Hi fellow Omega owners. I am on my 2nd Omega and have been reading the forum posts for years. So finally I have taken the plunge. My 1st Omega was a black auto 2002 bought as a stop gap. I serviced it, sorted the wear in the 4 ball joints on the steering rack, 4 wheel alignment, replaced the tyres with worn edges and ran it happily and discovering what cracking motors these Omegas are. Then a month or so before my first MOT it started to burn oil, coating the cat with oil. I did another oil change with Wynn's Stop Smoke but there was no improvement.
So off to the scrap yard where to my surprise I was offered a red 1994 manual 2.5 td with a bit over 130K on the clock. A quick drive around the car park and I decided this was to be my second Omega. It was my 1st diesel and my first turbo'd car. This was quite a different driving experience but I really liked the pre-facelift front end and the fuel economy was great-at least 50% better than the petrol Omega. On the downside it was equipped with an infrared remote key that was hit and miss with no spare. I tried to get another with a local locksmith. He was very helpful and tried to get an infrared spare but with no success. I have run it for a few months and I have really been impressed with what is now a twenty year old car. Then the time for the MOT arrived. I was amazed at how little needed doing. The rear fog lamps worked but wouldn't latch on. A second hand light switch has sorted that. The off side headlamp needed the wire retainer bending to hold the bulb in place. Finally a drop link ball joint needed the rubber boot replacing. But just as another year of Omega motoring seemed sorted, the inevitable happened and the remote stopped disarming the immobiliser ( I think it is just desynchronised) and the car is currently unusable. Fortunately my recently acquired Calibra is just about usable. So I will be seeking the forum members suggestions on the general help forum. Happy omegaing!
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