Dollywobbler's Omegawd - Cruisin' (old people can do it too)

[dollywobbler]

Chap today did say "just try and put everything back as you found it," but I know what I'm like. I'm not very good at that. I shall do more research now I have the convenience of time.

[Lacquer Peel]

If it's dumping fuel once its turned off, would that not point to a fuel return line?

 

Diesels return fuel at all times when they're running.

[Guest Hooli]

Chap today did say "just try and put everything back as you found it," but I know what I'm like. I'm not very good at that. I shall do more research now I have the convenience of time.

 

I suspect the only issue would be a differing thickness of gasket. That metering screw probably presses on something/sets a base position of something.

[Dave_Q]

If it's just the quantity adjuster lid you can't mess anything up.

 

What people are referring to is if you have to remove the QA completely to do the bottom gasket - the position of the QA relative to the pump sets fuelling.

 

Some dubbers do this deliberately and call it the Hammer Mod (hammer QA slightly towards rich).

 

Here is a video, it's a peasant's VW 4-pot but the pump top is the same, you need to do up to about 2:00 in this to change the top gasket.

 

 

Main issue is the security bolt - you can get a socket for it, I hammered an imperial socket of some sort over it when I did mine.

 

 

In fact, I think I still have the bolt with socket attached in my toolbox, so I can let you know what size bolt to buy to replace it with a normal one.

[Captain Mainwaring]

Maximum respect for this. You are a fucking nutter.

[dollywobbler]

Thanks. I believe it's a standard M6 thread. I think I will get the manifold off though. I'd like to have a proper look at what I'm doing, and make sure it's the only leak. I did spot something that looked like a return pipe. It wasn't connected to anything...

[Dave_Q]

Just looked it up and it's quoted as M6x1 65mm length.

 

There's a handy fasteners place next to my work, let me know if you don't have an equivalent nearby and I can pick one up and put it in the post for you.

 

Inlet manifold off is probably a good idea, on something of this age it's probably a good idea to replace all the leak off lines anyway, a meter of hose is not many pennies.

[Lacquer Peel]

Thanks. I believe it's a standard M6 thread. I think I will get the manifold off though. I'd like to have a proper look at what I'm doing, and make sure it's the only leak. I did spot something that looked like a return pipe. It wasn't connected to anything...

 

If the return pipe is disconnected the fuel consumption would be more like 3.3 MPG.

[dollywobbler]

If the return pipe is disconnected the fuel consumption would be more like 3.3 MPG.

 

Indeed. Though I am still curious as to what it actually is...

[Lacquer Peel]

Pics plz.

[dollywobbler]

Maybe tomorrow, though I may just want to settle down.

[Twiggy]

Been fascinated by this thread DW - well done all round.

[billyboy406v6]

Top collection, top motor, well done sir !

[Pillock]

Maybe tomorrow, though I may just want to settle down.

Thank you for that earworm.

[Royale80]

My Elite was lucky to reach 20mpg-and I did once see 7mpg towing the caravan (replaced the car with a £200 Festa - 35mpg).

 

 

Steve

[Skizzer]

I've only just caught up with all this. Absolute best collection saga in AGES.

 

Can't decide who's going to play you in the movie version, Jason Statham or Keanu Reeves.

[omegod]

AR25 box has a breather pipe that's open to the atmoshphere, may be your rogue pipe

 

 

Heres someone fucking about with a TD pump, this may not be any use whatsoever

 

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=90655.0

[dollywobbler]

I think the post-caper blues kicked in a bit early on this one - ie on the way home! Having done pretty much bugger all today, other than start editing up the Caper Video (part one tomorrow), I'm feeling a bit better. I plan to start stripping bits out of the engine bay when time (and bloody weather) permit, so I can size up the pump seal replacement job. Sounds like a very common issue with these pumps. And there I was thinking German stuff was always top quality...

 

So, there may not be a whole lot of progress for a while. We've got weather warnings for wind through all of tomorrow, so I don't plan to leave the house at all. It's bad enough at the moment...

[loserone]

I seem to recall these barges being a nice place to be when I came across them as trade-ins to valet for the auction, er.. twelve years ago.  Are they as comfortable on the road as I remember, or were you too busy caper-ing to notice?

[Noel Tidybeard]

I think the post-caper blues kicked in a bit early on this one - ie on the way home! Having done pretty much bugger all today, other than start editing up the Caper Video (part one tomorrow), I'm feeling a bit better. I plan to start stripping bits out of the engine bay when time (and bloody weather) permit, so I can size up the pump seal replacement job. Sounds like a very common issue with these pumps. And there I was thinking BMW stuff was always top quality...

 

EFA

[dollywobbler]

I seem to recall these barges being a nice place to be when I came across them as trade-ins to valet for the auction, er.. twelve years ago.  Are they as comfortable on the road as I remember, or were you too busy caper-ing to notice?

 

Wasn't overly comfortable, though it didn't help that I only discovered the lumbar adjustment when I was almost home... Ride isn't overly squishy, seats are rather firm (maybe the leather would benefit from some conditioning, or maybe they're just German).

[Noel Tidybeard]

are they single or double lumbar on that OMEga

 

the double set on my old vectra were superb- went birminghamshireton to kernow with zero comfort breaks in it

[rantingYoof]

Vauxhall are very good at making amazingly plush-looking leather seats feel very benchlike. The Signum's seats are incredibly firm. I reckon the velour seats felt a little softer.

 

Not saying they're uncomfortable exactly, but it's a little weird. Like biting into an apple and tasting an orange, I suppose.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

 And there I was thinking German stuff was always top quality...

 

 

 

 

Could be worse. You could own a 9 year old E90 3 Series, bought on the assumption* that it would be better* than the 19 year old one it's replacing.

 

Then reality bites and you find out that actually, it's rubbish.

[dollywobbler]

Video goodness! Well, a video anyway... Part One.

[smellypoo]

Doesn't look or sound too bad. Even considering the work you've needed to do over the course of this caper, it's been an excellent result, those Omegas do look like they're pretty solid cars.

[dollywobbler]

Thought I'd crack on. Inlet manifold off.

 

The pump.

 

Definitely leaking from that sort of sandwich plate in the middle. I shall order some seals. Then I shall hope not to bugger up the fuelling when I fit them. Oh, you'll never guess how I got the anti-tamper bolt loose...

 

I also discovered that the locking wheelnut was on the driver's seat after the spring job. Maybe that's why I didn't find the seats that comfortable...

[stripped fred]

Anyone else trawling the classifieds for an omega now?

[Dave_Q]

Is that hose on top of the pump the mystery hose?

 

If so could it be the vaccuum hose to the EGR, I think the EGR was on that end of the manifold, someone could have disconnected it to de-EGR it.

[dollywobbler]

No, that hose does indeed connect to the manifold. The mystery hose is the one with a streak of blue in it, curling its way around the pump.

 

Like every other turbo diesel I've ever owned, there was a fair bit of oil in the induction system. Duff breather?