Omega Owners Forum

Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Advanced search  

News:

Please play nicely.  No one wants to listen/read a keyboard warriors rants....

Pages: 1 [2]  All   Go Down

Author Topic: Intermittent water loss  (Read 3298 times)

0 Members and 2 Guests are viewing this topic.

fiend61

  • Omega Knight
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • york
  • Posts: 1544
  • each to their own
    • 2.5cdx 3.0mv6 3.2vec c
    • View Profile
Re: Intermittent water loss
« Reply #15 on: 28 May 2011, 23:15:42 »
Quote
an hour with practice

or even less with the supersize longnose pliers that i have  :P :P
cost me a whole quid at a car boot and ideal for working in the limited space vauxhall insanely call an engine bay  :y
Logged

Andy B

  • Get A Life!!
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Bury Lancs
  • Posts: 39808
    • ML350 TDM SmartRoadster
    • View Profile
Re: Intermittent water loss
« Reply #16 on: 28 May 2011, 23:20:02 »
Quote
Quote
an hour with practice

or even less with the supersize longnose pliers that i have  :P :P ......

 :P :P :P :P :P  ;)


Logged

Captain Slower

  • Newbie
  • *
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Reading, Berkshire
  • Posts: 31
    • View Profile
Re: Intermittent water loss
« Reply #17 on: 28 May 2011, 23:32:01 »
Right, a plan of action has been made. Thanks for your help and advice, not forgetting to your mention patience :y. Got to admit, I was starting to feel quite negative about buying the old girl. I'll post the results once the hbv has been checked/replaced.
Going to turn in now, especialy as i've been informed by the boss that she wants the bathroom re-tiled tomorrow :(
Logged

Captain Slower

  • Newbie
  • *
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Reading, Berkshire
  • Posts: 31
    • View Profile
Re: Intermittent water loss
« Reply #18 on: 31 May 2011, 19:27:42 »
Evening all, right first, my appologies for not replying earlier, the bathroom took all sodding bank holiday weekend >:(. I've taken the various parts off the car to allow me access to what I believe to be the hbv this evening. It looks similar to the one in the "how to" guide but seems to be mounted at a different angle. Topped up the expansion bottle again and ran the engine until it reached its normal temp. switched on the blowers & aircon. water started to drip (very slowly) from what I would describe as a "sump" and 2 silver metal pipes that sit just in front of the engine bay/cabin wall. The water is cold, so would this be condensation from the fridge unit? Cant see any signs of water leaking from the hbv area :-/
Logged

Captain Slower

  • Newbie
  • *
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Reading, Berkshire
  • Posts: 31
    • View Profile
Re: Intermittent water loss
« Reply #19 on: 01 June 2011, 19:52:10 »
It's done, it's fixed!!! Bought the new hbv from Vauxhall main dealer this morning, £40 with vat and fitted it this afternoon. It was a bit fiddly, but i think thats more to do with having big hands. The hose clips were a real pain to remove and refit and I found that using mole grips made the job easier. Long nosed pliers kept slipping off the clips when trying to compress them. All in all it took a tad over an hour and a half. No more disappearing water! ;D
Thanks to all those that posted suggestions and especialy Varche & Andy B for putting up with the stupid questions :y I would like to add that when I posted yesterday, I was looking at the wrong part :-[, not sure what that bit does, but i'm glad that i didn't remove it before consulting the "how to" guide and purchasing the right part.

Thanks again.
« Last Edit: 01 June 2011, 19:55:48 by TonyEd »
Logged

Andy B

  • Get A Life!!
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Bury Lancs
  • Posts: 39808
    • ML350 TDM SmartRoadster
    • View Profile
Re: Intermittent water loss
« Reply #20 on: 01 June 2011, 20:23:19 »
Quote
It's done, it's fixed!!! ...

Sorted!  :y :y :y

And you saved yourself an hour or so labour costs! ;) ;)
Logged

Varche

  • Omega Queen
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • middle of Andalucia
  • Posts: 14028
  • What is going to break next?
    • Golf Estate
    • View Profile
Re: Intermittent water loss
« Reply #21 on: 01 June 2011, 20:28:50 »
Glad you are sorted.

