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Omega General Help / Re: 3.2 Running lumpy.
« on: 12 April 2022, 21:08:27 »
The flashing EML tells you that it's miss-firing as the only other time that it flashes (in my experience) is during immobiliser faults in which case it wouldn't start.

My recent faulty ECU (when it was on its way out) caused the EML to flash intermittantly, before flashing rapidly (along with the TC and spanner light), with a distinct lack of power, cutting out etc, before eventually not starting at all.
Oil / water in the plug wells in my experience caused a misfire, but displayed a continous EML.

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Omega General Help / Re: Front coil spring sizes???
« on: 12 April 2022, 20:58:14 »

All saloons use the same rear, and all estates use the same rear.


Thats not actually  correct - Vauxhall (GM) didn't think so either. They didn't use the same rear spring for all saloon, or estate models, as can be seen on the EPC  with all the different ident codes for the various rear springs.
Owners are often misled by aftermarket spring manufacturers stating 'one spring fits all' - which probably accounts for why many Omegas can be seen with 'dragster style' back ends because the correct springs weren't fitted.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Best ever Ebay ad....!
« on: 11 April 2022, 21:24:18 »
Sorry, johnnydog  ;D

 :y You wouldn't have expected a topic to stay on subject for long on here, would you?   ;D

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General Discussion Area / Best ever Ebay ad....!
« on: 09 April 2022, 23:00:11 »
Best ever Ebay listing - if you fancy a bit of a titter, read the description (if only in the memory of 'Dave'...) ;D

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154933141682?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=jWZXRwBMT6W&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=GCEcaYdASwi&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

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Omega General Help / Re: ET
« on: 09 April 2022, 20:40:09 »

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That's my problem - I very rarely throw anything car related away :y....then I forget what spares I actually have  ::)

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General Car Chat / Re: ACTUAL IMPORTANT ADVICE
« on: 03 April 2022, 16:50:18 »
If the cut item, usually metal, is not supported correctly, the cut will close up, resulting in the edges nipping the cutting disc; in the worse cases causing the disc to shatter and chunks fly off taking your head off. This also unnecessarily tightens the centre spindle lock making it virtually impossible to slacken even using a longer key, resulting in more brutal methods of removal and damage to the locking pin.
I don't know whether the method of storage has an aging effect on cutting discs, but I keep mine in a dry environment.
Didn't know about the 'use by' or 'best before' dates though.
I have always bought what I consider to be better quality / well known branded discs - 'cheap shop' discs for little money are false economy imho in both quality and durability. Cheap discs don't last two minutes.

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General Car Chat / Re: Sports car for an old git
« on: 01 April 2022, 10:10:01 »
I agree that a Triumph Stag would be tremendous Sunday afternoon car, but having owned one for 10 years, not ideal for anything other than that - a Sunday afternoon jaunt. Unless you know a lot about its history, and understand them inside and out, there could be a lot if gremlins lurking. If are keen on regular maintenance too....but yes, what an awesome sounding 3.0 V8.
From the tales of woe I've heard, and experience in more modern convertibles, then I personally would stay away from anything classed as a convertible, especially fabric tops - the amount of vehicles I see with water ingress issues is enough to put any one off. Great if kept under cover and used on the odd sunny day, but otherwise a solid roof would definitely be my choice.

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Did you ever get fixed up with s/l pump?
Looking for something else, I came across one.
PM me if it may be of use to you.

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That Gov.UK list is for only very minor faults, and my interpretation of the link doesn't include tyres or an alledged 'corroded' rear spring.
James' argument is that the tyres are legal; theirs is that they are illegal. Whether or not they are actually legal or otherwise, their stance is such that as they were allegedly a 'dangerous' fail, they couldn't permit the car to be driven on a highway, and therefore get the job of replacing the tyres.
If James is happy that the tyres are legal, he should be able to take it away, repair the defects, and return it within 10 days for a partial retest, and probably have to pay the retest fee. Many smaller garages don't charge for this, but the way this has gone, they are not likely to waiver the partial retest fee.
This has probably been said previously, but as this topic is now so long, I'm not going back through it to check. ::)
I think there are several morals to this  - preferably use your local previously known MOT man, don't use franchised dealers who are likely to try to get 'up sell', and don't fall for the 'free MOT for life' or 'MOT's only £25' marketing rubbish....

