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Omega General Help / Re: can you clear the EML

« on: 09 February 2008, 15:12:58 »

won't it clear if you disconnect the battery for half hour?
that used to clear my codes on my old astra ecotec.

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Omega General Help / Re: Does anyone know

« on: 10 February 2008, 20:48:32 »

I quite like the noise!!!
I keep getting people asking me what it is and i tell them its a supercharger (muppets actually beleve it) makes for a few shocked looks..

Could do with disconecting it though  is the plug easy to get to or is it a inner arch off job..
Lee

   like it!

mine makes the same noise, i thought it was normal :-?

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Omega General Help / Re: Trip computer - Range function - Do you trust it ?

« on: 09 February 2008, 15:20:00 »

i don't trust the mfd, i try not to let it get below about 40ish miles range. the light comes on about 35 miles left.

i had the astra down to 12 miles range but the needle was sitting right on the bottom.

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Omega General Help / Re: Cam Cover Gasket Set

« on: 23 January 2008, 20:39:48 »

should be about £30 with the o rings. i put one on my astra 1.8 eco last year and it was about £25 if that's any help.

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Omega General Help / Re: fuel consumption

« on: 11 January 2008, 23:20:11 »

my mfd reckons average about 26mpg at the moment, i get about 100 miles to £20.

does that sound about right? :-/

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Omega General Help / Re: expensive garage! replacement crankshaft/belt

« on: 09 January 2008, 10:25:12 »

oh and welcome mate

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Omega General Help / Re: expensive garage! replacement crankshaft/belt

« on: 09 January 2008, 10:22:03 »

what engine?

if it's a v6 i reckon that's about right.

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Omega General Help / Re: Knocking from suspension

« on: 08 January 2008, 22:52:00 »

the only problem i had when i did mine the other day was that the nuts were really tight. it took me about an hour and half to do the both links.

pretty straight forward though.

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Omega General Help / Re: Cam Cover Gaskets

« on: 05 January 2008, 18:03:36 »

must be a common myth about warping cam covers, the garage i had that qoute from said they'd only do the job if i bought new covers aswell as the gasket set:

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Omega General Help / Re: Cam Cover Gaskets

« on: 05 January 2008, 12:53:26 »

well i had a qoute from a local small garage to do mine before i realised i could do em myself, they wanted £185 just the labour.
that's without supplying any parts or cleaning the breathers

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Omega General Help / Re: Cam Cover Gaskets

« on: 04 January 2008, 22:36:59 »

why don't you give it a go yourself? it really isn't that hard if you've got a bit of mechanical experience, just a bit time consuming.

i did mine last week and it took me about 10 hours over 2 days with cleaning the breathers aswell and i've never worked on a v6 before.

print the guides off from the maintenance section, they're really straight forward and helpfull

how bad are they leaking?

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Omega General Help / Re: cam seal gasket...running rough, oil on plugs,

« on: 05 January 2008, 18:00:27 »

it's a lot easier to do the gasket on the 2 ltr, i had to do mine on my astra sport and it took me about 2 hours in all.

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Omega General Help / Re: helllllllllllllllllp!!!

« on: 05 January 2008, 21:30:29 »

how often do you have to fill the water up?

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Omega General Help / Re: v6 torque figures

« on: 05 January 2008, 12:58:18 »

welcome mate

what makes you think the head gaskets are gone?

don't know about the torque settings for head bolts but if you have a flick through the maintenance section i'm sure you'll find all you need to know in there.

I guess that would be because they are laying on my garage floor !    but really  ... started by changing the HBV / oil cooler & plate but still leaked , after pressure testing could see a "Squirt" from the rear of the n/s head just below ignition module plate, Both heads were then removed (lovely job [smiley=lolk.gif]) i have to admit though i was quite suprised by the amount of "rot" in the gaskets

Lots of torque settings here ...any mising ones yell out and I'll look in the Haynes book, assuming a 2.5 V6 here of course ....  

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1156365122

Cheers for the quick replys but cannot see "Head Bolt Torque" on that list .. any ideas ?  

PS:.. its a 3 litre ....

oh right,  

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Omega General Help / Re: v6 torque figures

« on: 04 January 2008, 22:44:31 »

welcome mate

what makes you think the head gaskets are gone?

don't know about the torque settings for head bolts but if you have a flick through the maintenance section i'm sure you'll find all you need to know in there.