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General Car Chat / Re: waiting for AA recovery
« on: 29 April 2018, 21:14:09 »
did you check live data (voltage and temp) of the ecu coolant temperature sensor
plus check earth straps etc ?
plus check earth straps etc ?
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General Car Chat / Re: Another year.
« on: 29 April 2018, 21:11:46 »
The ANPR cameras will increasingly deal with these issues, but there will always be many who will get away with it for so long, but not forever. It is the inadequacies of the sentences issued when people are caught that gets me
well ANPR will just increase the number of cars with cloned plates (about 1 in 10 currently)
we need a better system
and ban repeat offenders
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General Car Chat / Re: Another year.
« on: 29 April 2018, 20:03:45 »
I heard somewhere 25% of cars in the uk have expired mot
I wonder how many don't bother with tax and insurance either
now you don't have a tax disc to display on the car
I wonder how many don't bother with tax and insurance either
now you don't have a tax disc to display on the car
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Omega General Help / Re: Cambelt change intervals
« on: 29 April 2018, 14:47:41 »I have never had a cambelt failure, but have suffered 2 auxiliary belt failures, both due to tensioner pulley bearings stiffening up. Not catastrophic failures, but very inconvenient. Following advice from Nick W, I now take the pulleys off occasionally and grease the bearings.had a cambelt let go on my bro's old astra f ,had to drag him off a live lane of the A38
,waterpump u/s ,bent 2 valves and broke several rocker arms ,replaced the bits, engine ran sweet till tinworm ate the cillsalso recently had a waterpump seize on the in-laws sierra, took the belt out ,bent a few valves ,bummed a few hydraulic lifters ,replaced the lot (including head refurb VS oil seals etc) ,less than £100 in parts ,engine runs sweet, and £100 is what the local garage offerrd them for the sierra scrap
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Omega General Help / Re: Cambelt change intervals
« on: 29 April 2018, 13:54:28 »That's a very good price for a V6 timing belt kit. There used to be a kit on e-bay that only included belt, tensioner and one pulley (car needs two) at £19.99. Members bought 2 kits for a complete set up, and got a complete kit for £39.98, still a bargain. Most kits cost well over £100.I purchased a QH QBK337 kit which should contain all the tensioners,backplate and a belt from research,
(due delivery monday) I don't know what bearings quinton hazell use in their kits or what belt
if the belt is poor, i'll just fit a gates belt ,I've been using gates belts for years without issue on many cars
as i say, the kit fitted currently only has 7k miles on and is skf but feb 2012
that's over 6 years and the car has NOT caught fire
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General Car Chat / Re: Another year.
« on: 28 April 2018, 19:15:04 »
Don't think they'd accept a scrappy bit of note paper saying "sold as seen for parts or repair 24/4/18 "
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General Car Chat / Re: Another year.
« on: 28 April 2018, 14:15:44 »
Well done on the pass 
PITA to get a plate made now , you have to take the v5 as proof you own it
PITA to get a plate made now , you have to take the v5 as proof you own it
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General Discussion Area / Re: accessing car's computer tech2
« on: 27 April 2018, 14:09:35 »
I use a bit of op *** kit off ebay ,costs about £20 with cd, adaptor, usb lead on an old laptop (32bit xp)
people on here seem to slate it but it works for me ,omega 2.6 v6, 4 astra Gs,pair of corsa c
great for live data,clearing codes etc
just be careful what you erase /clear
on an old laptop (32bit xp)people on here seem to slate it but it works for me ,omega 2.6 v6, 4 astra Gs,pair of corsa c
great for live data,clearing codes etc
just be careful what you erase /clear
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Omega General Help / Re: Cambelt change intervals
« on: 26 April 2018, 20:28:05 »
I just ordered a timing kit £21 inc delivery
was done at 70k (skf sticker in the service history 2012)
now at 76.6 k
it'll be my first quad cam belt change
anyone tried this locking kit ?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Saab-Vauxhall-Opel-Timing-Setting-Locking-Tool-Set-Kit-Petrol-V6-EcoTec/292239787538?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649
was done at 70k (skf sticker in the service history 2012)
now at 76.6 k
it'll be my first quad cam belt change
anyone tried this locking kit ?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Saab-Vauxhall-Opel-Timing-Setting-Locking-Tool-Set-Kit-Petrol-V6-EcoTec/292239787538?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649
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General Car Chat / Re: Corsa c 1.3cdti Handbrake
« on: 25 April 2018, 23:58:47 »Well that is you sorted...Don't buy a genuine vauxhall corsa c bilge pump , they leaksee you when you have water in the footwell
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SEAFLO-Automatic-750GPH-Submersible-Bilge-Water-PUMP-4-Year-Warranty-Boat-Auto/282672091080?hash=item41d091cfc8:g:We0AAOSw7wxayx0P
corsa c casual wear
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kent-Adult-Type-II-Life-Jacket-Turns-Most-Unconcious-Wearers-Heads-Up/152681464914?epid=12011028761&hash=item238c864452:g:ykcAAOSw9NxTvyFt
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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: Hello
« on: 25 April 2018, 22:30:13 »
Welcome
was the 98 Select estate off ebay ?
was the 98 Select estate off ebay ?
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 25 April 2018, 22:24:31 »
Washed and polished my builders van ,ready to sell it ,
then it rained before i had chance to get the photos
dried out after a coffee break
now i need to empty 12 years of clutter from it and get Hoover out to it
then it rained before i had chance to get the photos
dried out after a coffee break
now i need to empty 12 years of clutter from it and get Hoover out to it
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Omega General Help / Re: Major misfire on idle, 2.2 petrol manual
« on: 25 April 2018, 10:39:16 »
Wow ! perhaps they have some old castings which have not been machined for multi-port egr
but the 4th port and the gasket make a channel to egr
hope they will deliver to the uk
in the suitable vehicles the omega b 144 hp 2.2 is listed
but the 4th port and the gasket make a channel to egr
hope they will deliver to the uk
in the suitable vehicles the omega b 144 hp 2.2 is listed
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Omega General Help / Re: Major misfire on idle, 2.2 petrol manual
« on: 24 April 2018, 18:11:12 »
The place i got my door,wing and bumper have a 2.2 sport breaking
here's their ebay shop
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/shirebrook-auto-salvage-01623742199?_trksid=p2047675.l2563
omega is not listed but give them a bell
also , are you sure the rest of the exhaust is sealed ? you can suck air by venturi effect if there;s a hole/bad joint
take it you did not try jbweld or gum gum ?
or holding your finger over the crack while they did the emissions test
here's their ebay shop
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/shirebrook-auto-salvage-01623742199?_trksid=p2047675.l2563
omega is not listed but give them a bell
also , are you sure the rest of the exhaust is sealed ? you can suck air by venturi effect if there;s a hole/bad joint
take it you did not try jbweld or gum gum ?
or holding your finger over the crack while they did the emissions test
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General Car Chat / Re: Car Parts 4 Less
« on: 23 April 2018, 19:47:14 »The spring is Guaranteed ?
So they are now going to deliver it by van from a local ECP store tomorrow. Guaranteed. Apparently.
probably be expired by the time you get the spring