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Omega General Help / Re: Auto transmission woes

« on: 10 December 2013, 20:17:24 »

garage was keener to do a transmission swap than a coil swap, it's such a faff working on those engines...
I recon 2 hours to do the coils, I can do a rocker cover in 2.5h (i've had lots of practice  )

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Omega General Help / Re: Auto transmission woes

« on: 10 December 2013, 19:00:16 »

just came out of the garage, and my car has an engine misfire.
It  looks like the coil pack or leads failed progressively, making it look like converter shudder at low rpm.
Before they looked at the car, they quoted 4-5 hours labour for a box swap.

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Omega General Help / Re: Auto transmission woes

« on: 10 December 2013, 15:48:58 »

I spoke to my dad who's a bit of an expert in auto boxes and he thinks the burnt smell probably means a new gearbox is needed.
Does any member have an AR35 (3.0 V6 engine) in good nick for sale?
How many hours labour am I likely to face for the fitting with a garage?

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Omega General Help / Auto transmission woes

« on: 10 December 2013, 09:50:44 »

Yesterday I started to get a shudder whilst pulling away in first gear or reverse. I planned to check the oil level tonight but things got worse on my way to work this morning. I'm now getting a shudder all the time, at all revs in all gears  .
When I parked at work (10 mins commute), I could smell a burnt smell.
Is my transmission shot?
There's a garage right next to work, if I bring it there and they top up the oil, will it fix it or am I wasting their time and my money?

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Omega General Help / Re: Auto gearbox judder / shudder

« on: 09 December 2013, 22:00:02 »

it looks like a miracle product!
I'll check the oil level in the ' box in case it/s a bit low and try this out.

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: LED rear SMD bulbs ? Are they any good ?

« on: 08 December 2013, 15:39:12 »

I tried some cheap ones from eBay and they don't work. They need extra resistance to work otherwise they are very dim. More expensive ones may have the resistance already built in, but it's hard to tell before trying.

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Omega General Help / Re: Auto gearbox judder / shudder

« on: 08 December 2013, 15:10:00 »

Did you ever find out what the problem was?
My omega has started suffering from the same symptoms when taking off from a standstill.

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Omega General Help / Re: phone?

« on: 02 November 2013, 18:30:07 »

3 aerials/antennas into one housing:
radio
telephone
gps

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Omega General Help / Re: timing belt markings

« on: 02 November 2013, 18:00:50 »

All the pulleys stayed on, i'd only gone as far as backing the car out of my garage when the noise got worse, i open the bonnet to investigate and saw the power steering pulley wobbling a bit. I then ran into the car to switch the engine off.
Would have been also MUCH easier to tighten the all the bolts before putting the air intake back in!

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Omega General Help / Re: timing belt markings

« on: 02 November 2013, 17:16:48 »

The engine sounds a bit rough at idle on the side of cams 3 and 4 (valve like sound), that clears up when revving up. Clackety sound comes comes back as soon as idling back.
Any idea what it could be?

I found the cause of the noise, I had forgotten to tighten the pulleys after fitting the belt 
I realised just in time, I'd already lost a bolt on the crank pulley 

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Omega General Help / Re: timing belt markings

« on: 01 November 2013, 15:57:43 »

All back together now.
It took quite a while, I took the opportunity to repair all the fixings that were broken by Halfords when they changed the radiator 6 months ago 
The engine sounds a bit rough at idle on the side of cams 3 and 4 (valve like sound), that clears up when revving up. Clackety sound comes comes back as soon as idling back.
Any idea what it could be?

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Omega General Help / Re: timing belt markings

« on: 30 October 2013, 19:34:46 »

Well, belt is on on and all the timing adjusted.
I must have done 20 cam revolutions and adjustments to get it right but I got there in the end   
Not having markings on the belt makes it a bit more tricky though, after I first fitted the belt, I starting rotating the crank and the belt jumped off it 
Cams did not move at all at that point so I was able to rotate the crank counter clockwise to come back to TDC (not sure you're supposed to do that but I'd done maybe 1/8th of a turn on the crank).
The other tricky bit is setting the timing with the rollers, you need a 30mm spanner and I didn't have one, I managed to get one from my local parts shop but they did not have one that was offset enough so it would fit snug onto the nut. It turned into a 2 man job, with one holding the spanner and the other torquing the centre bolt.

To settle the argument between cem and theboy, the tensioner does not come down to the centre mark after 2 crank revs, it comes back to exactly where it was set (top quadrant for a new belt).

I just need to finish the job now, change the cam cover gasket and put it all back together, turn the key and marvel at the fact I have saved myself >£400, or cry as my engine explodes and I've wasted £150 and 2 days of my life 

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Omega General Help / Re: timing belt markings

« on: 29 October 2013, 22:50:47 »

It's my first time belt ever so a bit nervous to get it wrong.
I'll give it a go tomorrow ignoring the markings.
I may need some more advice, so watch this space.

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Omega General Help / timing belt markings

« on: 29 October 2013, 21:48:00 »

I decided last week-end to tackle the cambelt change on my Omega Elite estate (3.0 X30XE).
I got the locking tool hired from autovaux for a small fee with the purchase of an SKF timig belt kit (VKMA05501) and water pump.
I follow the DVD all the way and everything is going well (having a spare TV in the garage helps).
I lock all the cams, remove the original belt, change the plate that has 2 pulleys on it, change the water pump, and when I go to put my shiny new belt, I realise I can't align the markings on the belt with cams 3 and 4 (they are 5-6 teeth out) .
Looking at that new belt, it wears the number 05500, which is the belt that goes with the early engine kit (same number of teeth though).
I call autovaux to complain I've got the wrong belt supplied with the kit and they say that since the belts have the same number of teeth, SKF does not bother making 2 different ones for each kit. They offer to send me free of charge a genuine GM belt they have in stock.
I get home tonight, open the parcel and the genuine belt is for an early engine, the markings are identical to the SKF belt 
Now, can I get a belt for a late engine with the right markings on it (e.g. from Vauxhall)?
Is there any way I can fit the belt ignoring the markings?
Any help appreciated, I'm getting desperate.

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: firmware update

« on: 21 December 2012, 09:08:00 »

I know, I was counting on the 25% discount, my £25 voucher, with all the filters and plugs to be changed.
Seems like the only difference between the interim service at 130 and the major service at 200 is the cabin filter 
oh, and they forgot to stamp the book...