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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / F/S - 2.5/ 3.0 saloon exhaust, complete cat-back

« on: 13 April 2012, 13:53:00 »

Removed from my 3.2, barely a month old. Cheapy mild steel exhaust, back box and two centre sections.

I'll be totally honest, it's quite noisy, will do for an MoT (or if you turn the radio up a bit, TBH) - one of the centre boxes is also very likely to need adjustment, it seems to catch on the chassis of mine.

Fairly obviously it's not rusted or holed in anyway, comes without rubbers or clamps (go to your dealer for a full set). £100 collected from TS17 postcode, or we can sort out couriering or delivery, drop me a PM.

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General Car Chat / Another thumbsup for Eternalcar!

« on: 13 April 2012, 13:46:12 »

Just fitted my spangly new exhaust to replace my cheapy* MoT-pass one - goes on like a dream, brilliantly made, for £115 all in you can't complain.

We'll ignore the fact that numbnuts here only remembered he hadn't bought any new clamps until the old exhaust was laid on the workshop floor...

*not that cheap, depressingly

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Omega General Help / Flat spot, 4000rpm - multirams?

« on: 13 April 2012, 11:11:25 »

When driving, er, briskly, there seems to be a flat spot around 4000rpm, which IIRC is the revs that the multirams activate? Once I've fitted my spangly new exhaust, I'll be investigating - after checking the vacuum pipes routing and fit, anything else I should be looking for?

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Ignition "fully off" after X hours?

« on: 08 April 2012, 17:50:32 »

Bit of an odd one - my Clarion radio is fitted via an ISO converter cable - and if its left for a few days it seems to forget the presets and display settings. If it's off for a few hours then back on, it's fine - is there a length of time after which everything switches completely off?

 Or, more likely, is something the police wiring has been spliced into, affected it?

>scratches chin<

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General Car Chat / AX03*** - one of ours?

« on: 01 April 2012, 00:33:46 »

Having done a double take and thought that someone had nicked my Mig, I finally got close enough to see the reg of the other local, dark grey one - is it anyone on here?

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Omega General Help / Eternalcar shopping list - double check?

« on: 01 April 2012, 00:13:01 »

Since my holidays are rapidly approaching, I'm going to get it ordered ASAP - can someone confirm that these are the right bits for my 3.2 (I'll just pretend it's a 3.0...)?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VAUXHALL-Omega-B-2-5-3-0-94-01-Exhaust-Central-Silencer-/200218888385?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item2e9df9c8c1#ht_2901wt_932

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Exhaust-Central-Silencer-VAUXHALL-Omega-B-1994-2001-/190466458872?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item2c58af84f8#ht_3146wt_932

And for the back box, since no others are available -

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Exhaust-Rear-Silencer-VAUXHALL-Omega-B-2-5-1994-2000-/190466458888?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item2c58af8508#ht_2991wt_932

Plus the relevant mounting kits?

Ta in advance...

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General Car Chat / Blooming booming exhaust

« on: 29 March 2012, 18:16:20 »

Three times I've fettled* my bloody cheap exhaust, and it's the best it's been yet, but it's still, pardon the phrase, utterly s-t. The drone and the boom, and the fact it doesn't bloody fit properly so every now and again it's catching on the chassis.

 I foolishly thought, rather than having to go back and forth to the MoT station (it's 30 miles from my house), that I'd get it done and it'd last me til I save the pennies for a proper one...

 I'm onto Plan F or G now - the first one is to source a S/H proper system, the second one is going to be getting an Eternal system, like I should have bloody done in the first place. I only want to get six months out of it before I get a stainless, non-chav one fitted...

I'm also seeking advice on a complaint letter to the exhaust centre, I'm struggling to get past "Dear sirs, your exhausts are s-t"...

* fettled = idiotted with a big hammer

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General Car Chat / MoT passed!

« on: 20 March 2012, 17:40:18 »

Took it in this morning, passed on everything bar the exhaust (woohoo), which I knew was going to need replacing - hadn't actually got under and had a look at it, judging by the sound I was expecting a small hole.
 Actually had two massive ones (like, half an inch in diameter) and the pipes were loose in the back box, oops... sadly the replacement that's been fitted is utterly shit and sounds worse than the holey original.
 That'll be getting sorted sooner rather than later once I save up for a stainless cat-back from the local recommended specialists...

