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Omega General Help / Re: Drive shafts
« on: 19 February 2022, 14:34:10 »Six bolts to the hub and they pop out of the diff
6 bolts and the big nut for the wheel end ?
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6 bolts and the big nut for the wheel end ?
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Omega General Help / Re: Drive shafts
« on: 19 February 2022, 13:15:53 »Believe they're the same. Diff ratio shouldn't matter
Just ordered a bearing.
Snowing now so 'dangle berries' to laying on mud to remove the shafts
Do these shafts come out easy ?
Off to look at a CR-V tomorrow morning
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General Car Chat / Re: Volvo XC90
« on: 19 February 2022, 10:57:26 »]
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I had a thing for these cars long before Nige Entwood took the plunge.
......
Whatever happened to Nige?
Not been online here for 12 months
Hope he is okay
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Omega General Help / Drive shafts
« on: 19 February 2022, 10:54:07 »
Need a quick fix for the car.
Nearside driveshaft is rattling and clicking away like a person of dubious parentage.
This is the side that the shocker top sheared off last summer so not surprised really.
I have a 3.7 diff and 2 decent shafts on the breaker but due to the amount of crap around the car, only the offside shaft is easily accessible.
Are these shafts sided ?
In other words, will offside fit nearside ?
TIA
Nearside driveshaft is rattling and clicking away like a person of dubious parentage.
This is the side that the shocker top sheared off last summer so not surprised really.
I have a 3.7 diff and 2 decent shafts on the breaker but due to the amount of crap around the car, only the offside shaft is easily accessible.
Are these shafts sided ?
In other words, will offside fit nearside ?
TIA
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General Car Chat / Re: Volvo XC90
« on: 18 February 2022, 22:49:54 »Hmm... Decisions, decisions...
Are you looking at my dream allroad in Skipton Al ??
I don't know about this seller but the bloke before was a motorcycle racer who used it to pull his bike around the country hence it was well looked after
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General Car Chat / Re: Volvo XC90
« on: 18 February 2022, 21:27:00 »Thanks lads
Did a bit of research this morning (MOT's ect) before work and decided to scratch this one firmly off the list.
Got offered a very honest A6 Allroad last night for 3 grand but the 600 quid road tax made me cry
With the omega's MOT up in September, I always get the temptation to jump at this time of year.
The omega's rear nearside driveshaft has started clicking away on monday when driving back from a dirty weekend away in Scarborough.
Luckily i've got a 3.7 diff and 2 dry shafts on the breaker which is my job for the weekend which should hopefully keep her fit for the summer pikey van season but sooner or later she is going to have to go :'(
'dangle berries', why is owning cars so frustrating
....tell me about it.
£630 to be exact.
I had a thing for these cars long before Nige Entwood took the plunge.
I know :'( ........... I chased a 10 plate 3ltr A6 Allroad about 3 years ago with a manual gearbox.
Missed out on it then and lord behold its up for sale again in Skipton this week
Looked at the missus with those big puppy dog eyes this morning ............. Divorce was mentioned
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General Car Chat / Re: Honda CR-V 2.2 cdti v-tec 07 ish
« on: 18 February 2022, 21:20:29 »The other consideration with some XC90s and most CRVs is that they are wwd not awd*, so not so great for towing.
* I know the R280Cdi is only two wheel drive, but at least it is the back wheels.
CR-V's normally drive via the front wheels with the rear wheels kicking in via a electronic clutch which is activated when the front ABS sensors detect front wheel slip.
Similar system on most VAG cars (4motion ect)
No manual override
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General Car Chat / Re: Volvo XC90
« on: 18 February 2022, 12:49:56 »At least we can still own and drive them
For now...
True dat
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General Car Chat / Re: Honda CR-V 2.2 cdti v-tec 07 ish
« on: 18 February 2022, 12:46:25 »Thought the question was whether '07 ish Honda CRV diesels / petrols are any good?The list of requirements potentially rules out the smaller SUVs such as the Honda/Rav4 etc.
