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Omega General Help / Info Display

« on: 19 March 2012, 19:31:48 »

R reg 3.0 Elite Saloon

Hi guys,

This morning the info display flashed up a message (too quick for me to read), and promptly went blank.
I have checked the no. 26 fuse and it's fine.
There is absolutely no info on the panel at all, and even in bright sunlight I can see nothing on it, so thinking maybe not the backlight bulbs?
This evening I looked out of the kitchen window, and the panel is glowing softly, a pale green with darker patches where the digits would be.
Any ideas? Is the panel dead?

Steve

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Omega General Help / Re: Heater matrix bypass

« on: 16 August 2011, 19:21:05 »

Just done this myself... let's see if the carpets dry out now!

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Omega General Help / Re: Coolant Leak & Wet Carpets

« on: 22 July 2011, 23:29:23 »

Profile updated.... I'm in sunny Slough.

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Omega General Help / Re: Coolant Leak & Wet Carpets

« on: 22 July 2011, 15:39:36 »

Well I am sure it's not the sunroof... topped up coolant again this morning, 4 mile round trip, and the warning lights back on and the carpet (rear especially) is soaked.
So, working on the assumption it is heater matrix related, and bearing in mind my mechanical skills are reasonably limited, what sort of possible costs am I looking at?
I have no aversion to getting my hands dirty, I just don't want to get out of my depth.... see what I did there?... water, depth..... whatever! 

Steve

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Omega General Help / Re: Coolant Leak & Wet Carpets

« on: 21 July 2011, 16:53:26 »

I did the taste test on the pool in the back.... more of a bitter than sweet taste.
I put some wire down the two front sunroof drains and met no resistance, but can't see the two at the back.
I have noticed that although the drivers floor is wet the carpet on the side (console/transmission tunnel) is dry... wouldn't that be wet if it was a matrix leak?
I emptied the water from the rear and will leave the car overnight. With the rain we've been having lately I can tell if it is perhaps the sunroof.

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Omega General Help / Coolant Leak & Wet Carpets

« on: 21 July 2011, 13:56:43 »

I have a 1998 3.0 V6 Elite Saloon, and have recently had the coolant level warning come up.
I top it up and in a day or so will need to do so again.
The driver's side carpet (front & rear) are soaked, to the extent that a pool has collected on the rear rubber mat.
I am thinking heater matrix.... any other causes?
I have checked the drains at the front, but not the sunroof, but wouldn't I notice water elsewhere if it was coming in there?

Steve

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Omega General Help / Re: Heater matrix

« on: 04 August 2011, 23:32:46 »

Mine leaks all the time, hot or cold. In fact I don't think I've had the heater on hot since I bought it 2 months ago.

Steve

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Omega General Help / Heater matrix

« on: 04 August 2011, 19:07:18 »

I am 99% certain that I have a leaky heater matrix (loss of coolant and soaked carpets), and I was wondering, just as a stop-gap, whether I could bypass the matrix?
If it's possible to do this what would be entailed?

Steve