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« on: 22 February 2026, 18:03:52 »
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Omega General Help / Re: Starter for V6
« on: 21 February 2026, 15:55:52 »
Thanks for comments, my starter is original and has 315 000 km behind. Quite many startings during last 25 years. Engine is Y26SE. One morning it just said Click and when turned key again heard another Click etc. Then a friend of mie hammered solenoid with wooden stick while I was turning key. Started normally after good hammering. It was -20 drgrees Celcius and car had been several times in garage and then out so perhaps something to do with water/ice etc. like johnnydog proposed but decided to order Walker menthioned above. As it has autobox a reliable starter is good.
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Omega General Help / Starter for V6
« on: 03 February 2026, 17:48:10 »
My starter is perhaps becoming old. It is original. As it has auto gearbox it is important part. Any recomnendations? Is Walker close to original quality, who made original ones?
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Omega General Help / Re: Moving Auto Selector from P to N, when Rear Brake Pipes off
« on: 31 January 2026, 19:06:07 »
Thanks TB, all ok, owners manual showed how to do it. Now MOT passed. 314000 km behind. First trial failed due to corroded rear brake pipes. Now one year more for this 2001 2.6 Omega. Time for good Finnish Lager Beer.
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Omega General Help / Re: Moving Auto Selector from P to N, when Rear Brake Pipes off
« on: 28 January 2026, 17:11:55 »
Thanks for comments, I will use the lever. My idea is not drive the car, just move/push it to another place. I am far away from it so I just want to prepare before I leave there. I have allways wondered where that switch is. Thought earlier that it is activated by hydraulic pressure when braking pedal pressed.
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Omega General Help / Moving Auto Selector from P to N, when Rear Brake Pipes off
« on: 27 January 2026, 10:14:15 »
2001 Omega 2.6 with AR25 and rear brake pipes off. Can I move selector from P to N just by pressing the brake pedal (ignition on), so does the system recognise hydraulic pressure somewhere or is there just a microswitch somewhere? I know there is a yellow clip under the cover to do this but just want to save time.
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 12 December 2025, 17:17:25 »
MOT today Omega 2001. All ok. When lifted up engineer realized that rear brake brake tube in right side had started to leak perhaps during brake test in dynamometer. Brakes were ok. So not accepted. Have to change both of those long tubes from ABS to rear. Good
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Omega General Help / Re: Replacing rubber around windshield
« on: 05 December 2025, 15:55:20 »
What kind of Omega you are scrapping?
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Omega General Help / Re: Y26SE Oil Leak around Oil Filter
« on: 03 December 2025, 12:16:37 »
Thanks for torque info and other tips, too. Let,s see how it works.
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Omega General Help / Re: Y26SE Oil Leak around Oil Filter
« on: 02 December 2025, 19:03:29 »
The leakage have bee somewhere for a while. Found also O-ring for crank sensor. When I put the canister back to block what is the tightenin toque of the central bolt?
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Omega General Help / Re: Y26SE Oil Leak around Oil Filter
« on: 02 December 2025, 10:02:51 »
Thanks TB, better then not to touch them. Found spare number for the crank O-ring, does anyone know dimensions of that? 90307502
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Omega General Help / Re: Y26SE Oil Leak around Oil Filter
« on: 02 December 2025, 05:11:35 »
Thanks DG, yes canister case is clear. I was just thinking "while I am there" whether I should check something else, too, as it is difficult to see where the oil is really coming from.
1. Is crank sensor going to oil area or is it in a dry place.
2. Tightening the oil tube fittings agains block was in my mind, perhaps I just damage them if I touch...
1. Is crank sensor going to oil area or is it in a dry place.
2. Tightening the oil tube fittings agains block was in my mind, perhaps I just damage them if I touch...
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Omega General Help / Y26SE Oil Leak around Oil Filter
« on: 01 December 2025, 18:18:11 »
Hello again
So V6 with canister type filter. The canister is dripping oil slightly. There is allways a drop when I take a look. Terrible place to study in floor but I took the whole canister off and found that the O-ring there against engile block was hard and brittle and tired. That is one possibility. I alredy have original spare for it. Cam covers are dry, checked with mirror. In canister area there are cooler pipes which may leak and also the area around crank sensor is wet. Any ideas how to proceed? Is crank sensor O-ring typically leaking in these enines and available separately? Does anyone know the size. I changed it perhaps 15 years ago. All ideas welcome.
So V6 with canister type filter. The canister is dripping oil slightly. There is allways a drop when I take a look. Terrible place to study in floor but I took the whole canister off and found that the O-ring there against engile block was hard and brittle and tired. That is one possibility. I alredy have original spare for it. Cam covers are dry, checked with mirror. In canister area there are cooler pipes which may leak and also the area around crank sensor is wet. Any ideas how to proceed? Is crank sensor O-ring typically leaking in these enines and available separately? Does anyone know the size. I changed it perhaps 15 years ago. All ideas welcome.
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Omega General Help / Re: Colour codes
« on: 14 November 2025, 18:36:19 »
Quite rare in my arc but perhaps the meaning is something else...
