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Omega General Help / Re: Upgrading my brakes - Advice needed please

« on: 26 July 2009, 16:46:20 »

All the omegas after about 95 where fitted with the larger dia discs and did not change for the 3.2.  .....

NearlY!  Later cars, from around when the 2.6 & 3.2 appeared, received vented disc at the rear.   

HI Andy do you know if those rear vented ones would fit a elite 99 a 2.5 mini face lift?
mine are comingto the end of their life and if i could change for one of thoses, i'm thinking of taking "the beast" to Portugalnext year and damn it's hot out there and some performance in the heat would be nice

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Omega General Help / Re: DRIVER SEAT STUCK!

« on: 23 July 2009, 20:42:51 »

Thanks guys! Since i don't drive "the beast" that much ill put my head around the seat on the weekend, after reading the link im quite sure that must be the problem. Ihope it's a £1 coin
ill keep u posted on that.

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Omega General Help / DRIVER SEAT STUCK!

« on: 23 July 2009, 20:26:34 »

Hi all, since i first had a mini(a 1970's cooper s, not the sh*t ones on sale at the mo), i never had a car with so many problems and still love it to bits, now on to the problem in hand, i got an electric adjustable seat that get's stuck halfway, meaning, doesn't get close to the steering wheel. Anyone came across this ? i had a look under the seat but nothing seemed diferent to me. Thanks guys. 

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Omega General Help / F***ing Gasket

« on: 16 July 2009, 16:37:03 »

Hi All,
sorry for not being in here lattely but stupid internet packed up :-/. Anyway, got oil in the plugs well ,
a lot of it, now i know what it is, my question is is it dangerous to drive ? any reply appreciated.

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Omega General Help / air con part II

« on: 16 July 2009, 16:42:26 »

Hi again.
Started another topic.
ok so i had problems refilling the air con, and the boyz told me to get new valves, so went to rip vaux. and bought 2 for £6 vat incl., now my question is:
HOW THE HELL DO I REMOVE THE BOTTOM ONE?? i did the one near the bulkhead easily but the one in front of the rad is impossible to take out, any advice
thanks guys

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Omega General Help / I thought they would last forever

« on: 08 May 2009, 22:11:26 »

Hi all,
Strangest thing just happened to my miggy yesterday, ent for a drive at night to show off my HID lights on the road and after 1/2 hour driving when i was pulling in to a lay by my MID flashes something about lights, so i tought it must beone of those rear ones, for my surprise it was the Hid dipped beam on the driver side. You can all imagine the amount of swearing that ensued, so i turn on and off the lights a couple of times and nothing, drove off back home in a bad mood, when hold and behold the blasted thing came to life again. Has anyone came across with this?
and if its failing will it be expensive :-/?
Thank you so much

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Omega General Help / Re: Air con kapput?

« on: 07 May 2009, 18:37:47 »

Normal method for checking for A/C leaks is with a "gas sniffer probe" which is past all around the pipework and components and it will send out a bleep when a leak is detected.
Another option is to have a colour dye added with the gas charge and then to view the area with a UV light and vision glasses.
Where abouts are you as I am happy to give you details of a very reliable AC engineer who will sort the problems out for you.

Yyou didn't need a sniffer to find my leak, you could see the dye pi55ing out all over the place.

Isn't andyc in the other Bury (St Edmunds) close by you?  :-/

it is actually. How do i get in touch with him? thanks.

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Omega General Help / Re: Air con kapput?

« on: 07 May 2009, 18:35:27 »

I think they're most likely talking about the high pressure fill valve, where they were trying to fill from. When I had mine regassed this year the bloke had problems removing his hoses without losing the refrigerant he'd just put in. I ended up buying a new valve from Vauxhall
Part Number 52458177 courtesy of andyc cos my dealer couldn't find it   :-?, and you don't need the green viton 'O' ring that it seals to the pipe with, it comes with one! Oh well, at least I have a spare!    

Hi again Andy B, i think you are right on the money. how much one of those babys would cost and is that the one on the top or the one on the bottom of the thingy?

It was the grand total of £4.95 inc vat @17.5% and it was the valve right at the front of the car. The A/C bloke tried to tell me it was part of the pipe, which is over £100, but it does unscrew.  

Funny enough that's what that mechanic said to me as well, i'll try to pop in to vauxhall tomorrow, who knows i might get a discount as all my boss vans are from there, blooming mechanics i never trusted them and never will. as long as i don't need to take the engine off ill do anything to kep their hands off my pride and joy. Thank you

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Omega General Help / Re: Air con kapput?

« on: 07 May 2009, 18:30:03 »

Normal method for checking for A/C leaks is with a "gas sniffer probe" which is past all around the pipework and components and it will send out a bleep when a leak is detected.
Another option is to have a colour dye added with the gas charge and then to view the area with a UV light and vision glasses.
Where abouts are you as I am happy to give you details of a very reliable AC engineer who will sort the problems out for you.

Hi thanks for the repply, i'm from near stansted east anglia.
Thanks

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Omega General Help / Re: Air con kapput?

« on: 07 May 2009, 18:23:47 »

I think they're most likely talking about the high pressure fill valve, where they were trying to fill from. When I had mine regassed this year the bloke had problems removing his hoses without losing the refrigerant he'd just put in. I ended up buying a new valve from Vauxhall
Part Number 52458177 courtesy of andyc cos my dealer couldn't find it   :-?, and you don't need the green viton 'O' ring that it seals to the pipe with, it comes with one! Oh well, at least I have a spare!    

Hi again Andy B, i think you are right on the money. how much one of those babys would cost and is that the one on the top or the one on the bottom of the thingy?

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Omega General Help / Re: Air con kapput?

« on: 07 May 2009, 18:17:33 »

Bugger. . I did talked to a mechanic about it and he said that there is a way of checking using same sort of test he could carry out to find where the leak is. also for them (kwik fit) to say there is a leak i only can imagine that it may not be inside the car. Just wishfull thinking i suppose. Thanks mate.

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Omega General Help / Air con kapput?

« on: 07 May 2009, 17:44:53 »

Hi all, it's me again same car again 2.5 auto elite, this one is to do with the air con, so a few days ago i went to kwik fit to recharge the air con after 2 blooming hours of waiting the boys in there said that a leak in the high pressure valve was a problem and needs to be sorted,
my question here is how much of a problem that really is, and is there a way of fixing it?
thank you so much

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Omega General Help / Re: idling mistery

« on: 07 May 2009, 17:58:54 »

brilliant will have a go at that and let know what happened.
Also i will be looking in to the guides and check it all out
appreciate the help.

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Omega General Help / Re: idling mistery

« on: 07 May 2009, 17:49:51 »

Hi Andy B thanks for the reply, oh god where to start, its my first mig so i don't even know were to look, if this topic as allready been debated could u point me there? thank you so much i got a weekend free soon so i can have a really good look at it, as i love the car and want to keep it for a good stint.
thanks

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Omega General Help / Re: idling mistery

« on: 07 May 2009, 17:46:23 »

Hi all,

General vacuum leaks ?
Sticky/gummed up idle air control valve ?