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Omega General Help / Re: Full Aircon Re-gas and Leak Test £50 for OOF

« on: 29 April 2010, 13:32:02 »

..... He also replaced the valve that leaked in the first place free of charge (I supplied the valve).

I should think so, each takes seconds to fit 

Don't stop some people though 

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Omega General Help / Re: Full Aircon Re-gas and Leak Test £50 for OOF

« on: 29 April 2010, 13:20:14 »

Anyone in the Norwich area I can highly recommend Drivecool. Just done mine for £50 and has a 6 month guarantee on regasses. He also replaced the valve that leaked in the first place free of charge (I supplied the valve).

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Omega General Help / A/C refill valve

« on: 23 April 2010, 13:15:01 »

Has anyone changed one of these? On a trip to Halfrauds I got them to recharge the aircon but the refrigerant blasted out the refill pipe when the can was unplugged, so got a replacement valve and cap from Vx. The plan is to fit it then get a proper A/C engineer over to service it and refill the condenser.

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Omega General Help / Re: engine sometimes stalls when i need to stop

« on: 14 April 2010, 12:55:13 »

First thing to try would be to clean the ICV (Idle Control Valve).

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Omega General Help / Another week, another leak

« on: 12 April 2010, 21:26:13 »

Took the Elite to the garage tonight so I could get underneath to pop the front headlight levelling sensor back onto the wishbone, and noticed while I was under there the gearbox was covered in antifreeze. It's coming from the back of the engine but more on the passenger side.

As far as we could see it's coming from somewhere above the oil filter but couldn't see any higher up than that. My first thought was HBV but that's on drivers side. Any other ideas?

The leak isn't too bad as the coolant level hasn't dropped much but want to get it fixed before we go on holiday next month - the Elite will be climbing Welsh hills for a fortnight...

Also noticed a small leak from the diff. Pinion seal?

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Omega General Help / Re: Windscreen Wiper Judder

« on: 12 April 2010, 21:32:41 »

I use Bosch blades from Halfrauds. Quiet as a mouse and smooth as silk.

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Omega General Help / Re: Is it a facelift model?

« on: 09 April 2010, 13:33:54 »

I really need to do it ASAP as I only have the one key. Is the pass the laminated card with security info on?

If so, I've got that - much as I hate going to dealers, I might have to do that.

I didn't see a message from Entwood, suggesting Martin - sorry

Yes that's the one.  Should also contain your radio code (and CD changer if you have one).

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Omega General Help / Re: Is it a facelift model?

« on: 08 April 2010, 12:30:04 »

I have a mini-facelift, but the elec window switches are still in the centre console so would take yours to be a very early facelift model.

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Omega General Help / Re: Is it a facelift model?

« on: 08 April 2010, 12:28:56 »

Have you got a photo? It sounds like a facelift, but must be a very early one. Is it the same shape as the one in my avatar, which is a pre-facelift.

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Omega General Help / Re: Changed C/L motor but still not quite working

« on: 09 April 2010, 13:29:58 »

Well it seems to be working fine now, so a liberal coat of grease was the answer!

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Omega General Help / Changed C/L motor but still not quite working

« on: 05 April 2010, 17:31:49 »

Just spent a couple of hours changing the motor in my driver's door lock for one from one of Daz's scraps. The motor is working fine but the rod & pin is still not quite lifting enough to unlock the door, requiring the key or manually lifting the pin the final millimetre to pop it up enough to unlock.

Presume this would mean a new mechanism with the brown casing is also required?  :-/ I have given the mechanism a good dose of grease while it was apart.

Just out of interest which part is the solenoid? Is this in the motor itself or the mechanism with the brown casing?

And the guide on here was very useful - much better than the shi77y pics & instructions in the Haynes book of lies. 

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Omega General Help / Re: help? auto omega feels lk clutch is on way out!!

« on: 07 April 2010, 13:08:28 »

Also check the colour of the ATF. It should be red. If it's brown you need to change it.

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Omega General Help / Re: Grey bumper trim

« on: 07 April 2010, 13:10:53 »

Use one of the black Shoe Polish Creme type things... Goes black again like a treat

Will try that - my shoes need doing as well! 

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Omega General Help / Grey bumper trim

« on: 06 April 2010, 20:00:07 »

Yes it's grey - not black, and no amount of Back-to-Black, TurtleWax Black or Black Trim wipes will make it black again, so I'm thinking of colour-coding them instead.

Apart from the usual sanding with wet-n-dry do I need to apply any other preparation to the plastic to stop the primer reacting with it? I'll be using Holts primer & main colour (Polar Blue) just need to get the lacquer.

Ta.

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Omega General Help / Re: Timing belt replacement interval??

« on: 06 April 2010, 20:01:07 »

Always change the water pump as a failure will scupper the cambelt as well and leave you back at square 1.

And you may as well change the aux belt at the same time.