Omega Owners Forum - heater matrix remove

joff Senior Member Offline Is it me or everyone else Posts: 623 swindon, wilts Gender: Drives: 55 plate astra 1.3cdti, 03 3.2 elite estate in black, and the wife around the bend	heater matrix remove 30. Jan 2011 at 17:52 How long does it take to remove the dash on a face lift (02 estate elite) as the matrix has gone and the garage want £650 all in . has any one got a how to without cutting the trim
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dad1uk Omega Knight Offline Posts: 1139 Birmingham Gender: Drives: Omega 2.5 Tourer Estate	Re: heater matrix remove Reply #1 - 30. Jan 2011 at 18:00 I've never tried it but reading the 'How To' it would be impossible without removing all the dashboard which looks a nightmare..... http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1262554909
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joff Senior Member Offline Is it me or everyone else Posts: 623 swindon, wilts Gender: Drives: 55 plate astra 1.3cdti, 03 3.2 elite estate in black, and the wife around the bend	Re: heater matrix remove Reply #2 - 30. Jan 2011 at 18:54 Yea looked at that but how long does it take to remove the dash. the matrix is about £150 so if they want £650 all in i'm thinking 10 hours work ish, and that's not main daeler.
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mark.adams Senior Member Offline Posts: 695 Cambridgeshire Gender: Drives: omega 2.2CD +LPG	Re: heater matrix remove Reply #3 - 30. Jan 2011 at 19:10 I'm doing mine next weekend, got a matrix from autovaux for £102, i'm going to do the cutting the dash version as i really dont fancy taking the whole dash out.
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iainb Junior Member Offline Posts: 74 West Midlands Gender: Drives: 2.5cdx estate	Re: heater matrix remove Reply #4 - 30. Jan 2011 at 19:11 Couple of points 1) I got an OEM matrix for £60.00 and that included shipping & vat from my local factor. 2) You say yours has gone, but what do you mean by gone , is it leaking or blocked ? and dont forget the O rings they can fail which will cause coolant to get inside the cabin. Iain
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cem Omega King Offline Posts: 13920 Ankara/Turkey Gender: Drives: 97 2.5 V6 Manual CD- Clio Sport	Re: heater matrix remove Reply #5 - 30. Jan 2011 at 19:16 I had the job done in service.. at some points it requires 2 persons to move and put back the dash.. lots of parts must be moved and some hidden screws under a pipeline behind the dash.. airbags out etc etc.. and takes a whole day ..
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joff Senior Member Offline Is it me or everyone else Posts: 623 swindon, wilts Gender: Drives: 55 plate astra 1.3cdti, 03 3.2 elite estate in black, and the wife around the bend	Re: heater matrix remove Reply #6 - 30. Jan 2011 at 19:45 Its leaking bad now have to top up water every day and only a short trip. water in cabin and under car.
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iainb Junior Member Offline Posts: 74 West Midlands Gender: Drives: 2.5cdx estate	Re: heater matrix remove Reply #7 - 30. Jan 2011 at 20:04 So you have a leak. Remove the board above the foot pedals and locate the 2 pipes for the matrix, then follow them to the point where the pipes enter the matrix......is it wet and sticky, if so it could be that the O rings need replacing and the matrix needs flushing. Also do both pipes get warm ?
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Re: heater matrix remove
Reply #8 - 03. Feb 2011 at 21:12

Update on the matrix. The garage have had the car for a week now and have not done a thing so my brother is going to pick the elite up tomorrow afthenoon. I will have a look at it on Saturday to see if I can find out were the leak is coming from. I will do as said and take the board above the pedals out. The garage are going to by-pass the heater in the morning. I don't think they want the job anyway and two of them used to work for the main dealer. will again update on Saturday

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Re: heater matrix remove
Reply #9 - 03. Feb 2011 at 21:19

joff wrote on 30. Jan 2011 at 18:54:

Yea looked at that but how long does it take to remove the dash. the matrix is about £150 so if they want £650 all in i'm thinking 10 hours work ish, and that's not main daeler.

You can get `em for 17 quid Wink

Same across the entire range
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joff Senior Member Offline Is it me or everyone else Posts: 623 swindon, wilts Gender: Drives: 55 plate astra 1.3cdti, 03 3.2 elite estate in black, and the wife around the bend	Re: heater matrix remove Reply #10 - 03. Feb 2011 at 21:25 and that place would be??????
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RobG Omega Lord Offline I might have a link, pic or part number for that Posts: 7968 Bristol Gender: Drives: 53 plate 2.2 CD auto	Re: heater matrix remove Reply #11 - 03. Feb 2011 at 21:26 joff wrote on 03. Feb 2011 at 21:25: and that place would be?????? Post modified with link Joff
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joff Senior Member Offline Is it me or everyone else Posts: 623 swindon, wilts Gender: Drives: 55 plate astra 1.3cdti, 03 3.2 elite estate in black, and the wife around the bend	Re: heater matrix remove Reply #12 - 03. Feb 2011 at 21:31 I must type quicker
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Mike Collins Senior Member Offline Posts: 532 North of Bristol Gender: Drives: 2003 2.6 CDX, 1998 2.5 Elite, now BER at 262,000 miles	Re: heater matrix remove Reply #13 - 04. Feb 2011 at 13:58 10 hours to change the matrix by removing the dash is probably about right, it took me a whole weekend a couple of years ago. Don't be surprised if the new core doesn't fit very well, I had to make up some foam packing to seal the gaps. New build starts with a heater core and the car is built around it??? Mike.
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joff Senior Member Offline Is it me or everyone else Posts: 623 swindon, wilts Gender: Drives: 55 plate astra 1.3cdti, 03 3.2 elite estate in black, and the wife around the bend	Re: heater matrix remove Reply #14 - 04. Feb 2011 at 19:39 Thanks for that. Brother got the car back this afternoon and all the idiots had done in a week is put some sort of rad weld in the system to try and stop the leak. Will now have to flush all that out as well. now I know why I work on my cars myself.
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