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Omega General Help / Re: Woes, and further woes!

« on: 01 July 2009, 01:36:19 »

Hey feller.

Wow, thats a healthy list of, ermm...niggles!

Is it a pre/post facelift? I know there was some Omega 'C' switches on ebay a few days ago. If that helps? 

Ok, I'm splitting hairs here but:
Omega "A"...was the name of the Carlton in Europe
Omega "B"...is what we know as Omega's ('94>'03)
Omega "C"...no such beast.
 

Yeah, so they say. But some very prominent manufacturers still list then A,B and C. Plus my Gm brake pads had A Band C on the box. Genuine packaging. Strange.

AH! Thanks for that feller! I just think it's fairly clear what people mean when you say 'Omega C.'

I concede it may not be official; but then again, I know how I'd feel if i bought a brand new bonnet for a 2002 'Omega B' to find it was a '94-'99 model bonnet!! ''But it is an Omega B bonnet'', the man would insistently tell me when I went to get it exchanged.

Maybe it should be made a retronym?  :-/

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Omega General Help / Re: Woes, and further woes!

« on: 30 June 2009, 01:04:38 »

Hey feller.

Wow, thats a healthy list of, ermm...niggles!

Is it a pre/post facelift? I know there was some Omega 'C' switches on ebay a few days ago. If that helps? 

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Omega General Help / Re: diagnosing rear shock failure (almost) - ideas?

« on: 01 July 2009, 02:23:42 »

Oh, just thought I should say, I've just spotted 'markey mark' has a self-levelling rear damper in the for sale section. 

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Omega General Help / Re: diagnosing rear shock failure (almost) - ideas?

« on: 01 July 2009, 01:09:22 »

Never had the luxury of self-levelling, so don't miss it


Let us know how you get on.

I have a feeling we havent heard the last of you!

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Omega General Help / Re: diagnosing rear shock failure (almost) - ideas?

« on: 30 June 2009, 00:47:39 »

Experiences with Senators suggests most owners replace the self-levelling system with standard units when they wear out. Suppose it depends how keen you are to keep self-levelling, really.

Is it a bit of a gimmick/toy, or do you find yourself appreciating its there? Therein lies your answer!

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Omega General Help / Re: ISOFix on the Miggy?

« on: 01 July 2009, 00:59:12 »

Oh, and as an adendum...all what I've just said compared with just doing the seatbelt?...hmmm....think I'd go for the seatbelt option!!

Anything for an easy life! 

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Omega General Help / Re: ISOFix on the Miggy?

« on: 01 July 2009, 00:57:37 »

Cant remember the location, but a few weeks ago a very long thread about the poor fitment of a child seat led me to query the retro-fitment of an ISOfix. Omegas did have them as an option. Presumably there are lovely holes waiting in the bodyshell for you....presumably!

As far as I can tell, on principle, it would be do-able to retro-fit it. No doubt there would be various scary issues like 'ahh, what if you dont do it right!?' 'No no no, cant be done' 'Factory-fit only' 'you'll kill everyone!' etc...But if you ordered ISOfix on your brand-new Insignia, say, and it arrived and they forgot to fit it I don't for a second imagine Vauxhall would ship the whole car back to the factory, tear out the whole rear trim, fit it, then ship it back to you. No. What would happen is the dealer would retro-fit it according to the exacting specifications they have in their very detailed 'haynes-esque' manuals. It happens when a car arrives scratched/dinged, they respray it, but just don't tell you.

Doing that on a week-old car, or an 8year old one should make no difference. The issues are if the ISOfix mounting holes are there, if you can get the 'kit' including correct bolts and if you trust yourself to do it!

If someone ripped a seatbelt, I imagine you'd have no worries getting a replacement, and fitting it to the car yourself. So I'm not sure how this differs.

Like I say, just be mindful of them three 'ifs' above, please don't go drilling your own holes into steel that may not be the correct thickness/strength to take it!

If it's do-able, it's do-able, if it isn't, it isnt!! 

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Omega General Help / Re: VX Prices

« on: 30 June 2009, 01:08:07 »

If I ring up my dealer for prices and just ask 'whats that on trade club?' they tell me, no quibbles.

Doesn't your dealer do that? Odd.  :-?

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Omega General Help / Re: 2.5TD Injection pump

« on: 30 June 2009, 00:44:10 »

Ahh. Is it a diesel Elite? There aren't many td elites about, so I'm assuming you've put a petrol pump into a diesel tank?

I wasn't aware they were the same pump.

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Omega General Help / Re: b**tard bolt

« on: 30 June 2009, 00:54:45 »

Why dont dealers know anything?!!? I mean, honestly, it doesnt matter what the inquiry, I have to sit them down and patiently talk them through the simplest of tasks!

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Omega General Help / Re: bubbling noise and wet pass foot well.

« on: 30 June 2009, 00:52:22 »

Got to be worth getting that dry. Be it towels/doors open/hairdryer...anyway you don't need me to tell you how to dry stuff!!

Soon as its dry you can start tracing the fault, etc. If no more water appears, then whoopee. But at present you could have already cured the problem, but you'll never know whilst that carpet remains damp.

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Omega General Help / Re: HELP I NEED A AUTO SELECTOR SWITCH

« on: 28 June 2009, 19:30:19 »

Hey there,

I might be able to get you one, but as I've never stripped an auto gearbox apart, could you tell me in a little more detail what the selector switch is, please?I take it you take off the interior trim around the lever and its down there somewhere?

Ta!

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Omega General Help / Re: Smelly climate control

« on: 28 June 2009, 19:46:59 »

Saw a post quite recently (if someone can find it, they're a better man than I!) someone got it cleaned/ regassed for 39.99, i think. So pretty reasonable. 

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Omega General Help / Re: Is £800 a lot for valve stem seal job on 2.6???

« on: 28 June 2009, 19:53:26 »

Definitely. Not sure how much an engine transplant yould cost ya, but 800 smackers is just too much.

I can sympathise if you want to keep the car, nomatter the cost, etc.. But there are clearly better people out there.

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Omega General Help / Re: car unstable at speed / plastic undertray missing.

« on: 28 June 2009, 19:43:30 »

If I remember my Aerodynamics lectures correctly... an engine bay is a right sod of a thing to have in a car. Air blasts downward from the engine bay at all sorts of practicallly-unpredictable angles/speeds. The undertray will help smooth this plenty. They are fitted to help reduce front end lift.

Great, problem solved, I hear you cry! What I dont understand is why the some models get one, others don't. As an educated guess, I'd say the undertray doesnt really make much of a difference. BUT Vauxhall fitted one, didn't they? They didnt fit it for the hell of it.