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General Car Chat / Re: Spotted
« on: 26 September 2023, 18:01:40 »
Lunchtime today, gold 2.2 saloon, RWG 505 North/Westbound A14 Kettering to M1 exit
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Omega General Help / Re: ABS-light on after replacing front ABS/wheel speed sensors (Solved)
« on: 26 September 2023, 17:53:27 »The ABS light went out as soon as I started the car and got rolling. What I find odd though, is that the signal gets stronger by rotating the sensor out of its intended alignment in the hole. While turning the sensor in the hole, I would find a sweet spot where I left it at. See pictures below, for original position and the position with stronger signal (~50mV AC vs ~200mV AC). This orientation of the sensor means that I can't attach it with the bolt, but it sits very tightly in the hole and won't move. It was the same on both sides.
Original position
Sweet spot
So make sure the sensors are clean and that the gap to reluctor ring is sufficiently small!
I've had exactly this problem and found exactly the same with a pattern sensor (Vemo). Wheel bearing had also been replaced (as you know reluctor part of bearing / hub assembly) at the same time. the 'sweet spot' worked fine but obviously can't be fixed as the bolt hole didn't line up. I managed to source a brand new, old stock genuine GM sensor from Germany and it's been fine ever since.
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Omega General Help / Re: Windscreen trim
« on: 25 September 2023, 17:46:06 »Must be the month for it....
Take a photo of the HUD image projected on the screen before its replaced.
The fitters are using some real cheap shit china glass and its real hit and miss on having the wedge shaded core to get the HUD image to focus and be the correct brightness and size.
Will do, cheers
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General Car Chat / Re: Rishi's EV jitters
« on: 22 September 2023, 17:50:46 »But folk will still be able to buy s/h none ev cars after 2035 and use them ( always assuming that ulez hasnt extended to even small towns. Malaga has just announced, despite being 80% complete, that the ULEZ due Jan 24 will now be Jan 25. Thank god.
Tigger. I think you have something there about Europe. I think it makes sense to align Britain with Germany and France.anyway car industry wise.
I suspect 'per mile charging' at a much higher rate then EV's and massive hikes in road tax will force the end of ICE cars when those in charge decide it's time.
If I haven't carked it by then I might just clone someone else's plates and run around until I get caught, I mean, a nice warm cell and food with the pension being paid into the bank ready for when I get out sounds like a full proof plan!
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General Car Chat / Re: DV51ONS
« on: 22 September 2023, 10:23:31 »I met Nige for a pint (In Swindon I believe). Feels like yesterday but was probably 15 years ago. Lovely, genuine and decent bloke, I really hope he is OK …….
Nigel and Chris (Mrs Nigel) are still active in the Wiltshire section of the Caravan Club so I assume he’s ok.whatever happened to Nige?
When Nigel sold his Omega and it went in the direction of the Drift fraternity I think he just lost interest in the general chit chat on here.
Thing is, all old RWD cars seem to end up on that scene - BMW E36's, E46's, E90's, Lexus IS200 etc. Maybe not a distinguished end to their lives but I suppose they go out with a bang. Son and I did a drift day not long ago and have to say that his IS200 was far better suited to going sideways (welded diff etc) than I can ever imagine an Omega would be.
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Omega General Help / Re: Windscreen trim
« on: 21 September 2023, 22:54:06 »I was amazed that meteorites also used the A14, shame they didn't fly on the correct side of the carriageway.Must be the month for it....Ouch
I can empathise
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Omega General Help / Re: Windscreen trim
« on: 21 September 2023, 22:51:38 »
Will have a look at my two tomorrow if it's not raining and post up pictures if it helps?
One thing I know is the silver car had the last (or last but one) genuine GM screen from Germany and it was a perfect fit, seem to recall that they sent two fitters out and they were old boys who'd done plenty of Omega's back in the day. Black car still has it's original screen so should be a good comparison. All the other Omega's i've owned had none genuine replacements (I think Pilkington make them as a special order when Autoglass etc require) over the years but they seemed to struggle fitting them and there were defects in the glass that meant distortions on the edges.
One thing I know is the silver car had the last (or last but one) genuine GM screen from Germany and it was a perfect fit, seem to recall that they sent two fitters out and they were old boys who'd done plenty of Omega's back in the day. Black car still has it's original screen so should be a good comparison. All the other Omega's i've owned had none genuine replacements (I think Pilkington make them as a special order when Autoglass etc require) over the years but they seemed to struggle fitting them and there were defects in the glass that meant distortions on the edges.
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Omega General Help / Re: Windscreen trim
« on: 21 September 2023, 22:40:20 »
Must be the month for it....
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General Car Chat / Re: DV51ONS
« on: 21 September 2023, 22:09:26 »
Not trying to judge (honest ).... but looking at the faults that it now has and the location, I think I can guess the direction of travel that that vehicle has been going for the last few years and it isn't forwards in a straight line.
).... but looking at the faults that it now has and the location, I think I can guess the direction of travel that that vehicle has been going for the last few years and it isn't forwards in a straight line.85
General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 16 September 2023, 16:21:57 »
Oil and Filter on the V70.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Technical instructions
« on: 15 September 2023, 13:16:29 »I just use ethernet cables and hubs
I'm not a fan of that "wifi" witchcraft
I hope not!!!
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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: Wanted: various small parts
« on: 11 September 2023, 17:22:12 »
Rear section is the same. Just a seperate extension piece on the long nose plenums
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Omega General Help / Re: Plenum painting
« on: 01 September 2023, 20:10:34 »Did the engines leave Ellesmere Port with the plenum painted? Weren't the plenums the natural colour of the cast alloy?I think the early short plenum (2.5/3.0) were painted but none of the later and long plenums were painted
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Meetings, gatherings, parties etc / Vaux Valves, Donnington Park, 24/09/23
« on: 28 August 2023, 21:11:53 »
Anyone considering going?
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General Car Chat / Re: ULEZ
« on: 28 August 2023, 14:49:28 »According to the online official checker for this charge my 2003, 3.2 Omega is exempt as it meets the criteria of acceptable omissions.
Quite simply if a petrol engine meets Euro 4 compliance when built it is ULEZ compliant. Same rules for all CAZ and ULEZ, nothing has changed there since their inception so yet another no news story from the press.
What the news should be reporting is how a scam such as this can be legal - If Khan really cared about the environment he would ban all so called 'polluting vehicles' from the ULEZ zone and provide a so called 'green' alternative, but. there's an opportunity to scam people out of money who have no means to meet the vehicle criteria.
Just to add insult to the situation, Westiminister City Council (and probably others) add a surcharge to park a non-ULEZ compliant car.... Not sure what they are smoking but as far as I am aware, a vehicle without an engine running (because funnily enough it's parked) doesn't produce any tailpipe emissions.