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Omega General Help / Re: Sticky surfaces
« on: 24 March 2022, 19:56:31 »
I think the benefit of the Lidl Cien acrylic (pink) nail varnish remover is that it does the job a lot faster, without damaging the components, with less apparent effort.
I removed the light switch from the dash, and then removed the individual fog light switches from it in order to clean the surfaces thoroughly. The boot release button just pulls out and is a lot easier to to clean - less than 5 minutes.
The window / mirror switches really need the door card removing to assist the release of the wiring plug due to the length of spare loom, and the way it's routed, but once off the vehicle, cleaning it satisfactorily with the Lidl stuff is remarkably quick and easy.
Each to their own preferred method of course.


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Omega General Help / Re: Sticky surfaces
« on: 24 March 2022, 16:05:19 »
I have tried Ambersil foaming upholstery cleaner, and Tarspot remover without much success personally.
I have also tried meths, brake cleaner, 'sticky stuff' remover, and even petrol, but the problem then is that anything too harsh takes the white symbol off switches (boot release button as an example).
But......I have recently tried something that works a treat, and cleans off the sticky 'soft touch' coating, without damaging the plastic surface underneath. It leaves the hard plastic satin finish underneath looking brand new, nice and smooth to the touch, without any stickiness whatsoever, without removing any switch symbol.
It is Lidl's 'Cien' nail varnish remover. They do two types; the standard acetone nail varnish remover in a blue bottle, but also one for acrylic nails in a pink bottle, which is not as harsh. It also has a handy dished push dispenser on the top which holds the fluid to dab your cloth or cotton bud into.
I have recently done door window / mirr or switches, light / fog light switches and boot release buttons, and they look a treat. It didn't damage or remove the relative symbols on them either, which harsher cleaners can.
Others may have their favourites, but having tried all the others recommended, this product certainly worked better on mine with exceptionally good results :y
It is important however to use the pink version for acrylic nails  :D

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Omega General Help / Re: Part number please for a ..........
« on: 23 March 2022, 20:55:53 »
02 plate 3.2 Mv6 estate rear wheel bearing ?

TIA  :)


Are you really going to try and buy a wheel bearing from Vauxhall?


Your local motor factor will supply that for less hassle, and a good one will allow you to pick a brand like Timken or SKF if you don't fancy a gamble on a possibly cheaper one for £47.44  LINK  Those have gone up; when I bought them for my car they were about £25.

Nige/Entwood fitted an aftermarket bearing to the front of his car, it lasted a very short time before it failed. He was in French France when it did & the garage he took it to would only replace both front bearings. I shelled out c£100 from Vauxhall at around the same time for mine & never had a further problem. Sometimes OE is best.

Although not relative to the subject of rear wheel bearings, I bought two new front hubs for the Omega - one was genuine GM, and the other a NOS AP Lockheed unit - both were fitted with Koyo bearings. I do try to stick with genuine GM, but this just reinforces that other makes of equally good bearings can often be bought for less money than GM boxed parts.

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As per Chris' suggestion in post #16 -  earths checked and are remarkably clean and rust free :y

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I agree with Marks observation that you left the margins a little fine on the tyres, especially knowing that new tyres would fitted, had it passed, soon after the test, with them as you say being only 0.2mm over the legal limit. Did you actually measure absolutely all the way round each tyres circumference and across their whole width, to ensure there wasn't any area of tread that may have actually got down to 1.6mm?


I think you have this the wrong way round: James will have measured more than one spot, and thereby determined that they're barely legal. I wouldn't be surprised to find the tester only glanced at the tyres and used his calibrated eyeball to suggest that they're a failure. Then the salesman service advisor upped the ante with the dangerous to drive/illegal to return the car bullshit because tyres are an easy thing to sell and an excellent boost to his profit percentages.

I haven't got this the wrong way round - I merely queried whether James had in fact checked religiously all the way round the circumference, rather than in several random spots - we know that once a tester at a main dealer gets a sniff of low tyre tread, then they will check the tyre in detail to find any area below the required 1.6mm to possibly get some sell up..
And yes, I should have said 1.6mm across the central 3/4's of the tread depth, not the whole width..... ::)

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