The previous question was about XC90s, so the R Class isn't that far out of the box
Just fishing cars out of the air tbh.
I have had 5 Omega's over nearly 20 years.
Love them to bits.
Thought i'd probably be buried in one.
I've been doing this dance at this time of year for 2 or 3 years but the omega seems to just go on and on and on ..........
Insurance is up at the end of June. MOT in September. Road tax in December.
I've got about 4 grand cash to play with. Don't do finance ever unless you count paying my car insurance monthly.
The lad has a stage 1 10 plate Civic with the same engine. Once in 3rd gear is is friggin quick. Probably quicker then this Omega and even though he drives it like a 26 year old (idiot) he pulls nearly 40 mpg.
Need to start acting my age and settle down a little
A added bonus is by the end of summer i'll have a dropped kerb and a proper hard standing for 2 or 3 cars so I can tart up the current Omega and sell on OR break it if needs be
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General Car Chat / Re: Honda CR-V 2.2 cdti v-tec 07 ish
« on: 18 February 2022, 12:33:38 »My wife had a '61 plate CRV 2.2 D-TEC EX auto from new; after 7 years she sold it after it clocked 107k. One of the most reliable cars she has ever owned, very comfortable, and deceptionally spacious inside. She loved it, and still went on about it 12 months after it went.
Not the nicest looking of cars, but from a reliablity point of view - couldn't fault it. Only thing that failed on it in 7 years was a parking sensor, which was replaced under warranty.
If you can stretch to one, I'd recommend going for the later D-TEC, rather than the CDTi - an improvement engine wise.
https://www.theaa.com/car-reviews/honda/cr-v/22-i-dtec-ex-auto
Thanks for that
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General Car Chat / Re: Honda CR-V 2.2 cdti v-tec 07 ish
« on: 17 February 2022, 21:29:36 »Any good ?depends what you want to do with it ....
Travel to work
Pull a mid sized van (single axel)
Not intending to paddle through mud or climb mountains
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General Car Chat / Honda CR-V 2.2 cdti v-tec 07 ish
« on: 17 February 2022, 20:04:46 »
Any good ?
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General Car Chat / Re: Volvo XC90
« on: 17 February 2022, 18:23:19 »
Thanks lads
Did a bit of research this morning (MOT's ect) before work and decided to scratch this one firmly off the list.
Got offered a very honest A6 Allroad last night for 3 grand but the 600 quid road tax made me cry
With the omega's MOT up in September, I always get the temptation to jump at this time of year.
The omega's rear nearside driveshaft has started clicking away on monday when driving back from a dirty weekend away in Scarborough.
Luckily i've got a 3.7 diff and 2 dry shafts on the breaker which is my job for the weekend which should hopefully keep her fit for the summer pikey van season but sooner or later she is going to have to go :'(
'dangle berries', why is owning cars so frustrating
Did a bit of research this morning (MOT's ect) before work and decided to scratch this one firmly off the list.
Got offered a very honest A6 Allroad last night for 3 grand but the 600 quid road tax made me cry
With the omega's MOT up in September, I always get the temptation to jump at this time of year.
The omega's rear nearside driveshaft has started clicking away on monday when driving back from a dirty weekend away in Scarborough.
Luckily i've got a 3.7 diff and 2 dry shafts on the breaker which is my job for the weekend which should hopefully keep her fit for the summer pikey van season but sooner or later she is going to have to go :'(
'dangle berries', why is owning cars so frustrating
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General Car Chat / Re: Volvo XC90
« on: 16 February 2022, 22:20:05 »I have a 2012 d5 which i think has the more powerful emgine than the one you are looking at, 31-35mpg over 15 miles of very mixed roads twice a day, massive and not fast, very slow to get moving but once on the move plenty fast enough.
I have only had mine a couple of months but love it so far.
Cheers
Chris
Thanks
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General Car Chat / Re: Volvo XC90
« on: 16 February 2022, 21:55:40 »I believe that IanU on here has/had one so I'm sure he'll respond if he sees this.
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