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Omega General Help / Re: oh crap

« on: 03 January 2007, 18:16:29 »

Hehehehhehehe hahahahahahha may be not then !!

Tunnie ----- NO DRILLS OK !

I know your situation isnt funny, we have all been there and worn the T shirt at some point !

Have a cup of tea, calm down and things will look better in the morning ! PROMISE YOU  

In fact you will be laughing about this in a few days time, put it down to experiance mate, at least your having a go and getting your hands dirty, and NO one can knock you for that.

Maybe if Jamie can have a look for you, you will feel  1000000000000000% better.

Chin up mate BUT NO DRILLS  

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Omega General Help / Re: oh crap

« on: 03 January 2007, 17:58:18 »

Sorry to hear about this mate.  What a bummer!

Not sure if this is a bolt that is supposed to retain the timing belt cover or not.  From your pics, it looks like it is to be honest.  You could drill out the stud, you wil need to accurately centre punch the stud that is in the block and then, using a sharp (new) HSS drill bit, carefully drill it out.  From your pics, I would suggest a 3mm bit should do.

Having done this, you can then "wiggle" the threaded part out as the metal will be thin enough to bend..............

However, I stress that you have to be VERY CAREFULL when doing this it is VERY EASY to drill off centre and then you are in more trouble.

I used this to get effect on a water pump bolt that sheared when tightning to the correct torque on my Transit Van.

You could of course get a stud extractor tool.  I am sure that others will have more (and probably better) advice than me.

Is there a way that you could cable tie the cable tray at the bottom until you have a more permanent way of fixing it?  A bit of a bodge I know, but it would be better than leaving it loose.

Good Luck

Tunnie if you are brave enough to attack with a drill, BE EXTRA careful, that screw isnt in to the block, its in to the alloy head !

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Omega General Help / Re: oh crap

« on: 03 January 2007, 17:50:56 »

Tunnie the part you hold in your hand is listed as a screw NOT a nut ! part No :- 90499201, theres another in there bolting rear cover on to oil pump ! And yes it is broken !

Unless you wanna take off rear cover to gain access to broken screw, and that means taking off cam belt ( no need to remove cam gears ) leave it alone ! Or you may have just enough of the screw projecting to get a stud removal tool / socket on it ! Halfords sell them as a kit !

What puzzles me is parts book is saying / mentioning that there is also 3 other bolts/screws that hold down cam belt back plate to engine ! maybe different model as in y22xe and z22 !!!!

I personally wouldnt really worry about the rear cover unless its flapping about like a bit of wet paper !
I CAN NOT come in to contact with the timing belt, but if its very loose / flapping about it MAY rub on the cam gears/pulleys !

As TD mentioned, you might have to wiggle cam sensor in a bit, but it should go in ! Careful how you tighten up cam sensor BOLT ( not nut ) as its an M6x 12 and wont take crap loads of tightening !

Others on here should also be able to point you in the right direction, but if it was me, i wouldnt over worry about it mate !

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Omega General Help / Re: Rocker gasket replacement

« on: 03 January 2007, 17:28:56 »

Where abouts are you Kes, plenty of Trade cards on the site, fingers crossed you live near someone how has an account in order to get bits cheaper for you !

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Omega General Help / Re: Rocker gasket replacement

« on: 03 January 2007, 17:27:49 »

Good man, VX parts are not that expensive, despite rumours, and the quality is exceptional compared to cheaper brand /  pattern parts !

False economy as they say !

TD mentioned about cleaning breathers out whilst doing top end work, as its NOT UNUSUAL ( as Tom Jones once sang) for these leaks to re appear if breathers etc not done !

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Omega General Help / Re: Rocker gasket replacement

« on: 03 January 2007, 16:52:44 »

Rule No 1 ! ------------- DONT use crap EBay gasket sets, especially for rockers !

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Omega General Help / Re: Cam sensor removal stuck!

« on: 03 January 2007, 16:12:58 »

It should unplug Tunnie, leave cam sensor in place, no need to remove !

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Omega General Help / Re: Ive discovered why my 2.2 has been missing

« on: 31 December 2006, 09:14:29 »

TD the jobs in question are VERY easy mate, and aided by AA's wonderful how to, you cant go wrong mate !

One thing i did notice having done my breathers twice now in 12 months ( oil change intervals) - the first time there was some noticeable crap in them, especially the cam cover to throttle body pipes, second time, there was the slightest of desposits ( but still cleaned them out) . The crankcase to cam cover breather on mine has always remained very clear !

One job that AA did an how to for, has had the biggest impact on my car - cleaning throttle body !

My throttle body always looked loverly and clean ( sitting bolted to the car) but always seemed to have a slight oily despoit around the joint where the air intake tube sits/clamps on top of it !

Off came the throttle body and OH MY GOD , the inside/underneath looked like Sadam Hussiens under pants ! As crapped up as anything i have ever seen ! 1/2 hour later a can of carb clean, some suitable small diameter wire ( to poke out little breather holes) it looked brand new again !
Mounted back on car with new gasket and bolted down , no more oily deposits, so far on out side of throttle body.
AA's how to on this and the breather cleaning is excellent, and doesnt miss anything out ( dont worry you wont discover anything that isnt covered in the how to ), but as also mention in his how to, dont over tighten the throttle body when re-assembling

Good luck mate, although you wont be needing it  

Oh - if your breather pipes are quite chocked up, which mine were first time around, use lots of carb cleaner and a coat hanger with a rag on the end of it , or similar to push through the breather hoses ( straightened out of course)  

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Omega General Help / Re: PAS steering

« on: 27 December 2006, 22:19:34 »

If its low fluid ( not saying it is ) piece of cake !

Just top up, and wiggle steering from side to side ( lock to lock) as its self bleeding !

Unless of course I'M WRONG LLOLL

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Omega General Help / Re: Traction control

« on: 24 December 2006, 23:52:25 »

Driving a Transit is IMMPRESSIVE  

HAPPY XMAS TO ONE AND ALL

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Omega General Help / Re: 2.2 petrol advice please.

« on: 25 November 2006, 20:38:12 »

I average 35 mpg form my 2.2 saloon.

I have quite a good balance of driving, town driving to work and back 6 days a week, up the Motorway twice a week = very nearly 35mpg week in week out
Whilst Motorway driving i never tend to go below 80, and quite often do 90-100 ! still returning an average of 35 mpg combined !
Mark

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Omega General Help / Re: Rust spots....

« on: 20 December 2006, 17:09:35 »

Hopefully Taxi Driver will be along shortly, he's an expert when it comes to getting VX to do rust spots on his 03 plate Omega  
Try going to another dealershit   whoops meant dealership, and ask !

Taxi Driver seems to get on famously at his dealership regarding his little rust spots and i'm VERY sure he didnt keep up his bodywork warrenty

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Omega General Help / Re: 2.2 Running Temp

« on: 20 December 2006, 17:10:41 »

nice n HOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

You could do your toast on the way to work  LLOLL

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Omega General Help / Re: 2.2 Running Temp

« on: 20 December 2006, 17:06:21 »

Urmmmmmmmmm yea !!
Mine heats up quite quick, normal temp at 84-85, motorway sits at 84-85 and around town ocassionaly hits approx 91-92 when the fans roar in to life and VERY quickly bring temp down to 84-85 again

Mark

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Omega General Help / Re: 2.2 Catalyst

« on: 16 November 2006, 17:19:56 »

Beleive me the price of a genuine VX ( Bosal) CAT for your 2.2 is OBSCENE