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Messages - MadOnVaux

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Facelift Double Din Facia
« on: 03 August 2006, 16:39:59 »
Wierd - i know a guy who bought a double din Kenwood for a Vectra C and it didnt fit...are the Omega and Vectra apartures different?...i thought they were exactly the same.

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Facelift ICE options
« on: 05 August 2006, 17:15:04 »
Is it only me then who thinks the facelift standard kit is superb quality?

 I've 'only' got the CDR 2005 single slot CD player in mine and im very very impressed with both the sound quality and clarity, in particular the separation of the various frequencies...and ive been used to Sony, Pioneer & Kenwood kit before this.

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Omega General Help / Re: Diesel Omega anyone....
« on: 21 August 2006, 17:09:06 »
Interesting stuff Stevie  :)

 How did you go with the Magnaflow exhaust?...was it packed to still give you the back-pressure you need or what?...i've been told you have to be wary of altering exhaust systems on diesels as it can destroy the power delivery reagrds the relatively short torque band.

 I was going to get some sort of exhaust, but mainly just for the look's as i hate the std bent pipe, but couldnt be arsed in the end so stuck a twin 3" stainless trim on.

 Im intending to fit a panel filter too shortly, will be Pipercross as ive had experience of them and im very happy with the results...and also a tuning jobby thing-a-magic such as you have fitted...how do you rate the change in drive-a-bility and performance after fittting it?

I know what you mean about the oil seepage between the block and head, i'm going to clean it off mine at some point as it look's awful...I also know what you mean regards the oil in the pipes on the Turbo etc...i was abit shocked at first to see the oil, but thought no more of it.

 Does the horn drive you mad?...it does me, sounds like a bloody Mini-Metro...very un-befitting the size and prestige of the car, cant figure out why Vauxhall only fitted the single tone unit on the DTi, there must be a reason i suppose, maybe a space issue?

 Good to have another 2.2DTi owner on board too :)


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Omega General Help / Re: Diesel Omega anyone....
« on: 17 August 2006, 20:11:23 »
Aye, its on pretty much all of the time...i keep forgetting to press the 'ECO' button  ;)

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Omega General Help / Re: Diesel Omega anyone....
« on: 17 August 2006, 14:34:16 »
The DTi's are by far at their best on the m/way, in 5th at 70mph at about 1500rpm or whatever they sit at  ;), and more importantly, off boost.

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Omega General Help / Re: Diesel Omega anyone....
« on: 16 August 2006, 17:31:49 »
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is that mainly town driving??

 Yes, mainly...and i do a fair bit of fast A & B road driving too, and use almost all the rev range.

 All Turbo'd cars, be them Petrol or Deisel, drink the juice when the Turbo is spinning away, as its forcing loads of air in and thus loads of fuel too.

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Omega General Help / Re: Diesel Omega anyone....
« on: 16 August 2006, 15:04:36 »
I have one, a 2.2 DTi CD 4dr manual, and appeared to be the only member with one on here, before you turned up :)

 Ive only had it just under 4 weeks, and i love the power delivery and the way it cruises...not keen on the roughness of the engine and the vibration through the clutch and gearstick but that is to be expected really with a RWD oil burner.

 I expected it to be saving me huge ammounts in fuel compared to my tuned Calibra 16v, but its not...even though my Ave' MPG is showing 32.5, and the Calibra was 26.8, i seem to get through £40 of deisel in about a week, where as £40 of petrol in the Calibra lasted me 10days at the minimum, and its all the same price up here....i dont consider £160 a month fuel bills to be very good.

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Omega General Help / Re: DTi poor starting when cold?
« on: 19 September 2006, 15:53:21 »
Ok, am i to presume no one is offering any further help because im selling it???  ;)

 Can somone please point/mark-out on this pic as to where the said Fuel Return Pipe(s) is/are please?



Thanks

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Omega General Help / Re: DTi poor starting when cold?
« on: 04 September 2006, 11:26:59 »
Anyone??...i dont want to go into see my mechanics if it will have nothing to do whatsoever with the service?

 also, where abouts exactly will i need to look for this fuel return pipe...i havent the foggiest...i can take a pic of the engine bay if that helps.

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Omega General Help / Re: DTi poor starting when cold?
« on: 03 September 2006, 11:34:08 »
Havent actually looked into this yet  :-[

 Just thinking about it, i think its been worse since it was serviced...could they have done anything that may have affected this, fuel filter or the fuel drain water filter?

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Omega General Help / Re: DTi poor starting when cold?
« on: 19 August 2006, 14:55:40 »
Nice one Ronnie and Mark, ta... i'll have to have a look at them...bet its a specific 'dealer only' part though.

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Omega General Help / Re: DTi poor starting when cold?
« on: 18 August 2006, 16:53:20 »
Mark?

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Omega General Help / Re: DTi poor starting when cold?
« on: 16 August 2006, 17:34:33 »
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That would be my first port of call, the fuel leak off pipes. If air gets into the system it takes some cranking to shift it.

 Nice one Mark thanks...where would they be located please, and what would need rectifying on them?, i presume it will be like a one-way valve type thing, similar to whats in the washer system?

  Im not 'up' on this engine yet...no bloody Haynes manual for my year (I dont think).

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Omega General Help / DTi poor starting when cold?
« on: 16 August 2006, 14:55:41 »
Takes a good few turns over to get started when its cold, like when been stood overnight or while at work for 6-8 hours...and when it eventually starts it flings a cloud of bluey white smoke out of the exhaust...its fine when its warm though, starts pretty much 1st time.

 I managed to speak to the guy that has done all the servicing on it, and he told me the only problem he had with the car was the 'fuel return pipe(s?)', but he thought he'd got it sorted...could this be the route of my problem, as if the fuel is draining away from where it should be held, or something?

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TOOT/Ackerman

 There is deffinately a female porn star with that name...must be.  ;D

 Informative thread mate :)

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