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Omega General Help / Re: HBV?
« on: 07 August 2007, 13:24:01 »
To be honest for the price of a skim its not worth taking the chance
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Omega General Help / Re: HBV?
« on: 07 August 2007, 12:54:59 »
Yep Its the Head Gasket Mate 
I bet its Number One Pot that has gone.
It cost me about £300 to get the Head Gasket Done Including A Head Skim and all the Bits and Bobs like Anifreeze.
How many Miles is on your dads 2.2 Tunnie ? Was The Coolent Flushed and Changed Every 2 Years Odd ?
Craig
I bet its Number One Pot that has gone.It cost me about £300 to get the Head Gasket Done Including A Head Skim and all the Bits and Bobs like Anifreeze.
How many Miles is on your dads 2.2 Tunnie ? Was The Coolent Flushed and Changed Every 2 Years Odd ?
Craig
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Omega General Help / Re: HBV?
« on: 06 August 2007, 11:30:31 »
Sorry To say Tunnie Sounds Exactly the same as what mine was like
Heres is one to try make sure the Header tank is full run engine for abit then leave it over night if it misfires when starting and then clears after acouple of revs then its the head gasket.
Water leaks into one of the pots causing the misfire on startup after standing over night the engine quickly burns off the water.
get sniffing the header tank.
I had loss of coolent oil was fine dipstick was fine as the head Gasket had gone between the coolent and pot.
The HVB you cant miss it get under the Steering Box and its stright up and on the left hand side
Heres is one to try make sure the Header tank is full run engine for abit then leave it over night if it misfires when starting and then clears after acouple of revs then its the head gasket.
Water leaks into one of the pots causing the misfire on startup after standing over night the engine quickly burns off the water.
get sniffing the header tank.
I had loss of coolent oil was fine dipstick was fine as the head Gasket had gone between the coolent and pot.
The HVB you cant miss it get under the Steering Box and its stright up and on the left hand side
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Omega General Help / Re: Air mass meter
« on: 27 July 2007, 23:03:08 »
I have heard you can clean them as a last resort as it can knack them also if your not carful, two ways i have heard is cotton bud with white spirits or medical alcohol, other way is carb cleaner. dont hold me to this i just read it somewhere as a later resort before buying a new one
Craig
Craig
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Omega General Help / Re: Alarm going off when using key
« on: 05 August 2007, 19:52:15 »
Yep same for me
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Omega General Help / Re: Leather Feed?
« on: 03 August 2007, 18:47:41 »
I bought a bottle of Autoglym Cleaner and a bottle of Autoglym Feeder and I was really happy with the end result it got rid of the shine to the leather and dulled it down nicely
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Omega General Help / Re: Steering Column Removal
« on: 02 August 2007, 21:06:45 »
Thanks Matchless for the How 2
So is there a nut under that round shear head thingy ?
Craig
So is there a nut under that round shear head thingy ?
Craig
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Omega General Help / Re: Steering Column Removal
« on: 02 August 2007, 09:37:39 »
I have thanks Matchless
I was wanting to lossen the bolts off and try something i have read something on the darkside that mark wrote.
Interestingly TIS actualy states a remedy for this condition....
Complaint - Noises and Vibrations, sqeeking noises under cold and wet weather conditions.
Cause - Tension on steering column
Solution - relieve the stress on the steering column by loosening and re-fastening the tube attachment screws.
So basicaly what Vauxhall are saying is remove your steering column shroud and open the fuse box cover, slacken off the securing bolts that hold the main column outer tube (normaly two at the top - one is normaly a sheer type so may not be able to slacken and one at the bottom of the tube). Then rotate the steering from stop to stop twice and re-fasten.
I was wanting to lossen the bolts off and try something i have read something on the darkside that mark wrote.
Interestingly TIS actualy states a remedy for this condition....
Complaint - Noises and Vibrations, sqeeking noises under cold and wet weather conditions.
Cause - Tension on steering column
Solution - relieve the stress on the steering column by loosening and re-fastening the tube attachment screws.
So basicaly what Vauxhall are saying is remove your steering column shroud and open the fuse box cover, slacken off the securing bolts that hold the main column outer tube (normaly two at the top - one is normaly a sheer type so may not be able to slacken and one at the bottom of the tube). Then rotate the steering from stop to stop twice and re-fasten.
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Omega General Help / Re: Steering Column Removal
« on: 02 August 2007, 09:15:10 »
Anyone ?
Someone must of removed a steering column or have a haynes manual
Thanks
Craig
Someone must of removed a steering column or have a haynes manual
Thanks
Craig
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Omega General Help / Steering Column Removal
« on: 01 August 2007, 20:41:35 »
Was having a look at the Steering Column bolts to see if they were tight and was stumpted when the left hand side had no nut just some funny round thing. The Right Hand Side Does have a normal Nut
Is this Normal ?
Lefthand Side
Righthand Side
Is this Normal ?
Lefthand Side
Righthand Side
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Omega General Help / Re: Why did my car die on me ???????
« on: 01 August 2007, 11:18:00 »
I hope you were not waiting to change the cambelt at 80.000 like VX say for its first change as they did change there minds and say 40.000 or 4 years.
I would be very very surprised if there is no valve damage if the belt went when you were doing 30 Mph.
You just cant trust VX bunch of muppets
I would be very very surprised if there is no valve damage if the belt went when you were doing 30 Mph.
You just cant trust VX bunch of muppets
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Omega General Help / Re: broken steering column
« on: 30 July 2007, 09:46:32 »
Dont worry about the air bag as long as you follow the rules of diconnecting the battery with in 15 seconds of turning the key and removing it and leaving the car for 5 odd mins for the charge to vanish and the air bag will be fine, Dont reattach the battery until the airbag is all pluged back in or you will get the airbag light on
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Omega General Help / Re: Exhaust Blowing
« on: 31 July 2007, 10:17:58 »
Ouch that is alot
TD got mine for about 100 quid from VX Cat Back on TC but mine is a 2.0l only one centre section
TD got mine for about 100 quid from VX Cat Back on TC but mine is a 2.0l only one centre section
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Omega General Help / Re: Exhaust Blowing
« on: 29 July 2007, 22:08:35 »
2.2's have 2 center boxes dont they ? are they both the same
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Omega General Help / Re: My on going knock Grrr Any ideas ?
« on: 30 July 2007, 09:29:27 »
amba06128 you must of been reading my mind and typing at the same time 
I think my next step is replacing the steering column
I think my next step is replacing the steering column