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Omega General Help / Re: Omega 2.5TD running hot

« on: 20 December 2010, 11:51:42 »

Thanx Evo, and to all of you for your excellent advice.

Given Christmas etc, I won't be able to anything until the new year but thanks to your comments I can sleep easy knowing it is fixable.

Have a good Christmas, and drive safely - out Omegas are precious!!

Kevin

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Omega General Help / Re: Omega 2.5TD running hot

« on: 17 December 2010, 20:16:01 »

Thanx OB. Will try them.

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Omega General Help / Re: Omega 2.5TD running hot

« on: 17 December 2010, 18:40:14 »

Thanx for quick reply. It's too dark to go out and check, but will do so tomorrow & let you know. Checking past posts it seems that the water pump shedding it's rotor is a common fault on this and other BMW engines.

Having said this I  drove another 60 miles with no further coolant loss.

Any idea of best source and price of replacement?

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Omega General Help / Omega 2.5TD running hot

« on: 17 December 2010, 17:38:12 »

While pulling a 2 tonne car trailer I accelerated hard to pass a van. The box down shifted, the revs shot up, and the manoevre was completed. 200 yards further on the temp gauge went into the red and the overheating light came on. A quick check showed that the header tank had dumped about 1/2 a litre of coolant. No signs of oil in the water, or pressurising the header tank.

Now the engine runs hot - about 100 deg. and I have to run with the heater full on to maintain this temp.

Any ideas as to the fault, other than a blown head gasket or cracked cylinder head?

Has anyone had this problem?

Thanx.