination, disconnect one thing (eg powersounder, bonnet switch) and see if the problem goes away.

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Omega General Help / Re: Alarm goes off for no obvious reason

« on: 25 May 2010, 13:53:16 »

Had a similar issue and it turned out to be the bonnet switch triggering as the bonnet heated up and expanded in the hot sun. Where is your mig normally parked when it goes off and is it at certain times of day/night or totally random?

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Omega General Help / Re: Quick A/C Question...

« on: 25 May 2010, 13:45:56 »

Air-con specialists should pressure test the system before vacuuming out the system and re-gassing so make sure they do that.

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Omega General Help / Re: Air Con top up

« on: 25 May 2010, 13:49:15 »

Would be more cost effective to get an air-con specialist to recharge the system. A decent one should only cost around £50 and they pressure-test & vacuum out the air-con system before recharging. The chap who did mine also offered 6 month warranty.

The refill cans are rubbish and aren't much cheaper anyway.

If you still want to recharge it yourself the valve is on a metal pipe on the passenger side of the engine near the bulkhead.

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Omega General Help / Re: Steering wheel wobble

« on: 22 May 2010, 21:59:58 »

I would add my vote for the discs too, having been there myself. Make sure any replacements are genuine Vx parts though. Do not do what my Elite's previous owner did and fit pattern ones.  

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Omega General Help / Re: TechII in Norfolk

« on: 04 May 2010, 19:01:30 »

Cheers all  I seem to remember seeing a post once where one of you guys had bodge repaired it with some sticky pads. Would I be right in thinking the fault is caused by wear in the switch spring which is then triggered by the bonnet expanding under heat? I can't find the post now - blasted search! 

more likely bent bracket. But see if unplugging cures first - its an Omega, nobody is going to nick it

 

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Omega General Help / Re: TechII in Norfolk

« on: 04 May 2010, 18:57:15 »

Cheers all  I seem to remember seeing a post once where one of you guys had bodge repaired it with some sticky pads. Would I be right in thinking the fault is caused by wear in the switch spring which is then triggered by the bonnet expanding under heat? I can't find the post now - blasted search! 

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Omega General Help / Re: TechII in Norfolk

« on: 04 May 2010, 18:13:59 »

Where is the switch located?

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Omega General Help / Re: TechII in Norfolk

« on: 04 May 2010, 13:41:18 »

Equally !  Is it your actual alarm or the powersounder thats going off.

Not sure. It's a horn sound which goes for about 20secs with the hazards flashing for a further few minutes.

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Omega General Help / TechII in Norfolk

« on: 04 May 2010, 12:06:03 »

Is there anyone in Norfolk on here with a TechII? I need to find out what's triggering the alarm - guessing it's the bonnet switch as it tends to go off when the sun is shining on the bonnet, but would like to check before I start disconnecting things.

Ta.

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Omega General Help / Re: Wishbone life expectancy

« on: 03 May 2010, 08:35:34 »

Just changed my fronts (well Daz did) after 118k, judging by the state of them I think these were the originals. You'll know if they're on their way out by a knocking noise on speed bumps or rough ground.

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Omega General Help / Re: De-badging

« on: 03 May 2010, 08:30:38 »

Thanks for all the suggestions guys 

I'm removing the 'Vauxhall' badge and moving the 'Elite' badge to under the boot handle to clean the look of the bootlid up a bit - all part of the Opel badge conversion. I've also got a (old) small dent under the Vauxhall badge which I intend to sort out while I'm at it. The badges have also lost quite a bit of the chrome.

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Omega General Help / De-badging

« on: 02 May 2010, 20:52:50 »

What would you recommend for getting rid of the adhesive left behind when removing the badges from the bootlid?

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Omega General Help / Re: climate control blowing hot all the time

« on: 01 May 2010, 18:09:48 »

i dont know does mine have a/c

If it's a CDX then yes. Is it blowing 'hot' air as in if you have the heaters turned right up, or just like you haven't got the air-con on? I'm guessing it's blowing air at ambient temp which suggests you need the system regassed, but get it done by a proper aircon technician as they can pressure check for leaks and vacuum out the system too.

Also check your coolant level as too low coolant will stop the condenser kicking in as I understand.