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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: bootzey on 24 September 2012, 10:45:19
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Found this in my car. Anyone recognise it please. There's a spline in the larger end, like it pushes on to something and is then used to turn or make an adjustment to whatever it attaches to. Cheers
http://s1163.beta.photobucket.com/user/bootzey/media/IMG_20120924_094855_zpsedc0cf53.jpg.html
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i have no idea but it looks like a aerial blanking plug off a genuine stereo
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Looks like a tyre valve cap put-er on-erer from A N Other Vauxhall ...... the fuel filler cap on an Astra G has a specific clip on the inside for it. In al the years we had an Astra G, I never used it. ::) :y
(http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q558/bootzey/IMG_20120924_094855_zpsedc0cf53.jpg)
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Looks like a tyre valve cap put-er on-erer from A N Other Vauxhall ...... the fuel filler cap on an Astra G has a specific clip on the inside for it. In al the years we had an Astra G, I never used it. ::) :y
Yep, I'd go with that as I have one in my glovebox, along with the sunroof manual winder thing.
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Yep the valve cap remover wins it. Just checked the handbook n there's a diagram of it. That's 1 thing sorted now to carry on with the 101 other issues lol. Like why does my motor run fine with the MAF disconnected, why is it costing me about a quid/mile in petrol but the CATs don't stink, why does the car tick over so badly for a minute or so after reconnecting the battery and if the MAF is connected, where the hell is that hissing sound coming from at the back of the plenum, why's the EML on, why are the injectors so loud, fuel trim codes GRRRRR, why did I buy.......nah I love it really. Cheers guys :)
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Valve cap remover, as said above, lives in the petrol cap :y
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....., lives in the petrol cap :y
but not on an Omega ;) ;) ..... (unless it does on the facelift - but pretty sure it doesnt onn that either :-\)
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From what remember reading somewhere it is a tool simply for removing and replacing the tyre valve dust caps so your hands stay clean of the brake dust!
At least that is what I use mine for cos the splines in the hollow end fit the valve cap perfectly.
Might be right or might be wrong but at least I found a decent use for it............
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....., lives in the petrol cap :y
but not on an Omega ;) ;) ..... (unless it does on the facelift - but pretty sure it doesnt onn that either :-\)
My mistake, you are correct.
I was thinking of my Astra, which does ::)
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....., lives in the petrol cap :y
but not on an Omega ;) ;) ..... (unless it does on the facelift - but pretty sure it doesnt onn that either :-\)
Sorry but that is exactly where it lives in my Omega (W reg).
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....., lives in the petrol cap :y
but not on an Omega ;) ;) ..... (unless it does on the facelift - but pretty sure it doesnt onn that either :-\)
Sorry but that is exactly where it lives in my Omega (W reg).
Does it????? :o :o :o
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As you look at the fuel cap, at the 6 o/c position there`s a slot, fits in that
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As you look at the fuel cap, at the 6 o/c position there`s a slot, fits in that
Im going to have a look at mine now ::)
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Since I`ve had the car it`s always been there. Wondered what it was at first ???
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Just had a look at mine, there is no clip to hold the valve remover, only the petrol cap holder at the top left hand side
(https://dl.dropbox.com/u/89580428/OOF/2012-09-24-024.jpg)
(https://dl.dropbox.com/u/89580428/OOF/2012-09-24-025.jpg)
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As you look at the fuel cap, at the 6 o/c position there`s a slot, fits in that
Im going to have a look at mine now ::)
Definitely not on my 2002. I know what you mean as it was on the Vectra and got in the way of the fuel cap when it was in the slot. ::)
Supplied new in my Omega glovebox. :y Happy to be proved wrong though. :y
Edit: Took that picture bloody quick didn't you Ben. :y ;D ;D
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I know i had it on my Astra G because I used it all the time, never seen it on any other Vauxhall though ::)
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As others say, valve cap tool, save getting fingers dusty :y
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Just had a look at mine, there is no clip to hold the valve remover, only the petrol cap holder at the top left hand side
(https://dl.dropbox.com/u/89580428/OOF/2012-09-24-024.jpg)
(https://dl.dropbox.com/u/89580428/OOF/2012-09-24-025.jpg)
On the bottom pic, the piece of gray plastic on the right just below the hinge of the filler cap, it clips in there not actually on the filler cap itself
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On the bottom pic, the piece of grey plastic on the right just below the hinge of the filler cap, it clips in there not actually on the filler cap itself
we need a picture with it fitted there ........ cos I think you're confudled ::) ::) :y :y
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On the bottom pic, the piece of grey plastic on the right just below the hinge of the filler cap, it clips in there not actually on the filler cap itself
we need a picture with it fitted there ........ cos I think you're confudled ::) ::) :y :y
I agree, we need a photo, anyone?
