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PM Sent. Happy to make a donation to charity for one of them if you won't accept anything at all. I currently don't have a working car and it would be a big help :y

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Apologies re inbox.

I’ve just done my occasional eBay browse, and seen this car advertised at £1500, rather than the
£275 I asked for it.

It’s still there is anyone is interested - RK53 ZWT.

Nothing to do with me, just an observation.

At £275 I got  / offered a bargain… £1500 for a scrapper (that’s all it’s good for without significant work) is just ridiculous. 

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Omega General Help / Re: 3.2 Elite - Surface rust in bores
« on: 22 March 2024, 18:11:30 »
As an aside the pistons are in good order seemingly. There are some kiss marks on all 6 from valve contact, but it’s very light and appears the valves took the brunt of the impact. I’m told it failed at idle, so hopefully with refurbed heads it will be good again

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Omega General Help / 3.2 Elite - Surface rust in bores
« on: 22 March 2024, 18:08:09 »
Last July I bought a 3.2 Elite, non runner. Cambelt failure, trashed valves. I took it apart to diagnose the problem (heads off) but then got rather unwell and haven’t really worked on a car since. On a few occasions I’ve opened the bonnet, taken one look and thought “sod that” and closed it again.

Last week I decided I need to make a start. I noticed that, where it’s been sat with the heads off, the bores have collected a light layer of surface rust.

I am not taking the lump out (I’m not sure I’ll ever do work of that magnitude again) but for my own satisfaction (and to enjoy the Elite!) I’d like to get this running again. So I decided it has 2 chances and I would clean the bores with some wet and dry.

That is what I’ve done. The end result is some very clean looking bores, but it has also removed some of the previous hone markings. The bores are now silky smooth to touch with a finger, but they look quite scratched. They are not scratched at all, to the touch / fingernail and are totally smooth.

After cleaning them I put a generous amount of oil in each one and turned the crank by hand - again, turns absolutely fine and smoothly with no undue resistance.

Do we think I’ll get away with it? Can’t imagine I’d have widened them enough for bore taper, or oil burning?

Of note there was no rust below any of the pistons, just above where they were sat.

Thanks for your thoughts. Hoping it can still be saved from the scrapper. It’s a nice example that has new sills etc and cream leather so I’d like to run about in her over the summer  :y

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Omega General Help / Re: Head gasket?
« on: 22 March 2024, 17:53:54 »
Weren't the 2.5 and 3.0 of certain year prone to failure of the back of the 246 gasket :-\
Early 98MY 3.0l (built in 1997) were prone to a HG failure allowing coolant to escape at the back of pot 6.  That particularly failure causes no other symptoms aside from coolant loss and associated steam.


 I've done a few 3.0L head gaskets,  as was stated back cylinders on both banks,.

Interesting observation there. I too have seen 3.0 failures but only ever on pot 6.

I’ve never seen it at the back of the 1-3-5 bank. Not doubting you at all, just sharing my exoerience :y

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General Discussion Area / Re: Jock cop woke joke.
« on: 20 March 2024, 07:42:51 »
Looks like the link has been taken down, did anyone screenshot it?

I’ve not had chance to read it, but I suspect it’s just another flavour of the month by the woke, appeasing pen pushing bosses that seem to infest the police and all other public services.

Just like every male cop was a rapist and predator since one bad apple (Wayne couzens) was found in the barrel. Cue then huge campaigns shouting about “violence against women and girls” and “male violence” etc.

What they didn’t tell you is that something like 98% of women who said they had “felt intimidated by a male in public” actually only felt that way because a “man had come too close in the street”. Think of central London / tube network etc.

They skew all figures to suit whatever the flavour of the month is to make themselves look good. That’s why forces can afford rainbow cars and to dance at gay pride but at the cost of no longer attending domestic house burglaries or many frauds.

Believe it or not, most cops on the ground (uniform and detectives) try their damndest, but this woke rot which is ravaging through management is turning most forces into a laughing stock.

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Omega General Help / Re: Cambelt change..
« on: 20 March 2024, 00:02:26 »
Get the beers in and have a cambelt party Tony!  :y                                                ;D

No party, I’m getting old and only up for doing the one cambelt in a day! I’ll have a cheeky beer after, though :y

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Omega General Help / Re: Cambelt change..
« on: 19 March 2024, 06:14:00 »
Duplicate - please ignore.

