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Omega General Help / Re: Oil in radiator header tank.

« on: 30 September 2025, 17:30:41 »

Timing is everything and I do need to get the old girl back on the road, so waiting for a delivery from Ukraine is not ideal. I have a spare engine and I'm going to have a practise by removing the oil cooler in that one and replacing mine. Mine is a late car, so should have a S/S cooler, but I don't know if the coolant has been kept in good nick or not. I will have a look at flushing agents to try and remove as much oil as possible. Thank you for confirming that some are Dowty washers, but I'll replace like for like, depending what I find.

Cheers all.

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Omega General Help / Re: Oil in radiator header tank.

« on: 29 September 2025, 17:55:24 »

Thank you again, that explains it perfectly.

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Omega General Help / Re: Oil in radiator header tank.

« on: 29 September 2025, 16:57:00 »

Thank you Valentin.

Much appreciated. It looks different to what I expect. I thought they were flat (a bit like an air cleaner element). I've not seem one, just photos.

Graham.

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Omega General Help / Oil in radiator header tank.

« on: 29 September 2025, 16:27:07 »

Hi all,

I've recently been re-commissioning the Omega after a year or two off the road.

Firstly it runs perfectly. However, I had noticed that it was loosing a little bit of coolant externally before I had parked her up. I did need to put a bit in when I got her going (perhaps one litre) and i ran her up to normal running temperature yesterday, on the drive, until the fans came on and then went off. All seems OK.
However, this morning I notice the header tank is creamy black and obviously has a lot of oil in there. The engine oil level has dropped about 5-10mm, but does not look like there is water in it.
The oil filler has a sheen of mayo in there, but nothing excessive and what I would expect from just an occasional brief run.
Having done a search on here, oil cooler seems a good bet, but I wonder if folks could let me know if this seems sensible considering all the things I have reported here.

Next the question of where I might get a new cooler from? There are not too many, if any available that I have yet found. I take it the part number is the same on all the V engines?

I have a spare engine that was running. Is it a crazy idea to refit a used one?


Does anyone have a oil cooler on the shelf that they didn't end up using?


Regards,
Graham.

p.s. Car is 2003 2.6

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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Wanted facelift Irmscher Grill

« on: 19 September 2025, 16:45:12 »

Hi all,

Been on here a good while, but can't post in classifieds, so mods please move.

I'm looking for a Irmscher front grill for a facelift and possibly any Irmscher items. (Not body kit or wheels)

Regards,
Graham.

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Help with Insignia headlamp Connector

« on: 23 June 2022, 13:52:48 »

Thanks for the link Doc, I'll have a look at that if I can't find what I need at home.

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Help with Insignia headlamp Connector

« on: 23 June 2022, 13:20:22 »

Thanks Nick,

That makes sense. there's not a lot of space within the plug to see, but now I know they come out backwards, it helps a lot.
De-pinning the broken plug and re-inserting the wires and connectors into the new one is exactly what I would ideally like to do.

Graham.

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Help with Insignia headlamp Connector

« on: 23 June 2022, 12:05:08 »

Hi all,
I need a bit of help with an Insignia headlamp connector which I broke when removing the headlamp. I've got a replacement that came with a cut off connector still attached. Great I thought!
However, the cable tails are a little too short to extend so I would like to extract the cables and contacts from this plug and put the ones on my car back in. I will then end up with a working plug.
Problem is, I can't get them out. I've tried squeezing the contacts and pulling the wire (and contact) out of the rear and also tried to pull them out of the front but nothing is moving. Does anyone know how these work?

https://i.postimg.cc/WpZDCcFX/headlamp-connector-front.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/XvFS3LfS/headlamp-connector-rear.jpg

Thanks for looking.

Graham.

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Omega General Help / Re: My Omega's Cats stolen

« on: 28 May 2022, 16:29:40 »

Sorry to hear that!
What a complete Bas****

Hope you have a clear pic on the CCTV of the responsible scroats.

Good luck.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Loss

« on: 15 April 2022, 13:05:20 »

So sorry to hear this, thinking of you, family and friends.

Regards,

Graham.

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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: Kinda noob 3.2 Elite owner

« on: 19 December 2021, 12:57:43 »

Hello and welcome back to the forum.

Graham.

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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: Hello from Bradford

« on: 19 December 2021, 12:56:24 »

Hello and welcome to the forum.

Graham.

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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: newbie

« on: 19 December 2021, 12:55:47 »

Hello and welcome to the forum.

Graham.

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General Car Chat / Re: What could have been...

« on: 19 December 2021, 12:54:44 »

Wow, that does look good.
Really like the frameless design around the doors.

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Omega General Help / Re: Car cover recommendations

« on: 02 December 2021, 11:06:26 »

Hi,
I have one for my kit car that I got from car builder solutions. A good source, I think. They are about £50, price varies with size. If the car is outside, I estimate the cover will last no more than 2 years. The cheaper ones are UV'ed to shreds much quicker.