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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: 2.5 TD estate battery boilling

« on: 27 June 2009, 15:02:50 »

Just to let you know Vauxhall UK dont stock that glow plug relay any more ! they say the car is to old
On monday the local Vauxhall Garage are going to try the Germans to if have one in stock  will have to keep finger's crossed or start looking for a  good second hand unit . Any body got one tuck away ?
  Cheers simon

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: 2.5 TD estate battery boilling

« on: 26 June 2009, 17:27:44 »

Thanks Chris
                     Just pulled relay to bits and you were spot on  contacts have welded together
 So ordered a new one wait for it £ 80.00p + VAT will be here next monday
  Anyway thanks again Guys great help

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: 2.5 TD estate battery boilling

« on: 26 June 2009, 14:08:17 »

Hi Chris
Thanks for that about the Glow plug relay  will check if someone can point me to the right relay  ? Am i right to think its in the fuse box next to the battery ? so  which one  and what colour is it
Cheers Simon

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: 2.5 TD estate battery boilling

« on: 26 June 2009, 11:11:38 »

Hi Guys
just to say the volts were took at tick over and at 2000 rpm every thing there was ok
It can not be the battery has it has been through 2 new ones
It has already been at a Auto Electricians for a whole day and guess what they could not find anything wrong with it at that time ( the garage it went to is well known to us for auto problems  for years) and were concerned they could not find the fault
I dont know if its a problem when the car is running cause everything works ok it only happens when you stop but not every time and yes you would have thought their would have been some smoke or melted wires for how hot the battery gets not even a blown fuse
Vauxhall garage say there are no relays  in the charging circuit so it goes from battery to alternator to starter motor

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / 2.5 TD estate battery boilling

« on: 25 June 2009, 16:20:46 »

Hi guys i hope you can help !! I have a1996 2.5TD Omega CDX manuel Estate  which i have had for 9 years and no problems at all untill now  It keeps cooking the battery As in it gets that hot their is no charge left in it at all ? all you have to do is wait for the battery to cool down then fill with water he recharge and it is ok agian frist it was happing every other month now its down to twice a week ! when car is running everything works no blown fuses or melted wires Its all so had a new battery (twice) new starter motor and alternator  their is no short on the battery leads when taking them off or on ,It all so runs just below 14volts when running and also when you turn everything on it drops to 13.6 volts  also the amps runs ok
 Anyway it only seems to happen when you have drove the car ? it can sit on the drive all week with the battery connected and everything is fine as i say only happens when the car has been used
The last time was this wednesday morning we drove to ASDA which is about 10 miles parked up ok was in the shop for about 1.1/2 hours  got to the car and everything was dead and the battery was HOT! Then my son came with an other battery put it on and it drove home perfect and still is ok
   Please any ideas  Cheers simon

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Omega General Help / Re: Reading Alarm Codes

« on: 15 December 2008, 20:52:27 »

Yep !  You have got it right the fobs are IR Sorry should have put this in the frist post  
  So does any one know where the nearest garage with a Tech 1 to me is ? i dont mind going some distance to get it sorted

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Omega General Help / Reading Alarm Codes

« on: 14 December 2008, 19:31:19 »

Hello Can any one please point me in the right place  in East Anglia to have the Alarm codes read because wait for it my two local Vauxhall garages ie Talyors of Spalding and Thulow Nunn of Kings lynn and Wisbech say that a 1996 2.5 td cdx estate is to old for their workshop computers to read they say i need something called Tech1  Help please

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Newbie Welcome Area / New member

« on: 17 November 2008, 20:54:31 »

Hi There Everybody
                 My name is Simon Bell iam a engineer for a pet food factory ( Nestl'e Purina Pet care). i live in East Lincs close to the Norfolk border, have owned a 1996 Omega Estate CDX 2.5TD Manuel since it was 3 years old. just clocked 140K gets service by me every 5K Had no big problem with such a great car
         Well Thats about it for now