354

General Car Chat / "And then the kerb just stepped right out"

« on: 13 March 2012, 16:12:44 »

Tip of the day - if you're maneouvring around a tight car park with high kerbs, and you go "ooh, that's getting a bit close"... always stop, go back six inches, then drive out without incident.
 Don't go "ah, I'm sure it'll be fine" and hit the kerb. "WHACK... pffftpffftpfffft" went the tyre. Luckily it was due for replacement in the next month anyway... I'm currently rocking the one-steelie look...

>hangs head in shame<

Almost as idiotic as not noticing the lightbar and "ECILOP" written on the bonnet of a car following me out of a car park and up to 80mph on a single carriageway...

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Omega General Help / Spanner light and codes

« on: 05 March 2012, 18:13:41 »

It never rains but it pours...

...got the spanner light coming on, staying on for a few runs, then going out, lather, rinse, repeat.

 Read the codes - got the usual 0420 and 0430, they'll be getting fixed with the old sensor-moving trick.

The other two, however, are 0650 and 0571, which says to me they're related -

"P0650 Malfunction Indicator (MI) Control Circuit High Instrument
P0650 Malfunction Indicator (MI) Control Circuit Low Instrument
P0650 Malfunction Indicator (MI) Control Circuit Open Instrument "

"P0571 Cruise control/brake switch "A" circuit malfunction"

- could these be caused by having LED stop/tail chav-bulbs? (see my note at the bottom). I don't have cruise control for one thing - and my brakelights are working fine... I'm thinking if it's on the brake switch circuit? Or what else should I be looking at?


(I did have some LED stop/ tail bulbs kicking around the garage, fitted them, then realised they were bringing the high level brake lamp on dimly... so put some normal bulbs back in. Then had a sticky connection the N/S lamp, so sprayed some WD40 on the contacts, refitted... and like a mong ended up shorting the circuit and blowing the brake lamp bulbs.
 Popped the LED bulbs in as a temporary fix, so far the high-level has stayed off, haven't been to VX to get some decent stop-tails yet. Next time I'm off and they're open...)

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Alternator light very dimly lit

« on: 04 March 2012, 18:22:10 »

Right, my Omega's an ex-plod, 3.2. Originally with GLS trim inside (AFAIK), previous owner has fitted heated leather.

 I noticed last night that when the headlamps, blowers, and pax heated seat were on, the alternator light was very, very dimly lit. I'm assuming it's down to the load being put through it causing a problem.

 Apart from banning Woman from having a toasty bottom... where do I start? I've cleaned the positive battery terminal up recently... I'm thinking either a fault with the alternator or the battery (which looks to be the original, 164k old)...

Oh, and any recommendations for a decent, reasonably priced multimeter? I assume I'm going to need one...

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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Wtd - catback exhaust for 3.0/ 3.2

« on: 04 March 2012, 18:12:22 »

Before I go the Eternalcar route, has anyone got a decent exhaust that'll fit my 3.2? I'm fairly local to an excellent custom exhaust place, so this (or an EC one) would just be to tide me over for the next few months...

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Omega General Help / Replacement exhaust - Eternalcar?

« on: 04 March 2012, 08:32:47 »

Many moons ago when I had my first V6, the Eternalcar exhaust was fairly cheap and well made - I can't ignore the blowing from mine any more, are there any other recommended manufacturers? I need back box and centre pipes.

 I assume a system listed for 3.0 will also fit my 3.2, just cosmetically different at the back?

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / CARK-91 wiring

« on: 26 February 2012, 11:35:27 »

Right. I've got a Clarion headunit, fitted with an ISO connector, working perfectly. I've got a CARK-91 ready to plug into my ancient Nokia, and want to wire it in. I've got the pre-wired 16-pin plug above the glovebox... can I plug in an Autoleads 06-102B, and have it working, to save buggering about with too many wires?

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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / F/S - CDR2005 Cd/radio

« on: 10 February 2012, 16:08:59 »

CDR2005, dark grey front, excellent condition, £30 posted.