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Omega General Help / Re: newbie questions

« on: 22 February 2011, 22:09:49 »

The car will sup fuel like theres no tomorrow fill it up and dont let it get less than a quarter full. if youre the type who puts a fiver in every now and again, forget it and buy a diesel fiesta

Why?

I always play the how-low-will-it-go game

So do I I only advised the OP to keep a quarter tank as he 'keeps nearly running out' and he is obviously not as relaxed about it as you and I

I'm not always relaxed - I have known to be 'fully clenched' when playing that game

I know that feeling well, but its worth it when you roll on to the forecourt on fumes, stick another fiver in and drive away safe in the knowledge that you dont have to fill up for another 14 miles

Miss Daisy!

I tend to drive like that when theres only a fiver in

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Omega General Help / Re: newbie questions

« on: 22 February 2011, 22:04:53 »

The car will sup fuel like theres no tomorrow fill it up and dont let it get less than a quarter full. if youre the type who puts a fiver in every now and again, forget it and buy a diesel fiesta

Why?

I always play the how-low-will-it-go game

So do I I only advised the OP to keep a quarter tank as he 'keeps nearly running out' and he is obviously not as relaxed about it as you and I

I'm not always relaxed - I have known to be 'fully clenched' when playing that game

I know that feeling well, but its worth it when you roll on to the forecourt on fumes, stick another fiver in and drive away safe in the knowledge that you dont have to fill up for another 14 miles

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Omega General Help / Re: newbie questions

« on: 22 February 2011, 21:54:11 »

The car will sup fuel like theres no tomorrow fill it up and dont let it get less than a quarter full. if youre the type who puts a fiver in every now and again, forget it and buy a diesel fiesta

Why?

I always play the how-low-will-it-go game

So do I I only advised the OP to keep a quarter tank as he 'keeps nearly running out' and he is obviously not as relaxed about it as you and I

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Omega General Help / Re: newbie questions

« on: 22 February 2011, 21:36:38 »

so far 30 litres of petrol has lasted me about 17,000 miles 

Thats because your car runs mainly on LPG

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Omega General Help / Re: newbie questions

« on: 22 February 2011, 21:33:46 »

Cant tell what quarter of a tank is because the guage isnt work properly,Any ideas where the sensor is?

The sender unit will be in the fuel tank

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Omega General Help / Re: newbie questions

« on: 22 February 2011, 21:21:14 »

The car will sup fuel like theres no tomorrow fill it up and dont let it get less than a quarter full. if youre the type who puts a fiver in every now and again, forget it and buy a diesel fiesta

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Omega General Help / Re: Leaking self levellers

« on: 20 February 2011, 19:05:49 »

Does anyone know for definite whether the standard springs on a 3 litre elite estate fitted with self levellers will be ok to use with standard gas shockers?

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Omega General Help / Leaking self levellers

« on: 20 February 2011, 09:14:21 »

Good morning,
One of my rear self levelling shocks is leaking. if I decide to replace them with ordinary gas shocks, do I need to replace the springs with a different type?
Car is a 97 3ltr elite estate.

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Omega General Help / Re: very high fuel useage

« on: 15 February 2011, 22:35:13 »

As said, its most likely the thermostats stuck . it will never get up to temp on short runs with a duff thermostat.
Replace it

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Omega General Help / Re: Exhaist from my 2.5

« on: 15 February 2011, 19:40:52 »

nno

Wwhy nnot?

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Omega General Help / Re: manifold v6

« on: 15 February 2011, 19:33:34 »

That all depends which side it is. I have only ever changed the gaskets when the heads were off, but I understand that the passenger side can be a bit awkward in situ

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Omega General Help / Re: Rear Springs

« on: 14 February 2011, 22:38:45 »

Do rear springs have a life expectancy.

 I am convinced as a result of the atrociuos condition of the roads the rear end of my Elite is now not handling as it should.A close inspection of the springs shows nothing is broken or missing so I am now looking at the prospect of replacing shocks and springs.

Question is if I buy second hand how do you tell condition of springs as I can only really think if they are not broken do they start to loose there "spring".
Shockers show no leaks and raise and lower with movement of lever sensor so hope they are sound.

My advice is this-: dont buy 2nd hand springs off TheBoy, no matter how shiny they are

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Omega General Help / Re: Rear Springs

« on: 14 February 2011, 22:31:30 »

Because he's had them from new and knows the history completely, not just going on looking quite new

In other words its fine to fit 2nd hand springs as long as they are not shagged

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Omega General Help / Re: Rear Springs

« on: 14 February 2011, 22:20:42 »

2 questions, why did you clean them, and why are you keeping them

So next time I scrap a car, I can remove my Irmscher springs. I wiped them down with WD40 partially to help with corrosion, and partially so the garage doesn't look like a scrapyard (epic fail there...)

I must admit, I am confused :-?

Let's try it another way then... He replaced the springs he has kept with Irmscher ones but doesn't want to scrap the Irmsher ones when the car goes so he can remove them and replace with the original ones

Too many mullti-syllable words there, Mr LD...

Ah, but why would you want to keep 2nd hand Irmsher springs if you dont reccomend fitting 2nd hand springs.
What do you intend to do with them :-/

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Omega General Help / Re: Rear Springs

« on: 14 February 2011, 22:07:54 »

2 questions, why did you clean them, and why are you keeping them

So next time I scrap a car, I can remove my Irmscher springs. I wiped them down with WD40 partially to help with corrosion, and partially so the garage doesn't look like a scrapyard (epic fail there...)

I must admit, I am confused :-?