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Omega General Help / Re: water leak

« on: 10 November 2009, 19:49:01 »

could be the pipe from the water bottle to the radiator has been scored. have you checked the pipe itself?

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Omega General Help / Exhaust pipe worked loose

« on: 12 November 2009, 21:21:19 »

It's worked loose between where the front pipe goes into the middle part.

Is it easy to slide back into place, or do I need a couple of bolts?

Car sounds like a tractor.

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Omega General Help / Re: Steam coming from rad?

« on: 11 November 2009, 20:17:04 »

Did the food colour test. No leaks to be found, so the mystery deepens

I'm wondering if the rad is running too hot when running and boiling my water more than it should.

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Omega General Help / Re: Steam coming from rad?

« on: 10 November 2009, 19:56:45 »

Thanks for the info, I'll have a look at the breakers at the weekend.

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Omega General Help / Re: Steam coming from rad?

« on: 10 November 2009, 19:47:34 »

Is that expensive...?

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Omega General Help / Steam coming from rad?

« on: 10 November 2009, 18:54:19 »

Today's topic of contention is my rradiator seems to be using a lot of water and is steaming a little. Temp gauge is hovering between 95 and 100 for the most part. have checked pipes for leaks but nothing, no obvious leaks from rad, but manily at standstill after a few seconds rad steams.

Have put a lot of water in in last 2 days, only noticed it on Monday morning.

Any ideas?

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Omega General Help / Re: Smoky exhaust on pull away

« on: 09 November 2009, 18:42:16 »

Thanks for the advice.

Was a bit worried about getting pulled by the cops that's all, it does look a bit like a steam train on first starting!

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Omega General Help / Smoky exhaust on pull away

« on: 09 November 2009, 18:32:31 »

Only noticed int he last day or so but the exhaust is pretty smoky on pulling away from standstill. Once it's above 25 miles an hour it becomes fine, but it's a bit of a worry.

Any ideas?

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Omega General Help / Re: T regMOT help. Please!

« on: 03 September 2009, 21:47:14 »

Who should I speak to to book a Tech2 test?

Many thanks.

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Omega General Help / T regMOT help. Please!

« on: 03 September 2009, 19:21:47 »

I have a 99 T-Reg, that has just been put through it's MOT. It faile don emissions because the engine is running too rich and is giving emisions of around 4.2% instead of 0.3%. Anyone have any ideas how to sort it without it costing a bomb?

My garage are scratching around with sensors to see if anything can be done with it.

Help!

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Omega General Help / Re: Question about Vectra/Omega exhaust.

« on: 08 July 2009, 23:47:46 »

The backbox is not in bad nick, it's just I fancied a twin one as I htink they look and sound good.

That makes me sound like a boy racer

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Omega General Help / Re: Question about Vectra/Omega exhaust.

« on: 08 July 2009, 23:26:41 »

That answers that one then.

Thanks for your help mate, but I'll still look out for a twin pipe as I do like the look of them. I don't think the ones from a2.5 or 3.0 will fit at all because of the double pipe.

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Omega General Help / Re: Question about Vectra/Omega exhaust.

« on: 08 July 2009, 23:18:46 »

I'm going to refrain from spending any money until I find out for sure, but thanks for your help. I did a bit of checking and the actual mounting pins fit snugly into a cubby hole. I'm not sure if the backbox I want has pins that are high or wide enough to fit, but the inlet pipe looks like a close match.

I wouldn't want to risk 50 quid on something that I'm not 100% on though.

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