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Omega General Help / Re: locking wheel nuts!!!!
« on: 01 January 2010, 14:28:20 »
Took it to a local independant tyre place and they basically got a piece of steel pipe, hammered the "cake cutter"  part of the unlocking tool until it was sort of back into shape, then hammer it onto the nut, and with alot of effort and 3 people pushing and pulling got the nut off  ::) of course the tool is now totally FUBAR luckily my other 3 tyres are new so i got time ( if i dont get a puncutre in the next week or two) to buy a new unlocking kit from Vaux, but once they are off they shall be making a new years trip to the rubbish dump :y

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Omega General Help / Re: locking wheel nuts!!!!
« on: 31 December 2009, 15:13:53 »
yeah still got the codes, but to be honest im just going to remove the locking nuts and put the regular nuts back on, been may years since ive seen a car up on bricks with the wheels removed lol so not sure the locking nuts are needed  :y
oh and its the "cake cutter" type, its all blunt and mangled so pretty much FUBAR

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Omega General Help / Re: locking wheel nuts!!!!
« on: 31 December 2009, 14:09:26 »
i took it to ATS and the guy said he could get it off but would ruin my alloy  :'( most other tyre places around here are closed now due to New years eve, and i got work at 4pm, i guess i'll just have to risk it and drive to work hoping the same officers have the day off today lol
Is it just my bad luck or are vauxhalls unlocking nuts total and nutter shite?! i had probelms with them on my last omega and my 2 vectras!! :(

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Omega General Help / locking wheel nuts!!!!
« on: 31 December 2009, 13:38:28 »
Got stopped by our local friendly traffic officers this morning and they kindly pointed out one of my tyres was right on the limit :'( so got up early today to get it done at local tyre place but......my locking wheel nut key is so badly worn down that it wont undo the nut :o, now the garage cant get the wheel off and said only thing i can do it get a new key from Vauxhall, BUT when i rung Vaux they said it would be at least 2 weeks!!!! for a new key, is there any way i can get this dam locking nut off without destroying the wheel :-? :'(

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Omega General Help / Re: Starting trouble
« on: 24 April 2010, 15:38:53 »
mines a 2.2 so cant paperclip it or pedal trick it :(

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Omega General Help / Starting trouble
« on: 24 April 2010, 15:33:36 »
Over the last 3 days the car has developed an annoying habit of not starting first time, i turn the key and it tries to start for about 20-30 seconds but it just sets of the EML light and then starts, i then have to turn it off and try it again, most times it will start normally on the second try but can take 3 or 4 goes without it setting off the EML  ::) any ideas of what could cause this?

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Omega General Help / Re: Service + timing belt @ 80,000 going to £500 +
« on: 30 May 2009, 15:13:55 »
A service at my local gargae costs me around £150 and the replacing the timing belt cost £160

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Omega General Help / Re: Sensor keep falling off!
« on: 18 January 2010, 15:19:07 »
neither are broken, it just keeps slipping off the circular mounting at the back of the engine.... so its ok just to squeeze it together slighty?  :y sorted  :y

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Omega General Help / Sensor keep falling off!
« on: 18 January 2010, 15:13:35 »
Having trouble with the sensor for the temp gauge falling off its fixing, everytime i go over any slight dump in the road it drops off and my dash gauage reads 0 , is it ok just to squeeze the metal fixings a bit closer together or do they have to be a certain distance apart when connected to give an accurate reading?

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Omega General Help / Re: New pollen filter
« on: 11 January 2010, 13:46:32 »
Do you actually NEED a pollen filter? because i removed mine about 2 years ago and never got round to fitting a new one  ::) :-[

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Omega General Help / Re: Poor Mpg
« on: 18 December 2009, 17:05:11 »
i normally drive for around 15-20 mins, on the motorway for about 15 miles ( thats to work mostly every other day) my mpg doing that would normally be around 27mpg , but like i say last 2 weeks, its dropped by 3-4mpg .... i havent had the chance to check the breathers yet due to the weather, they were cleaned about 6-7 months ago when my head gasket was done, would they get blocked again since then?

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Omega General Help / Re: Poor Mpg
« on: 18 December 2009, 15:32:42 »
They said it would cost £200+ because to do the seal they had to remove and replace my timing belt too, although it was only 3 months old, but they said they felt it should be changed again if it was being removed :-? cold weather can cause the mpg to fall? never knew that :-?

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Omega General Help / Re: Poor Mpg
« on: 17 December 2009, 15:20:14 »
lol being an Auto i dont think ive ever used the handbrake in the 2 years ive had it  :y

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Omega General Help / Re: Poor Mpg
« on: 17 December 2009, 15:07:39 »
No EML , i havent checked the breathers in a while, shall have a look when i get to work tonight  :y

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Omega General Help / Re: Poor Mpg
« on: 17 December 2009, 14:57:01 »
it last had a full service in May and its done about 5000 miles since then

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