I found when I first joined the forum, I just needed a few pointers and a bit of confidence. In no time you will be helping out newcomers. Long live OOF. :y
Logged
The biggest joke on mankind is that computers have started asking humans to prove that they aren’t a robot.

999gsi

  • Junior Member
  • **
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • norwich
  • Posts: 55
    • 2002 omega.2.6 v6 cdx est
    • View Profile
Re: Intermittent water loss
« Reply #22 on: 02 June 2011, 12:21:13 »
guys ,with my car if i run it without the heater on full,it looses all its coolant,heater on full blows out hot air and no leakthis also drops the temp gauge,could the thermostat and or the hbv be faulty??? trying to get an online diagnosise as im skint and dont want to pay out money for a mechanic to look at it...any owners/mechanics live near norwich ??? thanks phil..
Logged
previous cars,cavalier gl,glsi,sri 130,cdi,gsi.nova gte,astra gte mk1,3x gte 16v mk2,gsi mk3,carlton gsi 24v,vectra 3.2 gsi ,signum 2.0 turbo design,lexus is 200,saab,95 se and aero,bmw 523,merc e260...

Andy B

  • Get A Life!!
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Bury Lancs
  • Posts: 39808
    • ML350 TDM SmartRoadster
    • View Profile
Re: Intermittent water loss
« Reply #23 on: 02 June 2011, 19:24:04 »
Quote
guys ,with my car if i run it without the heater on full,it looses all its coolant,heater on full blows out hot air and no leakthis also drops the temp gauge,could the thermostat and or the hbv be faulty??? trying to get an online diagnosise as im skint and dont want to pay out money for a mechanic to look at it...any owners/mechanics live near norwich ??? thanks phil..

The HBV is always prime suspect when you have intermittent water loss, especially if heater or a/c settings make a difference. Try to watch the valve as the heater is altered.
Although there are many posts here about how much a PITA changing it is, it's not really that bad - Honest!  :y :y
Just buy yourself a box of plasters before you start, you'll probably need it.  ;D ;D ;D ;D
Logged

999gsi

  • Junior Member
  • **
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • norwich
  • Posts: 55
    • 2002 omega.2.6 v6 cdx est
    • View Profile
Re: Intermittent water loss
« Reply #24 on: 02 June 2011, 21:53:53 »
Quote
Quote
guys ,with my car if i run it without the heater on full,it looses all its coolant,heater on full blows out hot air and no leakthis also drops the temp gauge,could the thermostat and or the hbv be faulty??? trying to get an online diagnosise as im skint and dont want to pay out money for a mechanic to look at it...any owners/mechanics live near norwich ??? thanks phil..

The HBV is always prime suspect when you have intermittent water loss, especially if heater or a/c settings make a difference. Try to watch the valve as the heater is altered.
Although there are many posts here about how much a PITA changing it is, it's not really that bad - Honest!  :y :y
Just buy yourself a box of plasters before you start, you'll probably need it.  ;D ;D ;D ;D
us paramedics get plasters free ;D ;D ;D ;D
Logged
previous cars,cavalier gl,glsi,sri 130,cdi,gsi.nova gte,astra gte mk1,3x gte 16v mk2,gsi mk3,carlton gsi 24v,vectra 3.2 gsi ,signum 2.0 turbo design,lexus is 200,saab,95 se and aero,bmw 523,merc e260...

Andy B

  • Get A Life!!
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Bury Lancs
  • Posts: 39808
    • ML350 TDM SmartRoadster
    • View Profile
Re: Intermittent water loss
« Reply #25 on: 02 June 2011, 21:57:31 »
Quote
....
us paramedics get plasters free ;D ;D ;D ;D

free issue at work too, but mine only come as bright blue, food grade, metal detectable  :y :y
Logged
Pages: 1 [2]  All   Go Up
« previous next »
 

Page created in 0.011 seconds with 17 queries.