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Omega General Help / Re: Poxy cold weather
« on: 16 December 2022, 19:15:11 »
Does the 2.0 have the same cam position sensor issues that the 2.2 has?
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General Discussion Area / Re: Genuinely, the end of an era .
« on: 09 December 2022, 08:47:52 »Would you settle for DC3 with your big mac?I've been to this one at Coventry airportI would rather fly on that DC6 than Ryanair.
https://en-gb.facebook.com/Dcdiner15/
And one in Slovakia too, but that's now closed (fallen apart!).
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@-38.6896202,176.0713904,3a,75y,70.32h,88.44t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1swClcRe2pqvO8ATP4kioQgg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 02 December 2022, 07:48:51 »High beam?It's the blue light you need to worry about.Oh, also gained an orange light on the dash, grrrr
When the wheels stop spinning the light should go out.……… or is that a yellow light, it’s been so long I’ve forgotten.
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Omega General Help / Re: Bluetooth obd scanner
« on: 28 November 2022, 09:39:09 »
Does your iphone have Bluetooth?
I thought Apple decided not to support it
You can get WiFi OBD dongles but as pointed out by Nick W you need a decent App to do anything with it.
Scanmyopel works well on Android - don't know if they have bothered to write an App for Apple
I thought Apple decided not to support it
You can get WiFi OBD dongles but as pointed out by Nick W you need a decent App to do anything with it.
Scanmyopel works well on Android - don't know if they have bothered to write an App for Apple
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General Discussion Area / Re: 3D Printer Chat
« on: 28 November 2022, 07:10:56 »26 hours via A380 .....Bishop Auckland isn't too far up the M1Is it their Xmas pressie? If so, you need to wait for the big fat bloke to come down the chimney.He'll be waiting a long time , I don't travel as far as Auckland to do roofing or chimney repairs
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General Discussion Area / Re: 3D Printer Chat
« on: 26 November 2022, 02:58:00 »Last week SWMBO suggested that we should look at getting a 3D printer ¨for the children¨Oops! I think I've just pressed the button on a 3D printer.You know it makes sense
What did you go for?
An Ender 3 Pro.
I went and collected an Ender 3 S1 Pro this morning. Haven been allowed to open it yet..............
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Omega General Help / Re: 2002 2.2 auto engine cooling
« on: 20 November 2022, 01:26:30 »If the needle/gauge worked before, then that suggests a faulty thermostat.I think Verulam has a 4 pot, not a V6
It happens and it wouldn't be the first time that cheap shyte from the likes of Eurocrapparts didn't work as advertised.
Wahler would be a reasonable choice or AC Delco (Cadillac Catera 3.0 amongst other GM models) presuming Peugeot can no longer be arsed to offer any parts for the Omega.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Truss' speech
« on: 05 October 2022, 16:53:14 »
Edward Heath went to a grammar school.
Can't think of anything positive to say about his time as PM......
Can't think of anything positive to say about his time as PM......
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General Car Chat / Re: AGM v not AGM
« on: 06 August 2022, 16:03:14 »If stop/start cars with AGM batteries have beefier alternators, is there not a danger that a normal battery would get 'over cooked' by the alternator and go bang?the chemistry is still the same so the target voltage should be the same (14.7v?)
The impedance in the battery will probably limit the maximum current rather than the alternator.
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General Car Chat / Re: AGM v not AGM
« on: 05 August 2022, 22:30:44 »
Stop-start gives the battery a work out - potentially causing a reduction in battery life
I thought that AGM batteries were developed in an attempt to try to make the battery last a bit longer.
My guess is that you won't notice any difference if you can manage to avoid using the stop-start. What we need is someone to drop a standard battery in and report back on longevity - can you think of anyone curious enough to try ?
I thought that AGM batteries were developed in an attempt to try to make the battery last a bit longer.
My guess is that you won't notice any difference if you can manage to avoid using the stop-start. What we need is someone to drop a standard battery in and report back on longevity - can you think of anyone curious enough to try ?
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Omega General Help / Re: OIl leak and blue smoke
« on: 24 July 2022, 04:01:17 »Thanks for all the advicemore like no no no
Going to have a proper look tomorrow. Can i start the engine with the plenum removed to see where oil may ne cming from or is that a no no
There will be no throttles attached so If it starts it will be like starting the engine with the throttle pedal mashed into the carpet.
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 22 July 2022, 10:28:07 »My C-type Jaguar replica is due to go to the painter's this Monday, and I asked the paint honcho to look up Jaguar BRG..... he just called to say there were at least five different shades. And a search for BRG threw up 24 shades. I am looking for the very dark green used on the works racing C-types and D-types.Good luck with that one.
Does anybody have the correct colour code for a modern equivalent? We are not allowed to use cellulose any more, but I am told that the people in the paint shop are able to mix a two-pack to give a slightly mattish finish much like the appearance of cellulose. But I want to get the shade of green exactly right. Can anybody help?
A quick search with google brings up a series of green c-types (plus a red one and a polished aluminium one). All the green ones are a different shade - it looks to me as though each one was mixed on the day with no reference to a colour chart.
On that basis I think you can legitimately pick a photo of the one you like best and ask them to mix that one for you
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Omega General Help / Re: X30XE timing belt - what am I looking at ?
« on: 18 July 2022, 11:29:34 »Job jobbed - thanks for the guidance folksI wasted time and money fitting new leads & DIS coils to try to fix a slight misfire on my first V6 - problem was solved when I fitted new spark plugs.Put everything back together, with a bit of superglue for the timing cover and a repack with fresh grease for the aux belt tensioner pulley. Seems to run more smoothly - though that could just be imaginary having discovered one bank was previously a tooth out on the timing.
Of course, now that the tensioner pulley isn't making a screeching racket, I can hear what sounds like a very faint miss, or a splutter. It's only about every five or eight seconds apart, rather than constant and it seemed to fade away as the engine warmed up. Ah well, that'll give me something to look into next time, I guess...
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 15 July 2022, 10:28:14 »It might be quicker/easier/cheaper to fit some airbags
Oh and had a second spring order cancelled. By Larkspeed this time.
If I can't get them direct from Bilstein, they'll have to come from Mercedes... Which I might just do for the sake of simplicity