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Omega General Help / Re: Blown Turbo Omega 2.2 DTI

« on: 13 July 2011, 21:11:28 »

what made your turbo blow?
how many miles has your car done?
ive seen reconditioned ones from latvia on ebay but they are pricey and couldnt guaruntee the quality either

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Omega General Help / loud clicking noise from rear of car?

« on: 12 July 2011, 13:05:25 »

i have a 2.2dti on a 51 plate,
when i turn the ignition on i sometimes get a loud clicking noise from somewhere towards the back of the car on the drivers side, this dosent happen all the time but id like to know what it is,
i know there is no fuel pump in the tank as ive investigated before and cleaned the filter on the fuel pick up lines but im puzzled to what it can be, i dont think it has a fuel pump primer or if it has surely it would be in the engine bay along with the fuel pump itself?
im hoping someone on oof has the answer im looking for
thanks in advance

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Omega General Help / Re: how to fit the tensioner belt

« on: 04 July 2011, 21:01:14 »

now fixed thank god, my mechanic mate had it done in two mins tops, used a socket set and a pry bar to get the tensioner done,
thanks again for all your replies

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Omega General Help / Re: how to fit the tensioner belt

« on: 04 July 2011, 18:41:36 »

lets hope not, thanks for the replys

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Omega General Help / Re: how to fit the tensioner belt

« on: 04 July 2011, 18:25:04 »

everything else spins freely and yes the car was in gear its a habbit of mine to leave in 1st gear when parked as the handbrake has not always worked very well on my car

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Omega General Help / Re: how to fit the tensioner belt

« on: 04 July 2011, 18:07:27 »

the wheel in the pic with cs on it is the one that wont move, the air con and alternator speen freely, i dont know what caused the belt to snap as didnt happen when driving, i just jumped in the car and the steering was really hard and noticed the snapped belt

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Omega General Help / Re: how to fit the tensioner belt

« on: 04 July 2011, 12:55:29 »

thanks for the advise, im going to call it quits and wait for my mate who is a mechanic to finish work and he will do it for me hopefullly, things gone from bad to worse as i have trapped the old bet in the bonnet while closing it and now can not bloody open the thing!
ive really peed myself off with this and feel a cup of tea and a nice fat one coming on
i am definatly going to invest in rac cover or similar as they could have had this sorted for me by now, im just happy that the belt snapped at home and not when i was miles from home as i would have been propper buggered then,
all the pullys seem to turn fine appart from the one right at the bottom of the engine, i hope this is normal and not yet another problem to fix

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Omega General Help / Re: how to fit the tensioner belt

« on: 04 July 2011, 12:13:50 »

i have failed!
the belt itself seemed way too long but after some fiddling i think ive sussed it out, am i correct on thinking that it doubles over itself a few times???
i im having extreme problems with getting the belt tight as i dont know which pully is the tensioner ? im thinking that its the one with a smooth edge but i just cant move it at all!!!!!
is there a special way to move the tensioner as there is very little room under the bonnet to get at it, i may have to remove some hoses and air con parts just to get at it!
ffs not having my car is becoming a right headache

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Omega General Help / Re: how to fit the tensioner belt

« on: 04 July 2011, 11:15:51 »

thanks its a 2.2dti, ill have a crack at it in a min

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Omega General Help / Re: how to fit the tensioner belt

« on: 04 July 2011, 11:05:34 »

please help as i need to get this fixed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Omega General Help / how to fit the tensioner belt

« on: 04 July 2011, 10:50:19 »

brought a new belf from euro carparts for £18.30 including vat for a continental belt,
please advise on fitting, im guesing i have to slacken the alternator to get the belt on and then move it back to make it tight,
is this the right way to do it?
and how tight must it be, i have limited tools so was just going to stretch it as tight as i can
please help me

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Omega General Help / Re: yet another brake light bulb

« on: 03 July 2011, 15:47:44 »

have changed the bulb which i got from a local car shop for 70pence and gues what two days in and its blown again, there must be a more serious problem somewhere, maybe a power surge or something

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Omega General Help / yet another brake light bulb

« on: 19 June 2011, 01:13:20 »

my 2.2dti elite keeps blowing brake light bulbs,
must have had 5 in the last year,
is there any reason for this, a common fault maybe?
im replacing them with halfords bulbs as they are fairly cheap and its local to me, its the bulb with the two elements

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Omega General Help / Re: fan belt or tensioner??????

« on: 03 July 2011, 15:50:07 »

sorry guys its a 2.2dti elite on a 51 plate, and yes the battery light was on so a spot on diagnosis thanks
looks abit fidly to fit as said there are a few pipes in the was one being a aluminium pipe which is fatter at one end, what could that be?

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Omega General Help / fan belt or tensioner??????

« on: 03 July 2011, 15:17:07 »

came out the house today to go on a journey in the car, she started ok but the steering was almost impossible to move the wheels, had a quick check on the fuses as had had a problem like this before when steering went heavy and it turned out to be a 20 or30 amp fuse that had gone,
all fuses ok so had a look under the bonnet and found a snapped belt.
it has 6 grooves and is about an inch wide it goes round alot of pullies including the alternator.
how much roughly are the belts and what exactly is it?
please reply as have work in the morning and will have to use the missus lovely purple bike with a nice wicker basket on the front,
will euro or somewhere similar do them and roughly how much will it be to replace it, im guesing its a two min job to do, havent driven the car so cant see that i have done any dammage