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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: elitedave on 08 April 2013, 14:53:03
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car is min face lift 3l elite t reg
just had a fun break down iv 40 miles from home
was traveling from luton to Harlow.
to girlfriends place
just coming in to Harlow and lost power steering bad on duel carriageway on an over take absolutely none at all
looked at dash and battery light is lit stop temp jumps sky hi
re steering iv already fixed abs unit once and relay behind glove box at different times
cam belt and water pump only done a few thousand ago
the car wont restart battery is dead was fine fully charged when i left
there's water spraying fast out of top hose after its cooled down iv manged to have a look
there is a small hole and crack on plastic end of radiator by top hose so it needs a new radiator
water and steam has sprayed over battery etc iv dried it all and checked all fuse under bonnet and in car
i boged up hose and refilled water and jump started it
just to get last 2 min drive to girl friends but it still appears to be trying to over heat with water
battery light is still on and abs and ignition is flickering and now power steering
engine seems OK bit ruff on tick over but im guessing or hoping that's due to battery being totally flat flat
iv got a laptop Chinese gizmo we cant talk about here but that's in luton
im going to have to pay if i get back to mine tomorrow as breakdown cover lapsed
now im not Shaw if its even worth towing home as got no idea whats up can change radiator in half an hour but with steering and other stuff now not got a clue
any one got any thorts ideas where to start
thanks guys
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Auxilary belt still there??
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Water pump, power steering pump and alternator all run from the auxiliary belt so check that hasn't snapped
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sounds like your auxilary belt has parted company ;)
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opps spot on how did i miss that im way stressed lost our dog last week had bad week
only problem is was on duel carriage way and i couldn't stop for a few hundred yard
but iv missed belt was bit shook up losing steering
after i refiled it i manged to drive it a bit about half a mile
and was getting very hot
what the chances of engine being stuffed or me getting away with it
was running and sounding ok apart from lumpy tick over but battery's totally flat
i take you need a tentioner to change it as well
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nope tensioner is a 15mm bolt iirc, put spanner on and go to tighten and will allow belt to be flicked back on when replaced
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You will also need a 13mm small socket for the SAI bracket that needs temporarily removing to fit new belt :y
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pia really as my missis left brentwood a hr back to come home, in boot spare belt and glove box spare tensioner pully just in case, if had helped you would of had her drop off to you sods law for you
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Just make sure it's not a seized tensioner that has caused the belt to snap. In fact it's worth giving all the pulleys a spin just to make sure ;)
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adey2 thanks mate that would have been a nivce jestor m8 i wish id have noticed early when was stoped and not refilled it and moved half a mile
OK plan is i got a mate with a tow truck see if i can get back tomorrow
as i got no tools here really
ill tape radiator with self amalgamating tape and some hot glue
hope that should hold before i pay out for new radiator to putt a new belt on and test it and see if its not cooked
ifs OK ill drop a new radiator in
any one got a idea what the chance of me having cooked it are.
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thanks pete ill check it m8
pete what do you think the chances of it being cooked is
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It's hard to say. The only way for sure is to put a new belt on it, try it and keep your fingers crossed :y
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thanks m8 fingers crossed
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Exact same happened to me , i was doing 75 ish coming back from scotland , smelt something burning but carried on , then all dash lights glowing like a scene out of CLOSE ENCOUNTERS and no power steering ::) with aux belt bouncing underneath the car ;D RAC said your head gasket has blown >:( I took the pulley off and re-greased it + new belt and was good again :)
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Hopefully you wont have done too much harm, be gentle if you do get her going again and give her a good service anyway just in case. Fingers crossed fella, keep us posted :y
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thanks guys
think i think i was doing about 110 leptons yea i know :-[
when let go in right hand lane on as strait as an arrow where i was
had to get over to inside lane and carry on to the next turning
just thort 2 days ago radio was asking for code im wondering if was slipping and not charging
and just done a 400 mile run last Wednesday.
and like a numpty i drove after cooling and refiling coolent drove about half a mile as i missed the frigging missing belt
wish me luck
i love my elite
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hi guys got new belt and pulleys on I could not
drop new radiator in yet as bottom sensor on radiator had welded its self to nut in radiator
and the bloody little vacuum box/chamber that bolts on back of plastic guiltily ram thing that air box gos to and maf sensor in in and the rubber piped from throttler body's go to what ever you call it the dam stork fell of due to it being brittal fell off
and cant get one to bloody Friday
when it is back together is there anything specific worth looking at with the dongle and the laptop to give idea of engine condition