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Omega General Help / Re: Smokin' Omega... HELP!!

« on: 27 April 2007, 12:23:59 »

sure, can anyone point me in the right direction of how to clean the breathers (sorry i have no manuals or anything with this car) and i will gladly go and do that if it will help eliminate another possibilty.

thanks  Gra

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Omega General Help / Re: Smokin' Omega... HELP!!

« on: 27 April 2007, 11:36:48 »

Hi Ian, you've hit the nail on the head, great explanation!  It is dripping from the bottom and i guess standing on the driveway i lose about a 5-6cm circle of oil deposited on the floor overnight. I presume it's dripping when drive also. I'm also pretty sure that it's not oil burning, it really smells like a hot car radiator. As for the noise, that's a new one, kind of like a knockin that you would get from tappits (that''s going back a few years) but louder and only under acceleration (about 55mph).

Mr Gaffney, I'm in peterborough, the guy who came out to see me charged me £30 and did nothing!! apart from telling me it would be £450 although he didn't know what the problem was??!!

thanks guys

Gra

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Omega General Help / Re: Smokin' Omega... HELP!!

« on: 26 April 2007, 17:29:59 »

but the expansion tank isn't going down thats the problem. I haven't had to fill it up at all since i bought it. The level was exactly at the arrow on the tank, it still is today.

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Omega General Help / Re: Smokin' Omega... HELP!!

« on: 26 April 2007, 17:09:35 »

smells like anti freeze - like when a radiator bursts. I took the pipe from the expansion bottle off and poured water down it, it must have gone somewhere because the expansion tank started to fill up so i guess there isn;t a block anywhere.

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Omega General Help / Re: Smokin' Omega... HELP!!

« on: 26 April 2007, 13:13:28 »

Please forgive my ignorance when it comes to mechanics... I just started the car and removed the expansion tank lid. The water inside it is just sitting there not doing anything while the car is running.  Is that normal for that to do that, or should it be pumped continuously around the engine while the car is running?

Graham

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Omega General Help / Re: Smokin' Omega... HELP!!

« on: 26 April 2007, 12:37:27 »

ok i just took the lid off and squeezed the pipes and nothing is happening from either one.  I squeezed quite hard but no water is being squeezed back into the tank.

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Omega General Help / Re: Smokin' Omega... HELP!!

« on: 26 April 2007, 12:08:08 »

when i opened the expansion tank at the parts store it was hot and pressure had built up though. Water started to come out when i took the lid off. Just thought.

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Omega General Help / Re: Smokin' Omega... HELP!!

« on: 26 April 2007, 12:06:36 »

I thought exactly the same thing but the temperature doesn't seem to increase enough.  After 10 miles i thought it would have gotten higher than 95. I will go and check though, how can i tell if there is water anywhere else other than the expansion tank? Is it just a matter of removing pipes to see if there is any water in them?  Thanks

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Omega General Help / Re: Smokin' Omega... HELP!!

« on: 26 April 2007, 11:09:31 »

nope, just checked again after leaving for 20-30 mins, the water level is right where it should be.

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Omega General Help / Re: Smokin' Omega... HELP!!

« on: 26 April 2007, 11:07:27 »

I'm sure its water, i got out and it really smells like a radiator but i'm losing no water from my expansion tank?. On the last run i did the temperature of the car ran between 92-95 but didn't go over 95.

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Omega General Help / Re: Smokin' Omega... HELP!!

« on: 26 April 2007, 10:53:15 »

OK

I have just been out in the car on about a 10 mile journey to the parts shop, the car was running normal, no smoke, didn't take it above 50mph.  Bought some stuff called K Seal which you pour in the radiator expansion bottle. Drove the car home, got to about 50mph and heard a rattleing/knockin sound coming from the engine, lost a little power, it started to judder and then smoke poured from the exhaust. Eased off the pressure and drove the last couple of miles home with slight, but constant smoke coming from the exhaust.  The rattle/knockin is a new thing to add to the list but it is definitely not right and i won't be driving it again.

Plus the K Seal obviously doen't work or it's not something that needs sealing!?

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Omega General Help / Re: Smokin' Omega... HELP!!

« on: 26 April 2007, 09:57:10 »

Well we did discover yesterday that the exhaust was blowing but not sure where.  I've had some great advice from the people on this site, I think the mechanic may have just been trying to get me have the head gasket "repaired". I'm going to leave the car running for a while and see if it is a condensation problem i can burn the water off and someone did tell me that i could try some stuff that kind of looks like glitter (it's a little like radweld) that you put into the expansion bottle as it could be the beginning of a HG and that might plug the leak? worth a try?

It may just solve the problem temporarily but long enough for me to get to Motorworld and trade it i for another one!!!

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Omega General Help / Re: Smokin' Omega... HELP!!

« on: 26 April 2007, 09:34:35 »

The reason for it being a water problem he said was due to the white smoke from the exhaust. He said you could smell it also(?) I'm absolutely no loosing coolant although due to an oil leak i have had to top it up each month with a litre bottle.

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Omega General Help / Re: Smokin' Omega... HELP!!

« on: 26 April 2007, 09:31:36 »

Well I have taken the advice of people on this site who really know their stuff and i agree with you.  He didn't do any tests whatsoever on the car apart from plugging in a computer and then his expression said he didn't really know what he was looking at (i hd already been told how to do this with a paper clip on this very site) Perhaps i should ring round some garages, it was definitely a water problem he said, most likely a valve but could be a head gasket but until he stripped it all down there was no way of telling.

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Omega General Help / Re: Smokin' Omega... HELP!!

« on: 26 April 2007, 09:09:54 »

UPDATE

I had a mobile mechanic come out this morning and have a look at the car.  Didn't really do anything but did say that it looked like either a head gasket problem or, more likely, he suspects it's a valve that has gone. He ran a diagnostic check but it couldn't really tell him anything(?) but he said if i wanted it fixed it would be a couple of days and £410 for parts and labour.

Not sure if this is a good price or not, i paid £700 for the car in February with one years MOT which sounded a good deal (it's very tidy) but to add another £400 onto this is an R reg Omega wort £1100?  Not sure now what to do, really like the car, could break it down and sell it as parts but then i'd love to get it going again...

Thanks for all your help guys