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Omega General Help / Re: Omega X2.0XEV cutting out

« on: 28 April 2009, 20:20:00 »

It is the whole part underneath the last picture.  

I persume the guide you found is this one?

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1194007453

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Omega General Help / Re: anti freeze

« on: 27 April 2009, 19:43:39 »

I know it will be over the top but can it do any harm if you put 100% of the stuff in without mixing it with water?

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Omega General Help / Re: front spring broken

« on: 27 April 2009, 18:33:58 »

Thanks for all the info. I will have a look at the miggy at the scrappers.
I persume that will have to take them from the car myself?
Next saterday my other car goes to the garage for an MOT and will see what it will cost me if they are going to do it. If the price difference is to big then i will do it myself.

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Omega General Help / Re: front spring broken

« on: 26 April 2009, 22:13:53 »

Thanks for the info  
Are the springs very easy to replace?
I don't think i will replace the springs myself as it probably will need special tools.
I have done a complete strut on a renault 5 ones but this car is a little bit heavier  

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Omega General Help / front spring broken

« on: 26 April 2009, 21:52:52 »

Good evening,

The right hand side front spring has broken.
Luckely it is still driving ok at the moment as it is only the bottom ring that has broken off but u will need to get this fixed before it's MOT is due.
What kind of price can i expect to get this one replaced and can i replace just the one or is it better to replace both front springs?

I am looking at another option too which is getting a complete strut from a scrap yard and replace it myself.
Is this easy to do on this car?

The car is a 1998 2.0 GLS

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Omega General Help / Re: Driver's seat won't adjust

« on: 05 June 2008, 12:24:40 »

I had this aswell when I just had my Omega.
The seat was stuck in the up position.

I followed this guide and solved it

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1163236766

Maybe it is the same problem?

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Omega General Help / Re: Air Leak

« on: 14 May 2008, 19:20:15 »

I use a refill cannister of lighter gas. Spray it around the suspected area and if the revs change then you are sure there is an airleak somewhere.

I got this tip from a garage  

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Omega General Help / Re: fuel

« on: 08 May 2008, 20:06:49 »

The only reliable way is to fill it up and drive it empty and to fill it up again.

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Omega General Help / Re: boot will not open

« on: 27 April 2008, 12:41:01 »

Got the problem sorted.
It took me 10 seconds to open te boot from the inside unfortunately there was no one passing by when I climbed out of th boot  
I removed the boot cover and checked the mechanism and found out that the bar that unlocks the boot was loose. I first hought there was a screw missing but this part is hold in to place by plastic clips. When you push it in to place it should lock and hold which it didn't
I widened it a little bit and kept it this way for about ten minutes and put it back in place. It is working ok again but don't know for howlong.  next time it happens I will see if I can get this from a scrap heap or maybe new from vauxhall itself if possible to buy seperatly.

Thanks again for the help  

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Omega General Help / Re: boot will not open

« on: 21 April 2008, 18:54:33 »

Hello Mike,

It doesn't open the boot with the key fob , you have to open it with the button/handle.
When Alexandjen asked me the question about the manual release  I thouhgt i maybe could open the boot just by using the keyfob but this it has never done.
I persume you need to have the three button key fob for that and a newer car
I can move the handle no mather how the lock is positioned.
The only difference i noticed is that it seems to catch something when the lock is set to the open position.
I persume that when it is set in the open position it is normally moving the mechanism inside to open the boot but now nothing happens.
I wil have  a look in the weekend when I have the time for it.

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Omega General Help / Re: boot will not open

« on: 20 April 2008, 22:27:34 »

can imagine that one  

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Omega General Help / Re: boot will not open

« on: 20 April 2008, 22:06:34 »

thanks for the information Chris and Roland.
It will give me something to do again
This car has kept me busy for the last two months with all sorts of small things.
I will have a look tomorrow  or I might postpone it till the weekend as I have some more small things to do on the car and do them all in one go.

I hope the boot will have enough space for me to work around in there

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Omega General Help / Re: boot will not open

« on: 20 April 2008, 19:40:51 »

When the car is unlocked I have to open it with the button.
It doesn't pop open automaticly.
Should it do this on this car when using the key fob?
It has never done this in the two months we had the car.


With the lock in vertical position it won't open.
With the lock in horizontal position it won't open either.
When I turn the key further clock wise the still nothing happens.

When i have the key in it's furthest position and then press the key fob it turns the key back to the horizontal position.

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Omega General Help / boot will not open

« on: 20 April 2008, 18:57:47 »

Afternoon,

All of a sudden I am not able to open the boot of my car.
I can still hear the mechanism work when I use the key fob for the central locking system but still won't open.
It will not open with the key either.

Yesterday when I was working on the car to clean the ICV I had the battery disconnected but after i finished the job I was able to get in to the boot of the car.

I probably have to get in via the cabin and fold the back seats down but then what?
How can I open it from the inside?


The car is a 1998 2.0 16v Omega

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Omega General Help / Re: Radiator leaking

« on: 22 April 2008, 21:49:21 »

This weekend I cleaned the place where the leak is and used a compound glue but today it started to leak again.
I took out a soldering iron and whilst it was still leaking I melted the plastic a little bit , enough to stop the leak and then melted some plastic on it from some tie raps to give it a little bit more strenght and waited for half an hour.
I started the engine and let it run till the temperature was around 90 degrees and there is no leak visible.
So hopefully it is sorted bt will keep an eye on it for the next week.