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Omega General Help / Re: Broke down after selling
« on: 05 August 2009, 11:20:06 »
According to the service pack that came with my 130,000 mile car the crank sensor has been changed three times.
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Omega General Help / Re: one problem fixed but now.........
« on: 14 August 2009, 16:50:05 »
Is he a back street garage/mobile mechanic type operator or is it a proper main garage? I'd contact your local trading standards and I would say take it back for him to put right but who know's what else he'll cock up. Maybe you could have it fixed elsewhere and then put a claim in as to the cost of the work?
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Omega General Help / Re: how can i tell if its..........
« on: 13 August 2009, 16:01:10 »
If it's not working after the garage did the HG it shouldn't cost you anything, but in general what's cheaper? sorting the temp gauge or repairing a cooked engine?
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Omega General Help / Re: What gearbox has my car got?
« on: 11 August 2009, 11:43:02 »
BMW make a habit of that, they detuned the 2litre unit they foisted onto Rover for the 75.
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Omega General Help / Re: omega gearbox
« on: 27 July 2009, 14:02:02 »
If you haven't already done it you could try changing the fluid and see what happens. When was the last time it was changed?
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Omega General Help / Re: rear seat belts
« on: 03 August 2009, 11:20:59 »
Mine's a 98 S and that has three points. It is a CD though.
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Omega General Help / Re: warning automatic gearbox
« on: 05 August 2009, 11:36:31 »
You'd need the full beans tech 2 to read the gearbox I'd imagine.
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Omega General Help / Re: Omega Diesel Automatic
« on: 05 August 2009, 11:25:08 »
I'm only getting 30mpg average out of the astra which is a bit pap for a 1.8 that spends most of it's time on the motorway. Fellow astra owners tell me theirs achieve similar figures to mine so if the Omega can beat that then the mrs gets the Astra. 
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Omega General Help / Re: Omega Diesel Automatic
« on: 03 August 2009, 11:04:15 »
Since gaining my 2.5 Auto CD I've really fallen in love with Omegas so I want to replace my 1.8 Astra with one, it would need to be a diesel though because of my commute to work. I'm going to take the Omega this week to see what it does on fuel because for a 1.8 the astra uses a lot, mainly down to the short top gear.
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Omega General Help / Re: Omega Diesel Automatic
« on: 02 August 2009, 18:08:32 »
Cheers, is that all ages? Am I right in thinking the early ones are BMW engines and the later ones Vauxhall units?
Edit, posts crossed. Thanks for the help. Now I know what I'm looking for.
Edit, posts crossed. Thanks for the help. Now I know what I'm looking for.
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Omega General Help / Re: Omega Diesel Automatic
« on: 02 August 2009, 18:04:01 »
Were there any auto diesels available? I'm thinking not but hoping I'm wrong.
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Omega General Help / Re: MOT failure for broken door handle?
« on: 05 August 2009, 11:17:40 »
Perhaps the tester was just heavy handed so it seemed normal to him.
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Omega General Help / Re: Look what i found today........now what do i do???
« on: 03 August 2009, 23:18:41 »
I'd recommend doing the water pump too. Seeing as you've got the belt off it's worth doing for peace of mind. When I do the belts on the Omega and the Astra they'll both get new pumps.
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Omega General Help / Re: Look what i found today........now what do i do???
« on: 02 August 2009, 18:42:24 »Quote
for locking twin camshafts on GM (Vauxhall/Opel) Ecotec 1.8, 2.0 and 2.2L 16 valve engines fitted to Astra, Cavalier, Calibra, Vectra, Omega, Sintra and Frontera models. Manufactured from tough nylon.
I didn't think it looked quite right but then I've only seen V6 ones in the metal.
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Omega General Help / Re: Look what i found today........now what do i do???
« on: 02 August 2009, 18:29:31 »Quote
That sounds about right. In the fifth picture, of the cam sprockets, the belt looks rather loose in between the two.
I didn't even know there was a locking kit for the 4-pot; what does it look like, anyone?
like that at a guess.
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