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Omega General Help / Re: A few issues with my 2.2dti

« on: 18 February 2012, 14:33:03 »

I would if I had one, the whole catch is completely missing.

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Omega General Help / Re: A few issues with my 2.2dti

« on: 18 February 2012, 14:06:05 »

Well the slightly milder weather has proven to be a god send, the car starts much easier so confirmation that the glow plugs are cream crackered I think.

On a different note, does anyone have a beige glove box catch please? I don't need to lock it so no key required, it would be nice to be able to open it without scaping the skin of my finger! PM me if you have, thanks.

They are only about £7 from the dealers

Yes but they don't come with the lock cylinder, that is seperate and a another £15 or so on top.

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Omega General Help / Re: A few issues with my 2.2dti

« on: 17 February 2012, 18:21:48 »

Well the slightly milder weather has proven to be a god send, the car starts much easier so confirmation that the glow plugs are cream crackered I think.

On a different note, does anyone have a beige glove box catch please? I don't need to lock it so no key required, it would be nice to be able to open it without scaping the skin of my finger! PM me if you have, thanks.

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Omega General Help / Re: A few issues with my 2.2dti

« on: 11 February 2012, 19:23:16 »

Well it must have been a coincindence, tried starting it this morning and it was a real pig so looks like the plugs will get fitted after all. I did however manage to free off the pasenger seat height adjuster so all good there now thanks to the link above.

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Omega General Help / Re: A few issues with my 2.2dti

« on: 10 February 2012, 10:59:02 »

Sounds like glow plugs to me too. If you parked the car facing up hill last night and it was fine I'd say that is not the leak off pipes. If they're leaking air will get into the system because the fuel will want to run back to the tank with it facing up hill. Get the plugs in and go from there. If you're changing them yourself give them a GOOD soak in Plus Gas or WD40 first for a couple of hours. Not good if they snap!

Yep... But if you're in there doing the glow plugs, may as well change the leak off pipes too for the sake of £20 and 5 minutes more work

My old Astra van used to eat leak off pipes for some strange reason, although there was something not quite right with that motor all along, and the second sign they were leaking again was poor starting First sign was the smell of diesel in the engine bay

Haven't notice any smell of diesel, although I haven't had the bonnet open lately. Will check this out over the weekend. Thanks guys, much appreciated

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Omega General Help / Re: A few issues with my 2.2dti

« on: 10 February 2012, 10:46:27 »

^ makes sense, thanks for the reply. They are familiar with diesels, mainly Volvo's but I'm guessing they would be a similar set up.

Cheers.

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Omega General Help / Re: A few issues with my 2.2dti

« on: 10 February 2012, 10:23:25 »

Update:

I bought some new plugs from Vauxhall, turned out to be Beru ones anyway. I haven't had them fitted yet as I seem to remember reading on one of the threads that there can be an issue with leak off pipes giving the same syptoms?

The car is parked on a hill outside my house, facing downwards so I tried parking facing upwards last night and it started straight away this morning. Is this just coincindental or is it the pipes causing the problem? I spoke to a local garage who do work for me now and again and they said that the leak off pipes wouldn't cause poor starting.

Any thoughts before I have the plugs changed?

Thanks.

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Heated seats

« on: 09 February 2012, 20:07:12 »

Thanks for the replies guys. If the weather holds I may bite the bullet and have a go at the weekend. Is there a way to test the control unit? Can it be swapped with the drivers one to see if it works or are they handed so to speak?

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Heated seats

« on: 09 February 2012, 19:12:55 »

Hi,

I have a problem with the passenger heated seat in as much that it doesn't work. I replaced the dash switch as this didn't light up so now I have a switch that works but no heat.
My understanding is that the heater elements are seperate but wondered if one should fail will it cause the other not to work because of the way they are linked electrically? I had some new elements priced up at Vauxhall today, about £70 odd pounds each plus VAT but don't really want to buy both if only one is faulty. What is the best way to test them please and how easy is it to get the seat covers off?

Thanks,

Leigh.

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Omega General Help / Re: Omega Estate rear spoiler 2001

« on: 07 February 2012, 21:38:17 »

^ Might want to scrap that idea, just got an email to say they are out of stock and refunded my money

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Omega General Help / Re: A few issues with my 2.2dti

« on: 06 February 2012, 11:06:55 »

Yes and get decent ones.

As for the smoke from the front wheel arch, the setup has a diesel heater on it to warm the coolant up faster, its this that your seeing.

Thanks for the reply. What make should I get, NGK, Beru etc?

Either of those will do the job nicely

Great, thanks.

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Omega General Help / Re: A few issues with my 2.2dti

« on: 06 February 2012, 10:27:31 »

Yes and get decent ones.

As for the smoke from the front wheel arch, the setup has a diesel heater on it to warm the coolant up faster, its this that your seeing.

Thanks for the reply. What make should I get, NGK, Beru etc?

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Omega General Help / Re: Omega Estate rear spoiler 2001

« on: 06 February 2012, 08:24:38 »

I have just ordered one from here....

http://www.car-body-kit.co.uk/vauxhall_omega.html

Spoiler was mega cheap, postage a little steep but still good value overall.

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Omega General Help / Re: A few issues with my 2.2dti

« on: 06 February 2012, 08:13:43 »

How many times to you heat the plugs before starting? When it's very cold they need two or three warms before they go.
The exhaust is normal. I asked the same question four years ago when I purchased mine 

Well I tried heating the plugs three times this morning and she started much easier, still not as easy as I feel it should be but a great improvement . Should I be looking to replace the plugs now?

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Omega General Help / Re: A few issues with my 2.2dti

« on: 05 February 2012, 17:09:06 »

I bet when this car was new it did not take two a three warms before starting up.

Possible heater plugs    compressions   Lift pump in the tank   pump filter blockage

Is the idle speed ok

How many miles on the clock?

Idle speed seems fine @ 750rpm. 100k on the clock.