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Omega General Help / Re: Running on 5 for a day

« on: 06 March 2012, 18:04:14 »

The scuttle is dry and the plug hole with water contamination was the front left which is away from the scuttle panel so it all seems a little strange.
It`s been running on all six so far so it seems the water contamination was the culprit, just got to find the cause now.

Was the water coolant or 'fresh' water?  :-/

I don`t know Andy, I tried some intense interrogation but it wouldn`t let on 
There wasn`t enough to be able to tell, just evidence that water had mixed with the oil at some point.

You didn't taste it then  The old type antifreeze is sweet to taste - poisonous if you drink too much  - and the pink stuff tastes absolutely foul!

Yep - Ive never been able to drink more than a couple of pints of it.

Just had this problem whilst on way to work, faily intermittent. Got home and got code reader out showed up as P0301 Cylinder 1 misfire. After removing Coil Pack noticed that No.1 plug well was about 2/3rds full of water, syphoned out using a syringe water as clear and not pink so deffo not coolant. All cleaned up and now sems to be running sweet. Had a load of rain here lately so probably leaking in through scuttle.

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Omega General Help / Re: Alternator changed now check oil level on!

« on: 16 December 2011, 13:55:52 »

Yep that's what I reckon due to the fact that its on all the time, not the intermittent one when going up, down, round corners or on cruise for a long time!! 

Oh well bugger it under I go on a dryer day!

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Omega General Help / Alternator changed now check oil level on!

« on: 16 December 2011, 13:06:37 »

Well that was fun!

Changed alternator yesterday after total failure. longish job and bleeding fiddly but after a few strong words and cut hands job done. (just remember to remove all air pipes in front of drive belt first, makes getting the alternator out easy after its unbolted)

Charged battery whilst doing the change, all reconnected up, started fine, volts going to battery all good. 

Then get in car and "check oil level" on 

Checked oil all good at top of dipstick, guess numpty nuts here gotta go back under and see if connector off. 

Think i'll wait till the snows buggered off

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Omega General Help / Re: cam covers

« on: 27 July 2011, 14:54:50 »

Did mine last week following the guide on this forum, took me four hours and that was taking my time, including cleaning all the oil out of the spark plug wells(couldn't even see the tos of the plugs). Superb guide and forum.

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Newbie Welcome Area / Hello

« on: 27 December 2010, 18:54:16 »

Just joined and thought best say Hiya to you all, have moved away from the fraud (sorry ford) motor company as they ant build any decent cars anymore!!
At last got a car again that is really a car!  not just a whinging bucket of 

Barry

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General Car Chat / Re: Car insurance opinion

« on: 27 December 2010, 19:09:55 »

That seems very high mine is less than that and my insurance is for use as a hackney carriage with £10 million public liability and all the other legal requirements that goes with public hire and reward.

Barry