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Omega General Help / Re: key fob

« on: 12 September 2014, 15:55:29 »

Or the little tab that goes on top of the battery normally bends up

I also have inherited a non-functional key with my recent purchase.  I fitted a new battery but it made no difference.  As far as I can see there is no little tab to contact the top of the battery.  Is there more than one type of key?  Mine is for a bottom of the range 2.6 from 2001 and has just the two buttons lock and unlock.  Are replacement electronics modules available?  Any help much appreciated.

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General Car Chat / Re: My mistake? I fixed it

« on: 29 July 2014, 17:50:44 »

Oops, sorry pardon, I thought I was inserting emoticons but it's all gang agley.

Forgive.

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General Car Chat / My mistake? I fixed it

« on: 29 July 2014, 17:48:58 »

A happy http://images.omegaowners.com/forum/smf2000/Smileys/oofstd/smiley.gif follow-up to my topic "I made a mistake" ... I have performed appropriate remedial action http://images.omegaowners.com/forum/smf2000/Smileys/oofstd/grin.gif  I had to drive a few miles but I found a '51-plate 2.6L estate on Saturday, brought it home yesterday after a "short service" (oil and filter change and not much else as far as I can see) and life is good once more.  I know this is a pretty lame topic, but I just had to tell somebody (SWMBO doesn't 'do' cars) and I feel sure you will all understand  YABBADABBADOOOOOOOOO http://images.omegaowners.com/forum/smf2000/Smileys/oofstd/grin.gifhttp://images.omegaowners.com/forum/smf2000/Smileys/oofstd/grin.gifhttp://images.omegaowners.com/forum/smf2000/Smileys/oofstd/grin.gif

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General Car Chat / Re: I made a mistake ...

« on: 20 July 2014, 15:17:34 »

Umm .. yes Doctor Opti.  I was kinda hoping the .. pun?  No, it's not a pun .. irony?  Not sure it's that either .. would be picked up.  Of course the correct expression is "life's a bitch ... " but coupled with the "... stranded whale ... " I thought .. readers would .....  Perhaps my intention would have been better recognised if I could have used an emoticon winking, meaning "just kidding" ........ oh crumbs, never mind.  Where's me coat?

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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: Omega 2.5 V6 CDX

« on: 20 July 2014, 14:37:14 »

My 2.5 V6 Estate with an oil leak, intermittent (but mostly non-working) radio/cassette and non-working heated seats, aircon and heated rear window was sold for scrap but the Dealer sold it for £175 at an auction last week ... Might get a better result than e-Bay but more of a hassle perhaps.

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General Car Chat / I made a mistake ...

« on: 20 July 2014, 13:17:59 »

After advance warning of impending severe illness (MOT Cert full of advisories and a quiet word of advice from friendly Mechanic) I recently sent my well loved 2.5 estate to its final resting place.  On an 'R' plate and driven from new, meticulously maintained etc. etc. so parting was painful - however, I'm retired now and we all need to move on.  So under some pressure from The Management, and a reluctant "seeing sense" on my part, I agreed to downsize to a Volvo V50 - super-smooth 5 cylinder engine and still the utility of an Estate body, albeit somewhat smaller - it seemed a good move.  To cut a long story short ... darn, too late for that, I have found the ride 'choppy' and uncomfortable, but worse, the throttle pedal is too far to the left to make room for the wheel arch, presumably.  (I'm disabled and I find the pedal position causes me pain in my dodgy right leg).   These things weren't particularly obvious on the test drive and there was a strong element of "it's bound to feel different after the Omega and I'll get used to it" in my thinking.  Well, it did, and I haven't!  I'm sure the V50 is a fine car but after 15 years with the Omega there's no contest.  To add insult to injury, I reminded the Dealer from whom I purchased the Volvo and px-ed the Omega for scrap that I had not received the Certificate of Destruction from him.  His reply was that the car was not actually scrapped as intended but was sold at auction last week for £25 more than the price I got in px against the Volvo.

So now I've put the Volvo on FleaBay and I'm trying to find a mint 3.2 or 2.6L auto Omega Estate close to home in Hertfordshire.  I actually went to see one yesterday but only remembered this morning that I forgot to ask the Dealer why the security key for the wheels was not in evidence.  Otherwise the vehicle was in great condition for its age (2002) except for a "ticking" sound typical of a cam follower that hasn't got its oil supply.  There did not appear to be any oil on the dipstick so that might be a reason.  Best give that one a miss p'raps and keep on looking.  But I'm a picky Old Git so good ones by my standards that are located within a reasonable distance from home are not easy to find.

Ho hum; as the stranded whale said "Life's a beach and then you die".

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Omega General Help / Re: "Rear sub frame mounting bushes ...

« on: 10 August 2008, 22:14:14 »

they take about 30 mins per side the first time you do them,
jack car up safely etc etc undo 3 bolts holding plate on remove , undo centre bolt and the lot will come away leaving the bush exposed, using a claw hammer claw end, look carefuly you will see three indentions on the new bushes, find them on the old ones and prise out, check cup is clean and if you want to use a smear of rubber grease round new bush,  dont forget the smaler ring that gioes above the arm,push bush in as far as you can by hand then refit the carrier plate UPSIDE DOWN!!!  using centre bolt simply screw it all the way in this will push the new bush fully home, remove plate and put on correct way do it all up and test!! there are 2 types of rear bush one with void holes in them and one without best handling comes without the void holes softer handling with them your choice!!
hope that helps?

Wow .. brilliant!  Thank you very much - it seems the only special tool required is a bit of ingenuity  

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Omega General Help / "Rear sub frame mounting bushes ...