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Omega General Help / Re: Cambelt change..
« on: 19 March 2024, 06:13:27 »
Apologies regarding inbox. I didn’t realise and I’ve not been online after a rough few months health wise.

I’d be happy and able to do a cambelt for you, Terbs. Drop me a message in my (now empty) inbox and we can work it out for this weekend?

Kind regards,
James

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I'm thinking 🤔,, make a good manual conversion
Bet he'd let it go for £270  ;D

Yes, if a forum member genuinely wants it. That was the advertised price (to forum members). If someone comes up with the money it’s gone. First come first serve - so far no genuine forum interest and just off topic posts.

I have cancelled the bid of the chap who entered £1020. If somethings too good to be true then it usually is, and his feedback says he has won car auctions but not turned up to pay in the recent past.



I haven’t got time to mess about over something so cheap. I am away a lot at the moment.

This is a genuine advert and the price is low because I want a hassle free sale. I am only seeking to recoup what I spent.

I have only listed it elsewhere because historically cars don’t sell that well on here and I want it gone. It’s out of my control what people bid.

I’ve been on here for enough years (decades?) that hopefully people know I’m good to my word. But I’m also getting old and grumpy and will not deal with ebayers who have been reported for winning auctions and failing to pay. No disrespect to anyone but I don’t have the time or the patience.

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Omega General Help / Re: Alternator
« on: 14 November 2023, 14:20:22 »
Hi Lizzie

Sorry to hear you've been through the mill but I'm reassured to see you're still posting!

£600 for an alternator is ludicrous. £100 in parts will see your car on the road and it'll take me a couple of hours. Just say when - weekends are best. Please for goodness sake stop taking your Omega to dealerships, they are just not clued up on these models anymore.........

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Cars for Sale & wanted / 2.6 Elite Estate for Spares or Repair!
« on: 14 November 2023, 14:05:23 »
A week or so ago I purchased an Elite Estate, with only a couple of days MOT, for the bargain price of £275. I was planning to strip various components from it, for my 3.2 project (seen in the background!), but for various reasons I've been able to get them elsewhere, so I can now avoid stripping this one down in the cold and rain.

Essentially I am offering the car for what I paid for it - £275. The MOT has now expired.

The description is already here on this board, by the previous owner, Boatboy, so I don't need to repeat it, because it's honest and comprehensive. Only additional point is that there are 4 x very good Continental tyres fitted.

Offered to the forum for £275, which is below scrap value. Worth a fortune in parts but I really (really) CBA to break an Omega over winter. MOT has expired, handbrake is shagged, might need welding, take a punt for very little money?

Located in Oxfordshire. Photos taken this weekend after my drive home. Did the 50 miles without issue. Pulls well, gearbox great, slight pull to the right under braking. The final picture is trying to show a small crack at the bottom of the screen but it's not come out very well.

Grab a bargain :y























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Does it run, if so I’ll give you 275 for it as long as I can drive it away

(I can legally do so, to a place of repair) :y
                Didn’t want mine then?

I’d have loved it mate, but logistically the depths of wales and the ancillary costs around fuel / transport would have meant it financially uneconomical. I’m very sorry I thought I replied.

Steve I have transferred you funds …..

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General Car Chat / Re: Cambelt
« on: 01 November 2023, 11:39:28 »
Thanks for the replies. I think I shall go with the consensus and hold back for a while. I am hoping to respray the roof and bonnet in December, then fit the new windscreen surround. Then early in the new year, see about getting the valve stem seals done, and obviously whilst it’s stripped down, do the cam belt. James has given me a rough price for doing the aforementioned work. Car has only done 81, 000 miles, so I want to get it back on the road, mainly for local use.
On a slightly different topic, has anyone got their car on classic insurance, what are the limitations, and the cost.

Makes sense to do the cambelt kit while it’s here for stem seals. It has to come off anyway, so it won’t cost you any more than the price of the kit. Plus it’s pointless doing all that work to risk ruining it, by fitting an expired belt kit back on :y

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Omega General Help / Re: Alternator
« on: 31 October 2023, 14:11:33 »
Hello Lizzie talking about old people I have recently had my cills welded and a rear brake rebuilt.Ok the welding I could not do but a brake rebuild I would have enjoyed doing but now it is easier to farm it out but I always wonder if the job has been done as well as I would like.At 87 I could be the oldest member of our club. Get it fixed and avoid the stress.

 had no idea you were that age.


He definitely doesn’t look it (or at least, didn’t a few months ago! :y

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