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Omega General Help / Re: Importing?

« on: 26 June 2018, 21:42:25 »

It's hard to understand why you might want to do that? A USA market Cadillac Catera is essentially a badge engineered Opel Omega B. So if you want a left hand drive you'd get way more bang for your buck shopping on the continent. Else buy a UK Omega.

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Omega General Help / Re: Part 90467543

« on: 09 June 2018, 16:38:41 »

This is a bit disconcerting. A common part used on a British manufactured series of engines installed in more than one model of European made vehicle and it seems there are none to be had in the UK or Germany. We're having to scrabble around in the USA, where the part is even more obsolete than it is here. So presumably there is limited stock, if indeed there are any at all, since they probably originate here in the first place. In 35 years of Opel / Vauxhall cars I've never experienced such difficulty.

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Omega General Help / Re: Part 90467543

« on: 05 June 2018, 21:57:23 »

With a bit of luck it should be just a case of carefully remove, clean and re-instate the seal onto the cleaned bridge. The problem will be blocked tubes in the breather bridge, not this seal unless maybe it's damaged.

That said, all of a sudden, it seems to be very hard to get. I'd swear they were easily available last year.
The SAAB version should be the same and also seems to be very scarce.

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Omega General Help / Re: Dexron II or Dexron III for power steering.

« on: 04 June 2018, 08:17:39 »

This won't help but my tuppence,,  I've only ever used shell donax, in the gearbox and Pas, I've not had a leak yet on any of my omega's that I've owned, I don't know the Dex of the oil, the only downside is, 210L drums or 25L.

https://www.smithandallan.com/products/shell-transport/2117-shell-spirax-s4-atf-hdx/

Shell spec sheet says "Fulfils GM former Dexron IIIG specification"

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Omega General Help / Dexron II or Dexron III for power steering.

« on: 03 June 2018, 15:39:56 »

What's the correct ATF to top up a 2003 2.2 16V. Is it still Dexron II?
My car manual doesn't say? The consensus in this thread seems to be GM 'Special oil' = Dexron III?

Others say Dexron II only or leaks develop. And mine has leaked, Jubilee clip at reservoir end of suction hose was a bit loose. The hose (GM 90447748) looks to be in OK condition, so I'm hoping that tightening the clips will fix it. Or do I need a new one?

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Omega General Help / Re: Hand controls for a facelift auto

« on: 01 June 2018, 00:16:44 »

Or retro fit the fixed column 

I was actually wondering if that was viable? What's involved, never tried that myself?

It seems that nobody who drives this ever uses the steering wheel angle adjust. So certainly it wouldn't be missed.

Anyway it seems  I'm in the market for a set of push/pull (or just brake push) hand controls that will properly fit a post facelift auto Omega, with an adjustable angle steering wheel. Or perhaps a steering column from one without.

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Omega General Help / Re: Water in nearside rear footwell

« on: 31 May 2018, 20:46:54 »

I hope that your hedgehog hasn't been destroyed.

So do I, since it's such a pain to replace. And it's a good one from a pre-facelift CDX.
I haven't tried the heater blower yet?
I'm letting the car dry out as much as possible first?

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Omega General Help / Re: Water in nearside rear footwell

« on: 31 May 2018, 16:25:03 »

You are of course correct, There was a slight slope front to rear. And the carpets have mats. When I removed the front nearside mat which appeared bone dry I could see that water had been running underneath by the door.

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Omega General Help / Re: Hand controls for a facelift auto

« on: 31 May 2018, 16:07:01 »

Thanks. Any chance of some photos please?
The Alfred Bekker conrtrols are rod and tube for both brake and throttle. Push to brake and pull to accelerate. And indeed there was a rectangular hole cut into the bottom cowling for the mounting bracket. The tubes cross over and obstruct the fuse box cover. We can live with that.  However I can't fit the Bekker set to the facelift due to the adjustable steering wheel. There isn't enough space for the clamp above the first part of the steering tube. There was more space on the pre-facelifts. So it seems I'm looking for a set with a mounting specifically made for a facelift Omega.

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Omega General Help / Water in nearside rear footwell

« on: 31 May 2018, 14:34:25 »

My 2003 facelift estate has been parked up on-street for over a week. Today I found the nearside rear foot-well full of water. 2 inches or so. Is there a drain hole somewhere that's blocked?

No sign of any water in the offside foot-wells or the front nearside. But the road does have a camber so the car wasn't level.

I had a look at the scuttle anyway. Of course, it was half full of water. The bottom third of the carbon filter is soaked. Luckily I have a new one handy. Drain hole blocked by tree flowers that had made a nice sponge mass.

So why was the rear footwell full of water? There's nothing in the boot area. If it was the sunroof I would expect the seats to be wet, but they seem OK. The door seals look OK and the windows were all fully closed. The door itself seems dry.
Any ideas? Thanks,

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Omega General Help / Re: HBV

« on: 30 May 2018, 21:31:50 »

Seems to me that the Febi part is no better than any of the other after markets currently available. They likely all come from the same factory. So buy the cheapest you can find. Beware the vacuum spigot. Very easy to snap it off when re-installing the wiper motor gubbins, if you had to take that off to gain access. There is another otherwise identical GM (Vectra maybe?) version which has a protective shroud on the spigot. To use that you will need a green rubber elbow in lieu of black on the end on the vac tube.

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Omega General Help / Hand controls for a facelift auto

« on: 30 May 2018, 20:58:34 »

Any advice on hand controls, brake and throttle, for a disabled driver using a face-lift auto. Perhaps more to the point, a set that can be bought & fitted at a cost not exceeding the value of the car.

We have a set from Alfred Bekker for a pre-facelift without the adjustable steering wheel angle. When fitted on the pre-facelift the fusebox cover can't be opened. So we're wondering if there isn't something better out there?

Of course there are also the portable sets. Any recommendations?

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Omega General Help / Re: Slack throttle cable on 2.5 V6

« on: 21 May 2018, 01:50:52 »

There's always a bit of slack in the throttle cable on those engines. The weight of your foot uses up some of the slack. What you want to see is that the butterflys in the throttle body are fully open (horizontal) when the pedal is reasonable fully depressed. And then that the butterflys are fully closed when the pedal is released. The pedal and cable are not used to adjust the idle air setting, that's done by an ECU controlled idle air valve on the nearside of the plenum.

The second cable in the photo is for cruise control.

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Omega General Help / Re: Rear Shock Absorbers

« on: 14 May 2018, 18:41:33 »

Better value @ $346.23 on Amazon.com? Add shipping to the UK, customs clearance and VAT. And you'll be looking at a ballpark £350-£400?

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Omega General Help / Re: Fitted new top mount, now it's creaking!

« on: 13 May 2018, 22:39:31 »

Cracked? Well that's new to me. Usually the doughnuts compress (collapse) and protrude through the turret too far. The bearings themselves are pretty robust.

Knocking when bouncing the suspension could be the link rods that attach the struts to the anti-roll bar. Were they OK when you removed the struts? Recently renewed? Or a knock noise whilst driving could be the nearside idler arm but that's usually also associated with sloppy steering.