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On the bottom pic, the piece of grey plastic on the right just below the hinge of the filler cap, it clips in there not actually on the filler cap itself
we need a picture with it fitted there ........ cos I think you're confudled ::) ::) :y :y
I agree, we need a photo, anyone?
I just tried mine in that hole on the right, below the hinge, and apart from it being a round hole with a flat bit of plastic going in to it, it certainly did not look designed to go there. :-\
After forcing it in, it just dangled there precariously, ready to catch any drips of fuel as you remove the nozzle. ::) ::)
If it is meant to go there it is a shite idea.
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On the bottom pic, the piece of grey plastic on the right just below the hinge of the filler cap, it clips in there not actually on the filler cap itself
we need a picture with it fitted there ........ cos I think you're confudled ::) ::) :y :y
I agree, we need a photo, anyone?
I just tried mine in that hole on the right, below the hinge, and apart from it being a round hole with a flat bit of plastic going in to it, it certainly did not look designed to go there. :-\
After forcing it in, it just dangled there precariously, ready to catch any drips of fuel as you remove the nozzle. ::) ::)
If it is meant to go there it is a shite idea.
My thoughts exactly, it cant go there. Face it, the Omega didnt have a place for the valve remover, unless someone has completely changed the fuel cap cover to an Astra G one (with the little clip at the 6 o'clock position) and managed to get the same colour or had it resprayed, iirc, the Omega and Astra G fuel cap cover are exactly the same??
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Here you go!
(http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g385/Dartmoorfan/lamp008.jpg)
(http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g385/Dartmoorfan/lamp007.jpg)
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Here you go!
(http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g385/Dartmoorfan/lamp007.jpg)
Thanks for the Pics. :y Not one of their better ideas was it. ;D ;D ;D ;D
Mine's staying in the glovebox. :y
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Here you go! ......
I can honestly say that is the very first time I've ever seen it fitted there on any Omega. I think you've just found a convenient hole to fit it into. ;) ;) No mention of it in my Omega's hand book, but makes reference to it in the Astra's hand book & shows where it lives on the filler cap too.
Maybe a pole should be set up. ::)
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Here you go! ......
I can honestly say that is the very first time I've ever seen it fitted there on any Omega. I think you've just found a convenient hole to fit it into. ;) ;)
Its been there for the last 6 years the car has been in the family, in fact I never noticed it till I cleaned all the crud out from the filler cap, it had not been moved in the time we have had the car, I will ask the previous owner as he is FIL 's neighbour and is an avid Omega fan still having three more of them.
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Oh and till I read this post I didn't have a clue what it was either ;D
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I thought it was for removing the aerial before a car wash :-\
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Here you go! ......
I can honestly say that is the very first time I've ever seen it fitted there on any Omega. I think you've just found a convenient hole to fit it into. ;) ;) No mention of it in my Omega's hand book, but makes reference to it in the Astra's hand book & shows where it lives on the filler cap too.
Maybe a pole should be set up. ::)
Exactly my thoughts. Pole please!
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As others say, valve cap tool, save getting fingers dusty :y
AND it also includes a gauge to check the tyre thread depth :y It belongs to the original tool-kit of every Omega and I'd assume it was originally located in the tool-kit-foam-thingy inside spare wheel