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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: 'Lights-on' alarm, and deadlocking issue

« on: 15 October 2009, 16:39:08 »

Aha! You're right - the puddle lights don't always come on! (I assume this is the white lights on the inside door card).

I'll clean the switches and report back later...

Thanks!

New edit - Crikey, you blokes are good!  Opened the door, prodded the switch in the A pillar a couple of times and the puddle lights came on.  Closed door and the double lock work! Yippee!

Now I'm locking and buzzing willy-nilly!

Will fix them properly when I can get hold of the proper torx tool.

Thanks again

David

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / 'Lights-on' alarm, and deadlocking issue

« on: 13 October 2009, 11:19:14 »

'98 2.0L CDX manual.

Recently (about 6 months ago) I noticed that the alarm to warn of lights left on stopped working.  At about the same time, I noticed that the doors would not 'dead-lock' from the key fob (press once to lock - ok; press again to dead-lock - no joy).

Last weekend, I had to change a brake light bulb, and immediatedly the alarm started working again, as did the dead-lock.  This lasted only until this morning when both have stopped again.

Any ideas?  Bad earth somewhere?  I don't want to leave this too long as these kind of problems have a habit of getter worse rather than better.

Thanks in advance

David

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Omega General Help / Re: brakes/suspension knock

« on: 08 December 2009, 12:24:14 »

Update (at long last).

Replaced the anti-roll bar drop links and this quietened the general rumbling sound, but not the main knocking under braking.

Had a mate replace the lower control arms, and hey-presto, all noises gone.  I haven't done any hard braking with warm brakes yet, so I'm not 100% sure that the discs aren't warped, but certainly much better than it was.

I wonder if normal manufacturing tolerances on run-out are enough to excite a knock with very worn LCA bushes...?

Anyway - thanks for your input.  On to the next problem now...

David

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Omega General Help / Re: brakes/suspension knock

« on: 10 October 2009, 12:41:17 »

Sorry for the slow response.

Yes, the clunk noise is in time with the wheel revolutions.  I'm fitting good quality (but not Vauxhall) discs, and they seem fine to begin with but gradually get worse.

I am very gentle on brakes generally, so it's not due to overheating them.

I wonder if the hubs are running true.  I'll take the discs off and make sure the mating surfaces are clean.  I also have a dial gauge somewhere in my shed - I'll have a go at setting this up to measure the runout of the disc.

David

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Omega General Help / Re: brakes/suspension knock

« on: 30 September 2009, 17:46:46 »

Bearings are ok.  I've jacked the car up and spun the wheels and there is no noise - wheels spin freely.  I've also tried to move every joint in the front suspension, and the only ones that knock are the anti-roll bar drop links.

David

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Omega General Help / brakes/suspension knock

« on: 23 September 2009, 16:20:22 »

'98 2.0L CDX manual with 138k on the clock.

Some years back I drove (quickly!) over Breknock Pass in Cumbria and started getting a knocking noise like warped front discs.  I could feel it through the pedal.

Replaced the discs and all was fine for a while, until it started to come back slightly.  Then I drove over the St Gotthard pass in the Alps, and coming down the Italian side the brakes sounded like they were about to part company with the car!!

Replaced them again, but all the time now, with moderate braking at low to moderate speed, I can feel something knocking in a cyclic manner.

I know that the drop links from the front anti-roll bar need replacing (these make a different sound! ), and I'm not convinced that the new discs are warped again already.

What else could be causing this?  Any ideas?

Thanks

David

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Newbie Welcome Area / North London

« on: 23 September 2009, 16:11:32 »

Hi, just joined.  I've got a '98 cdx 2.0L manual saloon.  It's getting a bit old now (138k miles) and I need to keep it going for a while longer, so I thought I'd seek the knowledge of the knowledgable!

Issues are - rust on doors and rear arches, knocking front antiroll bar links, bulbs out on dash, central locking not 'dead-locking'.  All of these are fixable...

However I need to sort out what would appear to be warped discs (but isn't).  I'll post in the tech area.

Many thanks for all your (future) help.

David