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Omega General Help / Re: Battery/alarm question
« on: 10 February 2007, 22:55:18 »
As usual thank you for your replies
Regards
Matt
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Matt
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Omega General Help / Battery/alarm question
« on: 10 February 2007, 09:10:16 »
Hello everyone,
My miggies battery is completely flat and needs to be replaced (no central locking /warning lights etc) the car is manually locked with the key.
When I remove the battery is the alarm going to go off??
It's not been used for 5/6 months
Thanks in advance
My miggies battery is completely flat and needs to be replaced (no central locking /warning lights etc) the car is manually locked with the key.
When I remove the battery is the alarm going to go off??
It's not been used for 5/6 months
Thanks in advance
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Omega General Help / Re: it's back from the "Mechanic" and the work beg
« on: 27 December 2006, 11:35:28 »Quote
Mechanic?
I was trying to be polite, just in case someone here doesn't like the language I'd have used!!!!
(My opinion of him isn't repeatable....believe me!)
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Omega General Help / it's back from the "Mechanic" and the work begins!
« on: 27 December 2006, 07:21:57 »
Hello everyone, hope you all had a good one??
I've got the miggie back from the so-called mechanic (all of you who kindly replied to my earlier posts on this subject will recall)
Tools have been brought and the investigation into the rattle will begin imminently
I tend to approach such things with a degree of caution so I'll keep posting on the subject as developments arise
Oh yes and he's broken the small hose connector on the coolant header tank and put a nice shallow scratch on the N/S wing!!!!!
Matt
I've got the miggie back from the so-called mechanic (all of you who kindly replied to my earlier posts on this subject will recall)
Tools have been brought and the investigation into the rattle will begin imminently
I tend to approach such things with a degree of caution so I'll keep posting on the subject as developments arise
Oh yes and he's broken the small hose connector on the coolant header tank and put a nice shallow scratch on the N/S wing!!!!!
Matt
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Omega General Help / Re: Pollen filter drain blocked
« on: 03 December 2006, 22:04:19 »
I have to confess that when my pollen filter compartment filled up last winter, I was a little naughty and used the car vac at the local Morrisons and drained it with that, then quickly left the scene!!!!
The Car Vac made a rather interesting noise!!!!!
The Car Vac made a rather interesting noise!!!!!
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Omega General Help / Re: omega oil pressure
« on: 04 December 2006, 22:23:17 »
Yeah, thanks for that, the problems started 1 Yr and 3 weeks after the work was done, I have spoken to them but they seem very dis-inclined to do anything
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Omega General Help / Re: omega oil pressure
« on: 04 December 2006, 21:17:39 »
Thank you everyone for all the help you have given me, it appears that the mechanic that I've used either
a) Just wants to make a quick buck
or
b) Doesn't want to investigate this problem correctly
I think therefore that I'll get the car back to my house and work on it myself over the next month or so
keep you posted
Once again, thank you all very much for your help and valued opinions
a) Just wants to make a quick buck
or
b) Doesn't want to investigate this problem correctly
I think therefore that I'll get the car back to my house and work on it myself over the next month or so
keep you posted
Once again, thank you all very much for your help and valued opinions
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Omega General Help / Re: omega oil pressure
« on: 03 December 2006, 21:58:14 »
following on I can confirm that afer reading posts in VXon, I did have the full belt and tensioners kit changed by a Vaxhall main dealer (for what thats worth)
didn't get the water pump changed tho (which is also making me worry a bit) after reading what can happen when the pump goes wrong!
edited by matt I didn't type the dark side!!!! is something here having a laugh?
(now confused???)
didn't get the water pump changed tho (which is also making me worry a bit) after reading what can happen when the pump goes wrong!
edited by matt I didn't type the dark side!!!! is something here having a laugh?
(now confused???)9
Omega General Help / Re: omega oil pressure
« on: 03 December 2006, 09:30:57 »
Hello everyone, perhaps I should have made things a little clearer,
The car had started to rattle from the left hand bank(facing the car), I posted on VXON about this and they suggested that an oil change may help with this.
