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Omega General Help / Re: Low coolant level warning
« on: 03 February 2017, 21:21:24 »
Cheers to you both, will try shorting it tomorrow and if the warning disappears will get a new float.
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Omega General Help / Low coolant level warning
« on: 03 February 2017, 19:29:43 »
Hello all, the car is done 
however despite the coolant level being perfect and the level is now holding steady I am still getting a Low coolant warning on the dash. I will keep an eye on it but it appears to be fine although I have got a slight sporadic dip in the revs when idle.
however despite the coolant level being perfect and the level is now holding steady I am still getting a Low coolant warning on the dash. I will keep an eye on it but it appears to be fine although I have got a slight sporadic dip in the revs when idle.
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Omega General Help / What size hose clips??
« on: 03 February 2017, 08:33:58 »
Replaced the HBV and while taking the clips off managed to damage the clips, anyone have any idea on the hose diameter so I can get the correct size clips, not at home so can't measure them. Also need to get jubilee clips for the inlet pipes on on the front of the plenum as previous owner has cable tied them so size for those would be appreciated too. The car is so close to being ready its doing my head in, just wanna drive it.
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Omega General Help / Re: Vac pipe diagram needed
« on: 03 February 2017, 08:30:49 »
Thank you did have a look but must have missed it.
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Omega General Help / Vac pipe diagram needed
« on: 02 February 2017, 22:15:02 »
Hi all, while replacing the HBV I noticed there is a junction of Vac pipes near the HBV. On the junction there appears to be a vac pipe missing. Iv had a bit of a route around to see if I can find it but no joy so far. So iv figured I'll try and get a diagram and check all vac pipes are going to where they are supposed to. Any help would be much appreciated. The car will be back on the road after this at long last.
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Omega General Help / Re: Won't start, possibly starter motor
« on: 25 January 2017, 12:40:41 »
Yeah replacing the starter was by no means fun, luckily my cousin has a unit and tow truck so wasn't huge problem to move it. I don't know if I'm gonna regret buying it yet, got it back home and worked out the HBV has failed, I kind of guessed the rocker cover is leaking oil so got both of those still to sort, but I can't complain too much, iv set the total amount I'm using to get it through its MOT and as long as no new problems should go through without too much more money. Got both HBV and rocker cover gasket ordered and still spent less than £400 for the car and getting it sorted.
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Omega General Help / Re: Won't start, possibly starter motor
« on: 24 January 2017, 20:55:33 »
Its alive at long last, new starter and fired straight up, now on to sort the next problem. Thanks all for suggestions and advice.
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Omega General Help / Re: Won't start, possibly starter motor
« on: 20 January 2017, 16:31:31 »
Right good news, battery is fine, tested the voltage from the battery, all good, also the starter has a permanent live and a switch live when I turn the key, managed to get it fired up this morning by giving the starter a really good whack but it won't start on its own so have managed to get a new starter and the car is off to have it replaced, managed to get the bolts unattached that hold the starter in but the bugger won't come out without taking an engine mount off, luckily my cousin has a unit so its off down there shortly to have new starter put on so should be back on the road tomorrow, still a long way to go but I will take pics of it each time I do anything major, as doing a complete overhaul of the interior, leaving the exterior as is as it is a good condition on the exterior.
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Omega General Help / Re: Won't start, possibly starter motor
« on: 19 January 2017, 18:40:01 »
Will pop out tomorrow and get a multi meter. Thanks for the help, determined to have it back running this weekend
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Omega General Help / Re: Won't start, possibly starter motor
« on: 19 January 2017, 16:36:24 »
Just tried it no luck, not even getting a click now.
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Omega General Help / Re: Won't start, possibly starter motor
« on: 19 January 2017, 16:17:29 »
We have tried jumping it during recovery and the recovery guy checked the battery using a multi meter.
I'll pull the other car up and retry. Anything is worth a go.
I'll pull the other car up and retry. Anything is worth a go.
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Omega General Help / Re: Won't start, possibly starter motor
« on: 19 January 2017, 16:15:51 »
Battery was tested by the recovery guy as he tried to jump start it initially, he then used a tester to check the battery wasn't duff using a multi meter.
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Omega General Help / Re: Won't start, possibly starter motor
« on: 19 January 2017, 16:10:05 »Check the crimping of the large leads entering the battery terminals too. These get loose causing poor charging and the resistance also causes starting issues. The dead give-away is that they start to get warm.
There should be a grounding strap from the engine to the chassis and up to the battery negative terminal. It connects just under the air conditioning compressor. Check this is sound.
Try connecting a jump lead from another vehicle, negative to the lifting eye on the engine and positive to the battery + terminal. This will eliminate the battery and possibly the grounding strap.
Try connecting the smaller solenoid terminal on the starter directly to the battery +ve terminal WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN "N"! See if it turns over then. If that works, you have high resistance in the ignition switch or gearbox selector at a guess.
Starter motors are normally super reliable on the V6, so makes sense to check everything else thoroughly.
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Kevin I have checked all the crimping, all looks OK, as for the ground strap on the battery I'm assuming it will be the orange wire. It all looks OK. The battery has been tested and is all fine. What would I use to connect the smaller solenoid terminal to the battery? Many thanks
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Omega General Help / Re: Won't start, possibly starter motor
« on: 19 January 2017, 15:39:21 »
Just given the starter motor a whack while someone flicked the key, started getting a single click every time the key turned sometimes a second click, I'm assuming this is a good indication the starter is stuck??
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Omega General Help / Re: Won't start, possibly starter motor
« on: 19 January 2017, 15:16:26 »
Hi all thanks for the replies, the battery is fine, been tested and perfect. Got someone coming tomorrow to have a look at it. Hopefully be running for the weekend. Good news is iv found my oil leak and sorted hopefully
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