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[Gaffers]

get your wives to do it!

they have small hands

You havent met my wife!  Yes small hands but apart from petrol and oil, she doesn't know anything about looking after cars.  Oh she knows where to put oil because of the big letters on the cap.... OIL pfffft

You are an anomolie miss (leading hand?) Marie

[Marie]

get your wives to do it!

they have small hands

You havent met my wife!  Yes small hands but apart from petrol and oil, she doesn't know anything about looking after cars.  Oh she knows where to put oil because of the big letters on the cap.... OIL pfffft

You are an anomolie miss (leading hand?) Marie

what?
i get my rate on the 31 july, well i should

as for the wife stand next to her and tell her step by step we all have to start from some where!

[Andy B]

....You are an anomolie miss (leading hand?) Marie

what?   ...[/quote]

anomaly

he's saying you're odd!        

[Gaffers]

get your wives to do it!

they have small hands

You havent met my wife!  Yes small hands but apart from petrol and oil, she doesn't know anything about looking after cars.  Oh she knows where to put oil because of the big letters on the cap.... OIL pfffft

You are an anomolie miss (leading hand?) Marie

what?
i get my rate on the 31 july, well i should

as for the wife stand next to her and tell her step by step we all have to start from some where!

All she'll do is b!tch about messing up her manicure, I have plenty of REME soldiers who will dance for beer!!  

[Marie]

Arh bless thank you!

hey we have drifted off topic again.

hope you figure out whether its leaking!

[Gaffers]

Here's fingers crossed for 31st July  

[Slime]

What's happening 31st July?

Slime.

[Darth Loo-knee]

Hi fellas,
I have a '97 V6 manual that suffers from random coolant loss.
It is so random, that if I had hair, I would pull it out!
I sometimes have to top the coolant up after 40 or 50 miles & sometimes it will be fine for 1000 miles!! There seems to be no pattern at all & this confuses me.
I've fitted a new expansion bottle, the old one had a hairline crack around the filler neck, & I've pressure tested the cooling system 3 or 4 times now, with no pressure or water loss.
This problem has been around for over a year now & is really bothering me.
The temp gauge has never gone over 95 degrees C and I'm sure the head gaskets are fine.
Twice I have seen steam appear from under the glove box area & occasionally the screen will suddenly mist up very quickly, mid journey, accompanied by the horrid hot water/anti-freeze smell. When this first occurred I put some paper in both footwells & left the car running for nearly two hours. NO overheating, NO water on the paper & NO dampness on the carpets which makes me think that the heater matrix is okay.
Sorry about the essay & thanks for reading this,
please shed the light,

Slime.

I had this exact same problem a few years back with a Cavalier.
What i did was removed the two heater pipes from the heater matrix under the bonnet on the bulkhead. Then got a U pipe and connected both pipes up so i was missing out the heater, this solved my problem, but it was bloody cold until I replaced the heater matrix

[Slime]

I had this exact same problem a few years back with a Cavalier.
What i did was removed the two heater pipes from the heater matrix under the bonnet on the bulkhead. Then got a U pipe and connected both pipes up so i was missing out the heater, this solved my problem, but it was bloody cold until I replaced the heater matrix
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Thanks buddy,
how easy is it to change the matrix on my Omega?
From where it's positioned, it looks like a mare of a job, particularly for banana hands!

Slime.

[Darth Loo-knee]

I have not done one on an Omega yet.............

It was a pain in the arse on Cav and a 2.8 Capri I did.... unside down in the footwell....

I was just suggesting you try bypass the matrix to make sure that is your problem. If HBV and the rest leak it will leak under the bonnet not in your footwell. The only other thing that could leak in your footwell is the water from a blocked scuttle drain but I wouldn't have thought it would have created steam...
Check it though, only takes a few seconds before you take the dash bits to get at the heater matrix, plus there is a How To now in the Maintence Section if it is the scuttle drain blocked

[Slime]

Hi again,
I seem to remember a while ago about a shortcut when changing a matrix which saves hours. Something to do with cutting/bending/breaking a piece of trim that doesn't show when the job has been done.
Anyone heard of this?

Slime.

[Slime]

Hi again,
just to confirm, before I dive headlong into this thing, if the HBV is the problem, would that cause the screen to mist up very quickly & go all smeary when I try to wipe it off?
Thanks for your time guys & lasses,

Slime.

[Steve1077]

I had a tiny pin hole in the hose from the radiator to the bit that goes to the thermostat, it only showed a leak when I pulled the hose about, took me a few weeks to find that damn leak

[shyboy]

you could try and place a peice of kitchen roll around it and take it for a short drive / run it for a while, then removee the kitchen roll and if its wet its leeken.

not sure it would work but its worth a try.
the lads might have some ideas.

[/highlight]

I thought you were one of the lads.  

[Slime]

Hi,

anyone out there in Omegaland know of a short cut when changing the heater matrix.
I've been told it's about a 10 hour job!!!
Any short cut tips would be welcome, as long as I don't have to use any semtex!!!

Regards as always,

Slime.