Anyway, the cam belt and tensioner had been changed 9k before this all started happening and the car was running sweetly (until the rattle started)
Oh yes and the oil warning light went out immediately after starting and temps were always normal.
I was driving to work in the morning and the car just stopped, I called a more techincally able mate who came out and started the engine again, (first turn of the key) but didn't like the sound of the rattle and we shut it down and towed it into work.
The mechanic at work who mainly works on the sprinters and 7.5t trucks we use had a look over it and reckoned that Cam belt had jumped!
I had the car collected by a recommended garage and they reckoned that the engine had compression on all cylinders but it had low oil pressure (but it's only the left bank that rattles??) the mechanic at work now denies that he had told me that the belt had jumped!! (and he is known as a useless t&^t)
I hope that this helps clarify things and I really appreciate the kind help from everyone here
The car had started to rattle from the left hand bank(facing the car), I posted on VXON about this and they suggested that an oil change may help with this.
Anyway, the cam belt and tensioner had been changed 9k before this all started happening and the car was running sweetly (until the rattle started)
Oh yes and the oil warning light went out immediately after starting and temps were always normal.
I was driving to work in the morning and the car just stopped, I called a more techincally able mate who came out and started the engine again, (first turn of the key) but didn't like the sound of the rattle and we shut it down and towed it into work.
The mechanic at work who mainly works on the sprinters and 7.5t trucks we use had a look over it and reckoned that Cam belt had jumped!
I had the car collected by a recommended garage and they reckoned that the engine had compression on all cylinders but it had low oil pressure (but it's only the left bank that rattles??) the mechanic at work now denies that he had told me that the belt had jumped!! (and he is known as a useless t&^t)
I hope that this helps clarify things and I really appreciate the kind help from everyone here
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Omega General Help / Re: omega oil pressure
« on: 01 December 2006, 22:04:30 »
thank you everyone! especially for the photo's
the mechanics are leaning on me to get a second hand engine from the scrappy as they reckon the oil pump book time is 10.1 hours which equates (according to them) at £500 labour.
The temperature was normal when the car conked out (and immediately re-started) just a loud rattle from the left hand head toward the cam pulley
the mechanics are leaning on me to get a second hand engine from the scrappy as they reckon the oil pump book time is 10.1 hours which equates (according to them) at £500 labour.
The temperature was normal when the car conked out (and immediately re-started) just a loud rattle from the left hand head toward the cam pulley
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Omega General Help / Re: omega oil pressure
« on: 01 December 2006, 17:23:41 »
latest update is they are quoting me 10.1 hours labour to change the oil pump??
?
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Omega General Help / omega oil pressure
« on: 30 November 2006, 22:02:55 »
a while ago my omega started to make a tapping (tappet-like) noise from the driver side head, this would usually go quieter when the car warmed up, I asked about this on VXON and someone sugested an oil change might help.
The car conked out and was towed into work and has now gone to a mechanic to be looked at.
He has said today that it has almost no oil pressure, I asked if changing the oil pump could help, he quoted silly hours for this job
where is the oil pump on a 3.0 v6
has anyone got any other ideas
thanks in advance
The car conked out and was towed into work and has now gone to a mechanic to be looked at.
He has said today that it has almost no oil pressure, I asked if changing the oil pump could help, he quoted silly hours for this job
where is the oil pump on a 3.0 v6
has anyone got any other ideas
thanks in advance
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Newbie Welcome Area / a bit late but hello everyone
« on: 03 December 2006, 22:22:31 »
Hello, glad I found this forum after a long time on the Dark side......
I'm glad to be able to recognise some familiar and very knowledgeable names
Hope one day to be able to put faces to names
Matt
I'm glad to be able to recognise some familiar and very knowledgeable names
Hope one day to be able to put faces to names
Matt
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