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Omega General Help / Re: have i blown a valve

« on: 15 May 2009, 00:22:41 »

i have flushed the engine and found nothing, the noise is worse since flushing it,should i flush it again the noise sounds like its coming from the drivers side of the engine

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Omega General Help / Re: have i blown a valve

« on: 14 May 2009, 23:48:13 »

I would be grateful if you can shed some light on it i am at a total loss apart from petrol and a match at the moment, their is oil in the engine

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Omega General Help / have i blown a valve

« on: 14 May 2009, 23:41:36 »

After fitting new water pump which shreded up, the auxillary belt was thrown, but intact the car went on a test drive started rattling and tapping 10 mins into journey and missing, the temp gauge was showing the car was running hot about 100 degrees the heater works fine the rad and pipes are hot no loss of coolant. have since with all your help have re checked the timing belt which looka fine started it quick to check it and now sounds like a diesel engine with a metal chain grinding noise im at a loss can anyone help

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Omega General Help / Re: dasperatly need help

« on: 14 May 2009, 18:41:09 »

have checked the rad and pipes they are hot heater blowing hot no loss of coolant, fludhed engine car still rattling and tapping on right hand side of engine if looking in from bonnet passenger side if in the car am going to strip it back now to look at the timing belt how would i know if a cam or a piston has gone douing my head in

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Omega General Help / Re: dasperatly need help

« on: 14 May 2009, 18:03:04 »

What i forgot to mention is when the water puup went the battery light came on the power steering went the tenp gauge went up the water pump shreded the blades and bearings. the auxillary belt was thrown
off bet not shreded

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Omega General Help / Re: dasperatly need help

« on: 14 May 2009, 17:55:12 »

less than quarter of a mile it was driven

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Omega General Help / Re: dasperatly need help

« on: 14 May 2009, 10:48:41 »

the aux belt did not shred the water punp blade halfed and the water pump bearings were every where

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Omega General Help / Re: dasperatly need help

« on: 14 May 2009, 09:59:42 »

The timing belt looked  intact  

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Omega General Help / Re: dasperatly need help

« on: 14 May 2009, 09:27:25 »

Fans are working fine the noise started about 10mins into test drive heater working fine no loss of coolant, power started to run sluggish like it was missing then it started running hot over 100

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Omega General Help / Re: dasperatly need help

« on: 14 May 2009, 00:40:51 »

No i didnt flush it through

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Omega General Help / Re: dasperatly need help

« on: 14 May 2009, 00:04:25 »

the water pump broke up,but i think i got all the bits,

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Omega General Help / dasperatly need help

« on: 13 May 2009, 23:29:16 »

I have a omega 2.5 cd v6 the water punp went have just fixed it have taken it out for a test drive and its running hot over 100 degrees on the gauge i have developed a rattling tapping sound when driving and loss of power i an not losing any coolant heater working fine could this be an airlock or could it be the cam sound seens to be on the right bank of the engine

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Omega General Help / Re: Help water pump and power steering gone

« on: 12 May 2009, 23:39:27 »

Thanks very much for the diagram and all your help have got the pump in now just have to fit it up to the pullys will check the tensioners the haynes manual was doing my head in

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Omega General Help / Re: Help water pump and power steering gone

« on: 10 May 2009, 22:49:28 »

thanks the vauxhall garage have ordered me the timing belt thought it was an auxillary belt is this a hard job to fix

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Omega General Help / Help water pump and power steering gone

« on: 10 May 2009, 22:35:10 »

Please can you help me, the power steering and the water pump have gone on my omega 2.5 cd v6 is it an auxillary belt that controls these or is it the timing belt my car is T reg