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Omega General Help / Re: coolant level
« on: 07 March 2015, 20:47:23 »
When its cold, stick your finger in and give the sensor bit a good waggle. They are known to stick. Mine played up two years ago....waggled it, and ok since. And...yes it still works properly as I drained some coolant out the other day, and the dash warning came back on. Topped up and all well.
Worth a try, short term. :y

Apologies. Yes indeed, try that first. Cold as Terbs says  :y

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Maintenance Guides / Re: Scuttle Sealing - Photo
« on: 07 March 2015, 19:53:43 »
Although do the wiper holes as well. I used old cam cover goo. (Black see :) )

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Fairly simple job, but requires the rad to come out as well for access. Remember to get new O-rings for the connecting tube blocks. :y

Woo. I never bothered for my rad swap out.  :-\ ( not condensor )

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General Car Chat / Re: 33,000 mile front discs.
« on: 07 March 2015, 19:37:35 »
The pads have a large 'overhang' in them.

Normal. Although I'm sure you've seen similar pics on here. And possibly not that severe ;D

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 07 March 2015, 19:36:14 »
Got another sodding puncture >:(

£72 lighter and off the road until Wednesday  :'(

Nexen 6000s are shit. Sidewalls shouldn't disintegrate if kept at the correct pressure, but outer casing of inner sidewall has split. ???

Been run at too low a pressure maybe? Does it/did it have a slow leak?

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Yes come on at the back.

Although I've had to google most of those flags :-[ ;D

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Omega General Help / Re: coolant level
« on: 07 March 2015, 17:24:21 »
£35 for a plastic bottle. :'(

I believe the yellow cap comes at extra cost. :'( :'(
About another tenner, but they're shiny and new 8)

So £45  for something that probably costs pennies to manufacture. Crooks.

Almost as bad as the cam cover gaskets.......£50 for a few strips of piss thin rubber. :(

You could look at it that way, or you could take the view that the water bottle with new sensor will keep the engine from over heating and seizing should the water leak out by telling you the level is low before damage occurs. (Although with the leaky cooling system on omegas, there's an element of crying Wolf about it as well)
Same with cam covers. They should keep the oil out of the plug wells and keep your ignition system from being destroyed.

Both are investments in reliability imo. And in the grand scheme of things, not that expensive.

These things don't last forever Dr. High miles and a hotter than most engine bay mean wear and tear.

One must spend some of ones millions to keep one in the manner to which one is accustomed. Mustn't one. ;)
 

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Yep that's leaked out.

Not had to do this job myself so can't help further, but there's plenty of history on here available via the search. Mark Dtm often pops up with a link for condensor and drier.

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General Car Chat / Re: 33,000 mile front discs.
« on: 07 March 2015, 15:08:49 »
Christ almighty. Take a set of brakes and remove half the already appalling performance.  :o

That must of been shocking to drive....?

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Omega General Help / Re: Rear end refresh (steady now) - parts?
« on: 07 March 2015, 13:55:43 »
Arb bushes and drop links never fail. They are quite different to the front (for those that haven't seen them) while poly might be a usable upgrade for those that desire it, I'm not sure they are available in poly for the rear roll bar system. ..,.Are they....? :-\

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For the crApple watch campaign.


http://www.technewsworld.com/story/Get-Ready---Its-About-to-Be-Apple-Watch-All-the-Time-81793.html


There will be NO escape. I think I hate it already.  :(

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Omega General Help / Re: suspension height
« on: 07 March 2015, 13:30:11 »
Stear clear of that lad. He's a wrong'un ;) ;D

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General Discussion Area / Re: Don't look down.
« on: 07 March 2015, 13:15:35 »
It could be that the lightening post is his third leg and the leg in the middle is false, I suppose...?


With my extra leg diddle diddle diddle dum ;D

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Omega General Help / Re: Rear end refresh (steady now) - parts?
« on: 07 March 2015, 13:12:28 »
Re trailing arm bushes, I've never ever heard of these needing to be replaced. Never had anything to do with them as a result.

This could mean they never fail, or we are all driving around on buggered ta bushes. Interesting to see what you find if you go in there though :).
But do be advised that the excentric poly trailing arm bushes are NOT for the omega, as it has camber correction bars (rear tie tod adjusters) that rely on the softer rubber bushes to enable adjustment.


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Omega General Help / Re: suspension height
« on: 07 March 2015, 13:00:07 »
Btw there does appear to be a 10mm tolerance on the 675mm measurement. Both on the spec wheels in motion quote, and by measuring various cars. Some variance is inevitable obviously.


Where the Sachs from All Getman webby? There is a link to their on line store in parts section if needed. There's a phone number if the site isn't working.

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