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Omega General Help / Re: jonislost 2.5v6 update!!!

« on: 12 February 2008, 17:39:57 »

dont think its gonna be a sensor fault
if its backfiring its cos either the plug leads are on wrong or the inlet valves are open at the wrong time. valves can be down to the cam timing being out or are sticking open
does it run perfectly when its warm or is it just better than cold?

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Omega General Help / Re: Facelift/prefacelift doors

« on: 08 February 2008, 17:42:43 »

i think the hinges are a bit different, have put a pre f/l door on a f/l before and it would only open up about 2/3rds of the way! had to get a grinder on the hinge
not sure about f/l on a pre f/l tho

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Omega General Help / Re: pls help nengine needed!

« on: 13 November 2007, 10:18:42 »

with tech2 you can cut cylinders out 1 at a time, it turns off the injectors for a couple of seconds. can then easily see if its just 1 cylinder gone down or if leads crossed over probably 2

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Omega General Help / Re: Changing PAS pump V6

« on: 14 November 2007, 11:32:01 »

take off the belt and pulley, remove the 4 bolts which hold on the sai pipe bracket on 2 long 2 short, undo the pipe union on the pump and take the pipe off the bottom of the reservoir, the pump will then come straight out
none of them are difficult to get to unless its a really early car when the long bolts come through from the back of the pump which are a real pain

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Omega General Help / Re: black box at bottom of air intake. what is it?

« on: 09 November 2007, 11:43:50 »

the vacuum pipe being disconnected will make no difference to it starting, sounds like either something electrical left off or a bit of belt debris gone into the cambelt and jumped it a bit

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Omega General Help / Re: 2.5v6 conversion into 3.2v6....

« on: 13 November 2007, 10:14:46 »

the 3.2 engine will fit straight onto your gearbox, the mounts etc are all the same but you would need to swap both inlet and exhaust manifolds and engine loom from your original engine when the engine is out, which is very straightforward with the engine out.
has anyone ever put a car on a dyno before and after 3.0litre cams been fitted? i`ve always been dubious about the power gains from just fitting cams, cant see how they can bring the power up so close to the 3.0litre engine which already has those cams fitted!

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Omega General Help / Re: How can I break into an Omega?

« on: 19 June 2007, 18:30:10 »

undo the back of the nsf plastic wheelarch liner and bend out the way enough to undo the door loom,
use an earthed test light to prod into the connector going back into the car, cant remember off hand which terminal it is but 1 of them will open the rear doors.
if no test light available then just use an earthed wire but dont go into the top 2 (bigger) terminals, its a bit tight to do but saves a window
jim

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General Discussion Area / Re: Dont Know if this is any help to you JamesV6

« on: 04 March 2008, 15:02:09 »

think you deserve a negative feedback from whoever buys this
nothing mentioned about all these faults you know about???
they may well be easy fixes but also may well be expensive i.e matrix if needed

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General Discussion Area / Re: Moving a car

« on: 25 February 2008, 16:13:30 »

reverse winch it is the easiest way (put a pulley block at the bottom of the bed and run the winch cable round that and then back to the front of the car)

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General Discussion Area / Re: Urgent! Any mechanics here? Not Vx related though?

« on: 12 February 2008, 16:28:35 »

these slip due to crap design, the modded ones have got a longer guide that overlaps the ex cam pulley so the chain cant jump

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General Discussion Area / Re: Urgent! Any mechanics here? Not Vx related though?

« on: 12 February 2008, 09:36:07 »

modified chain kit about £55 and about 4 hours to fit
shouldnt have any valve damage if only jumped a tooth

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General Discussion Area / Re: Urgent! Any mechanics here? Not Vx related though?

« on: 10 February 2008, 11:02:59 »

these 3cyl ones suffer from timing chain probs, take the blanking plugs off the back of the head and turn the engine over by hand to make sure the slots in the end of the cams line up at tdc
easy way of finding tdc is take out no.1 plug and put a long screwdriver onto the piston, turn the engine and when it reaches the top its at tdc

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General Discussion Area / Re: tech info

« on: 05 February 2008, 12:36:07 »

whoever comes down first gets them then!
only here daytime though

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General Discussion Area / Re: tech info

« on: 04 February 2008, 14:17:53 »

fair one, get enough time wasting sales calls as it is!!

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General Discussion Area / Re: tech info

« on: 04 February 2008, 14:06:59 »

def interesting stuff in there, e.g lsd identification

tried scanning it and adding it on here but computer stuff not my thing!

20th march ok by me give me a call closer to the time