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General Car Chat / Re: Zafira B 1.6 top end noise.

« on: 04 March 2024, 21:46:34 »

     I will be sure to get my finger in the hole as you suggested, give it a waggle and see if anything's loose. 

I hadn't heard of the inlet manifold baffles before, so that's good news information, thanks 

I stuck my finger in the hole and wasn't convinced ,didn't feel loose at all
Only after I'd cleaned and re-glued the baffles and stuck it back together ,started the engine ,did i believe it would cure the rattle/knock   

I agree with taking the upper cambelt cover off to start with 

My vauxhalls are too OLD to have VVT 

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General Car Chat / Re: Zafira B 1.6 top end noise.

« on: 04 March 2024, 19:19:40 »

clicky 1

clicky 2  

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General Car Chat / Re: Zafira B 1.6 top end noise.

« on: 04 March 2024, 19:06:47 »

what engine code ? Z16XEP and XE1 don't have sprung lifters that fill with oil ,they are more of a cup/shim
Common issue is the baffles in the intake manifold become un-glued ,this results in a NOCK sound (can sound terminal )
I've done this job ,wasn't convinced that the baffle being loose would make such a racket 
so I ordered the shimmed  lifters (set of 8 exhaust)
spent a few hours cleaning, re-sealing the intake
it was cured 
£100 worth of lifter shims came , and are having a "rest" in the parts hoard 

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General Car Chat / Re: Signum woes.

« on: 03 March 2024, 12:39:30 »

It could well need an ATF change ,as many have said 
could also be a wiring fault ,caused by Micky Mouse eating your looms ,so don't rule that out if an ATF change doesn't cure the problem .
sadly such wiring faults can be intermittent
Best of luck 

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Omega Gallery / Re: Project Car

« on: 02 March 2024, 22:20:04 »

That's one way to get the inside of the rear window clean   

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General Car Chat / Who's this ? own up

« on: 23 February 2024, 23:04:12 »

Who's this ?
video YOUTUBE clicky
End of the video @ 10 mins 15 secs
NOT me ,My Omega is  IN -A -STATE  , not AN ESTATE   

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General Car Chat / Re: Lotus Carlton/Omega

« on: 19 February 2024, 12:40:08 »

 
I watched that a while back
I had 4 Carlton saloons ,great cars   
I stuck with 4 pots with mods  and avoided the "boat anchor" engines
I remember someone stuck an Omega V6 in an estate carlton
I have fond memories of the 'totalcarlton.com' (now defunct) days 

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General Car Chat / Re: Car insurance

« on: 13 February 2024, 17:16:28 »

It's not the car with me, I think that counts for very little. It's my age, the area I live in and the 20,000 miles pa that does it.
When wifey's car was set alight about four years ago, the bastard did six others in one night. We were lucky, someone knocked on the door and told us and I managed to put it out with only damage to the rear bumper. One poor fella had his van destroyed, along with his front door and windows. The others were somewhere in between. Seven insurance claims in one night in one postcode, the computer thinks we live in Beirut.

It's also gone up to subsidise rich EV owners who's cars get written off with the slightest scratch because no one wants to fix thermo galactic bombs (EVs)

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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: hello!!

« on: 09 February 2024, 22:32:03 »

 Welcome to the OOF forum. 

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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: Wanted: Rear Saloon window

« on: 09 February 2024, 22:25:08 »

Yeh i'm watching that one while I wait to see if Insurance will pay for the fitting. 

Was wondering if the windscreen fitters over the road from Serek would remove the remnants of the old one and fit this one....

Don't you own an AXE 
couple of tubes of pound shop sealant
job jobbed 

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General Discussion Area / Re: American elections

« on: 08 February 2024, 22:52:57 »

Imagine being an BRITISH, and being asked to choose between THE SHOWER OF S**T We've all read about 

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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: Wanted: Rear Saloon window

« on: 08 February 2024, 19:36:07 »

£120 about 75 miles from you clicky not me 

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Omega General Help / Re: Stolen 3.2 estate

« on: 08 February 2024, 11:58:16 »

wow 
Sorry to hear that 
"stolen from a garage"  your garage ? or was it being repaired at a garage (with keys) ?
Don't let the insurance fob you off with silly , low offer ,trying to find another sorted Omega won't be cheap
best of luck

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?

« on: 06 February 2024, 19:22:31 »

......

Indeed
get the mole grips on it Jamie 
job jobbed

one of the contractors at work ('Lovely Dave .... cos he calls everyone Love, both men & women) did exactly that 3 times! 

that must be 300 quid saved then 

not including the "tooth fairy" payment x 3 

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?

« on: 06 February 2024, 18:08:05 »

Having walked 2 miles to the dentist to have a tooth out, I was told I needed a tooth specialist, and the dentists surgery didn't have any, so need to be referred.  So I walked 2 miles home again.

Its been going on since October, and I've lost count of the number of temporary fillings this tooth has had - including 3 on Friday alone - whilst they play ping pong with whoever the supposed tooth specialist is who keeps rejecting the referral.


How hard can it be?

Just go private for that particular problem, Jaime. You don't have to stay with the private dentist, and I can't see one extraction being that expensive.
Last time I went for a check up, the young lad said I needed to see the hygienist. What? You send schoolchildren to see the hygienist when they're not brushing their teeth properly, not 70 year old men. They are skint, and will do anything to get a few bob out of you. Annual checkups don't cut the mustard. I didn't make an appointment and, if he pushes me next time, I'll tell him to shove it. There is a private dentist just around the corner, and he doesn't insist on regular visits. Toothache=tooth out at my age.

Indeed
get the mole grips on it Jamie 
job jobbed