« on: 10 August 2008, 14:25:44 »

... showing signs of splitting" reported at last service on my R plate 2.5 petrol estate.  The car has done 100K miles and will be 11 years old in November, so I'm not entirely surprised.  I need the shocks replacing and thought I'd get everything done together, but garage man says he a) can't find a time/price for doing the job and b) it probably needs a special tool to replace the bushes which he doesn't have.  Without the tool, "it will probably mean dismantling a large part of the rear end of the car which will be expensive".  The front shocks have already been done and at a pinch, I could prob'ly do the rears myself (although not as young fit and agile as I once was!) but the bushes would be beyond my capability ... I'm reluctant to go to local VX dealership, so are there any words of advice please  :question

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Omega General Help / Re: SPARK PLUG;S FILLED WITH OIL

« on: 06 January 2008, 15:34:01 »

Replace cam cover gaskets - use genuine Vauxhall

I had this work done on mine.  ISTR there is a later - more rigid - type of rocker cover that needs to be replaced as well as a new gasket .. or is that just on the V6?

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Omega General Help / Re: Intermittent non-start (long)

« on: 16 June 2007, 11:14:13 »

Mike - hopefully, now that you have found this place, the excess expense will be reduced somewhat by expert diagnosis as well as persons willing to exchange repair work for beer, as and when required!

Hmmm .. one crank sensor fitting = how many beers I wonder?  

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Omega General Help / Re: Intermittent non-start (long)

« on: 15 June 2007, 20:33:26 »

And, Welcome!  

Thank you !!  

And thanks for all the replies here.  I'll accept the combined wisdom and go buy a crank sensor.  I may have to get my pet mobile mechanic to fit it 'cos I'm not as young and flexible as I used to be !!

With exhaust systems being replaced, leaky oil seals (all three) on the diff and on the output shaft of the transmission being replaced, an aircon recharge and a 10-year service, I've spent over £1000 on the car in the last week.  So would I have another one?  You bet!  Best car I've had - this is my second one in the sequence Cortina > Cavalier > Carlton > 5-series BMW > Omega > Omega, and I'm delighted to have found a group of fellow enthusiasts.  Thanks guys.

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Omega General Help / Re: Intermittent non-start (long)

« on: 15 June 2007, 15:53:52 »

You can read the codes on that car with a paperclip, no fancy gadgets required.  My gut feeling is crank sensor, but the 19 code will confirm that.

Hope that helps

Thanks for this.  So are you saying that the fault codes stored in the ECU are non-persistent and that the VX dealer couldn't see anything with the Tech2 'cos they were erased - either when the engine started ok for him, or even before that when the ignition was turned off by me?

And for the previous reply, is there an implied "only" in the sentence (The ECU (only) requires crank pulses from ...) or could there be other requirements too?  Is it feasible for me to try to measure these, d'you think - given access to a test meter, or oscilliscope, or ..?

I presume Googling will uncover the "paper clip procedure"?

The help is much appreciated, thank you.

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Omega General Help / Intermittent non-start (long)

« on: 15 June 2007, 14:10:25 »

My first post here and all I can bring is problems, problems ... sorry :-/

I have a V6 estate auto on an R plate which I've driven from new and which now has 88K on the clock.  Despite regular servicing, it's had all the "standard" faults - water leak, oil cooler, oil leaks from the camshaft covers (and probably more things I can't remember!) and now I have something new that's driving me crackers.  It's a problem I have seen reported on other forums on the 'web, but I couldn't find a specific reference to it here ...

On odd occasions (often many months apart) over the last three years or so, the engine has failed to start.  Sometimes after a few minutes cranking the starter (not continuously!!) it will spring into life and will run fine for months thereafter.  There's no smell of unburnt fuel when the engine is cranking, sometimes the rev counter needle 'jumps' initially before dropping to zero and sometimes it doesn't move.  The EFL doesn't flash but remains lit steadily.

On two occasions in the last year, I gave up trying to start it and 1) called my pet mobile mechanic to look at it and 2) got a friend to tow me to the local VX dealership for them to look at.

1) the car started for him next morning without any problem
2) the car started for them next morning and they reported no fault codes found by their fancy gizmo

I thought about what had changed between it not starting for me, but being ok some time later.  The only thing I could think of was that I had removed the key and operated the central locking.  I guessed it could be the immobilizer so when it happened again this morning, I took the key out, climbed out the car and locked the doors.

Unfortunately, when I unlocked and tried to start it again, it still wouldn't !!

So, to cut a long story sh ... ahh, too late, sorry.  I tried my spare key with the same result, re-programmed the 'normal' key and that didn't help either.  I then spent a while smurfing the Interweb to see if I could find some helpful information while waiting for the local VX dealers to open.  About 45 mins later, I decided to give the car one more try before calling the garage ... It started on the first turn of the key and sat there purring happily while I shouted rude words at it.

One more bit of information - last Summer, a bit less than a year ago, I had a problem with the car stalling at lights/junctions after about 20 minutes of driving.  VX dealer changed the crankshaft sensor and cured the problem.  (So I'm disinclined to believe the current problem is caused by the crankshaft sensor).

I feel that if only I could find out definitively what signals the ECU requires to see before switching on the sparks and sending fuel to the injectors, it might be possible to verify them by measurement and pinpoint the cause of the engine failing to start.

Others have reported pretty much identical symptoms in what I read on the web this morning, but the causes and cures are rather less certain.

So, can anybody help this desperate man?  Please?

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Newbie Welcome Area / What a Friendly Place (echo !!)

« on: 15 June 2007, 13:06:28 »

Hello People,

I've been reading the posts on the site and there's a clear spirit of friendliness and co-operation displayed unlike many such forums (fora?) I find on the Interweb.  I hope I'm able to make some contribution of value to others.

Meanwhile, I have a little problem ... (see General Chat)