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Aundie Junior Member Offline Posts: 62 cowdenbeath, Fife Gender: Drives: 1999 3.0 elite estate	breakdown! 06. Dec 2010 at 21:57 as i was coming home tonight dash lights dimmed then failed warning lights all came on then car overheated any ideas? battery is now flat.
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Broomies Mate Omega Knight Offline Champagne Coloured Cars Are Gay! Posts: 1448 Bristol, UK Gender: Drives: 97 BMW 535i V8	Re: breakdown! Reply #1 - 06. Dec 2010 at 21:58 Auxillary Belt snapped is my guess.
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vauxfan2k Omega Baron Offline Posts: 2092 Western Isles Gender: Drives: 2.5V6 saloon- Magic Grey	Re: breakdown! Reply #2 - 06. Dec 2010 at 21:58 id say its the fan belt snapped, or pulley given up, seeing as it drives the waterpump and alternator
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Aundie Junior Member Offline Posts: 62 cowdenbeath, Fife Gender: Drives: 1999 3.0 elite estate	Re: breakdown! Reply #3 - 06. Dec 2010 at 22:03 thanks people guessed somthing like that just too cold to be looking tonight!
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Kneepad Omega Knight Offline Posts: 1412 West Scotland Gender: Drives: '96 Omega 2.5 TD CDX Auto Saloon and '99 Omega V6 CD Auto Estate.	Re: breakdown! Reply #4 - 06. Dec 2010 at 22:04 Agreed on this, no drive to alternator, or waterpump points to auxillary belt fubard.
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Brikhead Senior Member Offline Sleeping. Do not disturb. Posts: 940 West-Mids. Gender: Drives: Rusty bag of $h!t.	Re: breakdown! Reply #5 - 06. Dec 2010 at 22:05 You must have carried on driving for some time to have flattened the battery. Hopefully the cold weather will have prevented too much damage(!).
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Re: breakdown!
Reply #6 - 06. Dec 2010 at 22:09

Brikhead wrote on 06. Dec 2010 at 22:05:

You must have carried on driving for some time to have flattened the battery.
Hopefully the cold weather will have prevented too much damage(!).

No mention of flat battery until after the event;

Overheating: The temperature will rise instantly, as there is no coolant pumping around the engine.

Also, driving for a fair distance is not easy when you have no power steering, and on an Omega, power steering is mandatory lol Thumbs Up!

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Reply #7 - 06. Dec 2010 at 22:12

Aundie wrote on 06. Dec 2010 at 21:57:

as i was coming home tonight dash lights dimmed then failed warning lights all came on then car overheated any ideas? battery is now flat.

If the auxiliary/fan belt snapped, then the first thing you should have noticed is the red charge light coming on, then as you turned off to check, you'd have noticed that you'd lost all assistance of your steering. It would've taken a mile or two on driving for the engine to overheat. As for the battery now being flat, ~~I've no idea~~. I agree with Brickhead but was trying to be diplomatic Wink

I can say all this cos all the above happened in that order to me a few weeks ago when my fan belt snapped. Wink

My battery had enough charge to restart my car 3 times as I started it to coast down a long hill on my way home and then start it to drive it up the ramp of the recovery truck. Thumbs Up!

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Aundie Junior Member Offline Posts: 62 cowdenbeath, Fife Gender: Drives: 1999 3.0 elite estate	Re: breakdown! Reply #8 - 07. Dec 2010 at 00:19 had no warning apart from dull dash untill temp light came on i stopped and it failed to restart.
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Aundie Junior Member Offline Posts: 62 cowdenbeath, Fife Gender: Drives: 1999 3.0 elite estate	Re: breakdown! Reply #9 - 08. Dec 2010 at 00:41 got a good look today and yes the belt is gone anyone recomend a good place to order a new one?
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Kneepad Omega Knight Offline Posts: 1412 West Scotland Gender: Drives: '96 Omega 2.5 TD CDX Auto Saloon and '99 Omega V6 CD Auto Estate.	Re: breakdown! Reply #10 - 08. Dec 2010 at 00:45 Send a PM to AndyC, he is a Vauxhall parts manager and will supply the belt at Trade Card prices for OOF members.
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Kneepad Omega Knight Offline Posts: 1412 West Scotland Gender: Drives: '96 Omega 2.5 TD CDX Auto Saloon and '99 Omega V6 CD Auto Estate.	Re: breakdown! Reply #11 - 08. Dec 2010 at 00:48 PM or email AndyC details: http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?action=viewprofile;username=636C667B610...
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Aundie Junior Member Offline Posts: 62 cowdenbeath, Fife Gender: Drives: 1999 3.0 elite estate	Re: breakdown! Reply #12 - 08. Dec 2010 at 00:50 thanks very much thats appricated
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Welung666 Omega Lord Offline Posts: 9768 West Midlands Gender: Drives: 99 2.5 saloon Tractor	Re: breakdown! Reply #13 - 08. Dec 2010 at 05:57 You need to investigate why the belt went as well because it will just throw the new belt if the cause isn't rectified! Is the tensioner siezed? Water pump?
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Aundie Junior Member Offline Posts: 62 cowdenbeath, Fife Gender: Drives: 1999 3.0 elite estate	Re: breakdown! Reply #14 - 08. Dec 2010 at 14:22 any help with water pump location please! does this belt affect timing at all?
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