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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: bigtoby on 13 February 2008, 22:03:19
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hi there new to this site was wondering if anybody could help me with something does anybody know wot the operating temp of a 3 litre omega is please
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same as any V6.
Should be middle of the gauge, 95 in normal operation, slightly below on a motorway cruise 92/93.
Should go up to 97, when the fans will kick in, and bring it down again.
Should never reach or go past 100
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thanks mate mine reached 100 the other day but came down are the fans supposed to stay on when u switch the car off?? for say a minute??
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thanks mate mine reached 100 the other day but came down are the fans supposed to stay on when u switch the car off?? for say a minute??
Yep!
If it reaches 100 its running too hot, considering the cold weather at the moment.
Got a 50/50 mix of antifreeze in there?
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had the car for 4 months unsure about the anti freeze mixture am going to change before the summer but u seem to have shown me a new problem as the gauge was showing 100 when i turned the car back on after driving but have never noticed the fans going as i walk away from the car as soon as i started it the gauge dropped to 92 after 30 secs of engine running must be a problem with the fan run on switch cheers bloody great cars though love it
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2.5 v6 usually runs a little cooler at about 92-93 in normal operation...3.0 v6 as stated...
Had you been revving it hard? Are breathers blocked perhaps, causing extra workload for the engine??
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had the car for 4 months unsure about the anti freeze mixture am going to change before the summer but u seem to have shown me a new problem as the gauge was showing 100 when i turned the car back on after driving but have never noticed the fans going as i walk away from the car as soon as i started it the gauge dropped to 92 after 30 secs of engine running must be a problem with the fan run on switch cheers bloody great cars though love it
Get it changed, now, with this recent cold snap its not going to do well for the engine.
Its £15 for 5L of Vx Red Anti-freeze, get a 50/50 mix in there now. And make sure its in all year around.
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Double check the fuses in the engine bay ECU box as two of them are for the aux fans......
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had given it abit of a ragging but have come across other problems recently which u just hit nail on the head and confirmed for me have milky oil filler cap and has just blown a rocker gasket ad has a rough idle thik time to clean the crankcase breathers not looking forward to thet lol
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thanx for ur help guys hope the weathers good tomorrow will have a go at clearing breathers i think
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And check them fuses.....
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Double check the fuses in the engine bay ECU box as two of them are for the aux fans......
Hi Marks DTM - As I do not yet posses a manual for the old girl, which fuses are they?
Cheers,
Mark
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See this post
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1176560725
Check all the ones in the box....
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thanx for ur help guys hope the weathers good tomorrow will have a go at clearing breathers i think
Its easy peasy - go for it :y
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had the car for 4 months unsure about the anti freeze mixture am going to change before the summer but u seem to have shown me a new problem as the gauge was showing 100 when i turned the car back on after driving but have never noticed the fans going as i walk away from the car as soon as i started it the gauge dropped to 92 after 30 secs of engine running must be a problem with the fan run on switch cheers bloody great cars though love it
Get it changed, now, with this recent cold snap its not going to do well for the engine.
Its £15 for 5L of Vx Red Anti-freeze, get a 50/50 mix in there now. And make sure its in all year around.
Has it gone up a lot then? I seem to recall it was about a tenner and even less on TC
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Elite 3.0 N Reg Auto. I was towing my new Caravan on the motorway today and the temp was continually creeping up to 100. It went down if I slowed to 50, but did not really like anything above that. Do I need to install extra cooling things (as if I had a clue how!)?
TIA as always.
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Elite 3.0 N Reg Auto. I was towing my new Caravan on the motorway today and the temp was continually creeping up to 100. It went down if I slowed to 50, but did not really like anything above that. Do I need to install extra cooling things (as if I had a clue how!)?
TIA as always.
At 50+mph, should be enough airflow for fans to make no difference. Check the efficiency of cooling system.
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Elite 3.0 N Reg Auto. I was towing my new Caravan on the motorway today and the temp was continually creeping up to 100. It went down if I slowed to 50, but did not really like anything above that. Do I need to install extra cooling things (as if I had a clue how!)?
TIA as always.
As TheBoy says. My temp crept up till the high temp warning light came on during a long long motorway hill climb with my 'van. A flush helped but was sorted completely with a new rad - the old rad developed a large leak.