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Omega General Help / Re: 2.2 TDI turbo whine? is now much louder than before

« on: 08 June 2018, 15:42:19 »

It went into the garage for something else and they could not find any cause for it - the waste gate was OK and no holes in the exhaust.  They suggested that I just live with it ...

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General Discussion Area / Re: Forum censorship

« on: 29 May 2018, 13:28:34 »

It really does seem to me as though there is a clique of bigots here who are not man enough to be challenged!  And it then seems as though the moderators side with them.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Forum censorship

« on: 29 May 2018, 13:22:47 »

I've deleted the whole thread.

In my opinion, and with the support of another Moderator, the whole thread is getting out of hand.

End of!

The thread had been locked!

Could you give any examples of other threads having been deleted.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Forum censorship

« on: 29 May 2018, 13:01:00 »

I challenge "inoffensive".
As I indicated during the thread, I consideredsome of your comments to be a personal attack on me, and to a lesser extent to others and if the thread had not been locked by Admin, i was about to complain to our glorious leader and to ask him to apply sanctions: a step that I have never taken before, despite some nasty comments elsewhere.

I am pleased to note that it has already been done - thanks, Admin. 

Ron.

Ron

Please tell us all what you found so offensive that you felt you needed to report it. 

It was you who called me "Chicken Little" ...

I have sent you a message asking you to let me know what you found offensive. 

I guess that, if you don't reply you will, on reflection, have realised that nothing was offensive.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Forum censorship

« on: 29 May 2018, 12:53:46 »

Repugnant is a pretty strong word.

Mig

My use of repugnant was not applied to locking the thread.  I know that a moderators job is a thankless task.

I found it repugnant that my post was deleted, and especially that no acknowledgement was made that it had been deleted. 

That is censorship.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Forum censorship

« on: 29 May 2018, 12:50:14 »

I'm sorry, how much do you pay to access OOF? Because I didn't mean free speech, you are a fool if you think that exists. More importantly, could I also ask who and how you've paid? As I've tried to donate cash to this very forum and was told, 'there was no need' and 'there is no mechanism in place'.

I think it is extremely dishonest of you to deliberately misquote me just to promote your point of view.

In your supposed "quote" you deliberately edited out the line from my post which explains the meaning I am attributing to the word free, which has a number of meanings in English.

The line you censored was: This is a forum in which posts are quietly, without announcement, censored and deleted, presumably because the post "offends the cronies". 

Did you think no-one would spot it?

I think you are dishonest.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Forum censorship

« on: 29 May 2018, 12:27:07 »

Ron

See above.  Please post here what you found offensive in my posts. 

Thanks

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General Discussion Area / Re: Forum censorship

« on: 29 May 2018, 12:16:21 »

I challenge "inoffensive".
As I indicated during the thread, I consideredsome of your comments to be a personal attack on me, and to a lesser extent to others and if the thread had not been locked by Admin, i was about to complain to our glorious leader and to ask him to apply sanctions: a step that I have never taken before, despite some nasty comments elsewhere.

I am pleased to note that it has already been done - thanks, Admin. 

Ron.

Ron

You are entitled to your opinion but, for clarity, could you please copy to this thread that which you found offensive i my posts.  I cannot see anything offensive in them.

When you said

"John-Ha, as this seems to have degenerated into a personal attack on me, I will leave you to your opinionated delusions and false science.
I wish for future enlightenment for you - and no illl-will; at least on my part.  "

I responded with an immediate apology

"Ron
It was never supposed to be a personal attack on you and I am sorry that you have interpreted it as one.  All I wanted to do was to point out you are wrong.

You opened the thread with "Now, as I understand it, ice occupies a larger volume than water, so if/when it melts, there will be a lesser volume of water and hence a lower sea level - so don't panic, Captain Mainwaring!
Yes?"

I point out that you are wrong.

You then stated "Melt water will amount to just a drop in the ocean - pun intended!"

I pointed out that melt water from Antarctica ice alone (if it all melted) amounts to 6.5 million cubic miles or a sea level rise of 58 metres.  I don't think any sane person would call that "a drop in the ocean".

You then stated "I would have liked more detail regarding the amount of CO2 humans exhale, but my understanding is that it is phenomenal and by far the major contributor to global atmospheric CO2, overshadowing all other sources."

I pointed out that CO2 exhaled by humans and animals has zero contribution to atmospheric CO2.

You say I have  "opinionated delusions and false science".  I gave references for my science - you gave none!

I can understand that you feel you are being attacked but you aren't.  I also realise that it must be very uncomfortable for you to have your misunderstandings and your incorrect prejudices exposed in the way yours have been."

Please let me know exactly what you found offensive.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Forum censorship

« on: 29 May 2018, 12:01:35 »

... this is a free forum, with minimal rules, run by people who work for free.

This is not a free forum

This is a forum in which posts are quietly, without announcement, censored and deleted, presumably because the post "offends the cronies". 

That is my point.

I await the moderators comments.

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General Discussion Area / Forum censorship

« on: 29 May 2018, 11:41:10 »

I am quite happy for a thread to be locked - that is what moderators are for.

I find it repugnant that a post is censored and deleted without acknowledgement by the moderator before the thread is locked.

My post was factual, inoffensive, and merely pointed out errors in the post to which I was responding but it was censored.

I have written to the moderator requesting that my final post be reinstated - I await to hear.

Will the moderator please explain why the post was deleted. 

It appears to me that the moderator favours his "cronies" and censors anyone who disagrees with his "cronies".  I have flagged this post to the moderator asking for a response.

See Re: Check my science..... at http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=142627.msg1860387#msg1860387

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General Discussion Area / Re: Grenfell inquiry

« on: 25 May 2018, 16:57:34 »

Eff off, you condescending bastard. 

I was always taught that use of profanity was a sign of ignorance as you presumably know no better way of expressing yourself.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Grenfell inquiry

« on: 25 May 2018, 16:02:52 »

I must say I am offended by many of the posts in this completely off-topic thread.  What has it to do with Omegas?

Let me give you my opinions ...

Take a step back.  You are living in a tower block where the design is such that fire resistance is "assured" by dividing the tower into separate, fire tight compartments.  There are no sprinklers because the building regulations state that compartmentalisation is safe and will prevent fires spreading.  The official advice to you as a tenant is to stay in your flat if a fire breaks out in the block because the separate compartments will prevent any fire spreading. 

The block does not meet modern energy standards and energy is being wasted so the council decides to insulate the block. This is about affordable heating and climate change - it has nothing to do with the EU. 

If I correctly understood what BBC Panorama said, the manufacturers of the cladding? insulation? submitted a different material for the fire tests compared with the one they sold; and the manufacturers then claimed that the ones they sold, which had different materials and had never been fire tested, had passed the fire test.  The cladding? insulation? they sold was inflammable and gave off lethally poisonous hydrogen cyanide gas when it burned.

Once the inflammable cladding had been added to the building it bypassed all the "separate compartments" destroying the safety and making the building a fire hazard. I think Panorama said the cladding was equivalent to four tankers of petrol.  It is little wonder the fire spread from bottom to top in about 15 minutes.

It seems pretty obvious to me that someone has done something wrong.

Are the building regulations wrong in allowing tower blocks without sprinklers?  Did the manufacturer test a fire resistant material and then sell a flammable one?  Did the installer seal all the gaps which would have acted as chimneys allowing the fire to spread incredibly quickly?  There are countless more questions.

I am further appalled by some of the comments which seem to me to be racist, saying "They were immigrants - it doesn't matter". 

They were all children or mothers or fathers or wives or husbands or uncles or aunts or grandparents of someone.  And they were all people just like you and me are people.  Would you have written your comments had it been your brother or sister or wife or parents who had been killed?

71 people died in the most horrific circumstances, through no fault of their own, which is almost as many as the 96 people who died in the Hillsborough tragedy.  That is why there is an outcry.

Please remember that these were people and their grieving relatives and friends are people.

My I point out a few of the comments I found most offensive.

be prepared for months , possibly years ? of hand wringing and finger pointing ( at the government no doubt) what ever happened to suffering in silence.  Should people do nothing?  What about Hillsborough?

And blame.....someone has to be at fault. There are no accidents any more.  I know you didn't mean it but well done because you are absolutely correct.  Another example - the police no longer call them RTAs (road traffic accidents) - they call them RTCs (road traffic collisions).  Someone was to blame for this disaster and we should all hope they will be held to account.

A block of flats in londistan full of illegal immigrants who have f**k all right to be there anyway migrants goes up in flames and there is a massive outpouring of grief  That is appalling and I am amazed the moderators did not delete the post.  Apart from what I think is the naked racism of the comment, which I also think is probably illegal, I think you have defamed people.  As you will not be able to prove your statement to be "100% true and accurate" in a court of law, you will lose and pay costs and damages if anyone brings a case of defamation against you.  I shall be sending your comment to my MP asking him to take whatever action is appropriate.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, ends my opinion.

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Omega General Help / Re: 2.2 TDI turbo whine? is now much louder than before

« on: 25 May 2018, 11:24:38 »

Many thanks for your suggestions. 

I also have the dreaded "Low beam Fld/Vision" error message so, once the weather is better, I'll crawl under it to have a look at both problems.

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Omega General Help / 2.2 TDI turbo whine? is now much louder than before

« on: 24 May 2018, 17:55:07 »

I searched with turbo whine but nothing seemed too relevant ...

I have always been able to hear a little turbo whine noise but it has recently become much louder and very noticeable.  Even t'missus now notices it and I'm always looking over my shoulder to see how far away the flashing blue lights are .

1.  If I rev the engine while in neutral I do not hear it, even at 2500 RPM.

2.  When driving, the turbo whine seems to start at about 1200-1500 RPM and gets louder and changes frequency as the revs increase. 

3.  I think that the car is somewhat perkier and I am getting more torque at lower revs than usual.  Previously the turbo it didn't seem to do much until ~2000 RPM but it is now giving me more torque at 1500 RPM.

51 reg, 83,000 miles.

All thoughts will be appreciated.

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: OMEGA 2.2 - WON'T START

« on: 13 September 2017, 18:13:49 »

You are not alone.

It reminds me of a time many years ago - it was a friend's Standard Companion.  It needed a new clutch ... which meant you had to take the engine out ... which meant you had to drop the front suspension.  My friend was going away, but needed the car on his return so two of us said we would do it for him and, as the engine was out, we might as well get it re-bored.

We put it all back together and couldn't turn it over.  We knew it would be a bit stiff so eventually we tried towing it round the block.  The clutch was perfect but each time we released it the rear wheels skidded - they just would not turn.  We tried in reverse - same result.  It would go a bit forwards and then a bit backwards but it always locked solid.

After much head scratching we decided there was no option but to take the d*mn thing apart again.

We had put the con rods on the crankshaft back to front and they were doing half a turn and then fouling the crankcase