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Omega General Help / Re: Autobox problem

« on: 26 July 2023, 15:42:50 »

Sorry, I've only just seen your message.

If you've topped up the fluid to the right level and it's still slipping and banging etc, then it's goosed. Time for a new (to you) AR35.... (or a very expensive overhaul job)

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Omega General Help / Re: 3.2 Thermostat.

« on: 26 July 2023, 00:50:54 »

It's worth a go to try and get the transfer tube loose. I tend to keep the stat housing bolted to the block, undo the b@stard bold and remove the lifting eye, etc.... and slowly work the tube back and forth a little bit using a pair of good, large mole grips, with a thick towel around the tube.

I'd estimate my rate of success of saving the tube, at between 60% / 70%. There is nothing to loose. You can also apply a bit of heat.

Half an hours work can easily save you £50+.

In summary.... if it's a project that's off the road anyway, have a go at separating it. If it's a daily driver which you rely on.... get the replacement tube in advance in case it breaks on removal

Also, don't bother trying to put a new stat in the old housing. The houses vary in flange sizes etc and I once fitted a new stat to an old housing, and it wouldn't open. Created a whole load of work for the sake of saving less than a small round of drinks

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Omega General Help / Re: Omega X30XE emissions problem

« on: 15 July 2023, 11:36:05 »

What is the coolant temperature sensor (on live data, not the gauge) saying from cold (before start)  and then when up to temperature?

I wouldn’t expect to see two cylinders low on compression after a job that thorough. What actually were the readings?

When you poured ATF into those bores, did the compression permanently increase or was it a one off (eg - what are the compressions now?)

You say you fitted new cats - were these pattern / type approved?

You also said the engine appeared Smokey, but thought it might be residual - is it still Smokey now? That will obviously help us know if there’s a longer term mechanical problem.

If the cat converters and engine management sensors were all ok before the engine change then I don’t think one of them has coincidently failed.

I think the problem is more likely to be contained to the areas where work was completed (in this case, the engine internals).

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General Car Chat / Re: TB's buggered motor

« on: 13 July 2023, 13:34:14 »

If you want some mutual support / a curry / few beers then let me know

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General Car Chat / Re: What's The Scam?

« on: 12 July 2023, 13:17:22 »

Here's another example with a different seller. 2014 Discovery 4 with 61,800 miles £7,600. That's a £15k car all day long.    Even if it is brown! 

The sellers profile looks genuine enough, but again he has 100 listings of mostly nice looking but extremely cheap cars for sale.... 

The real owner is asking £22K: https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202306018038946.  You can often locate the original photos used by the fake facebook dealer with a right mouse click, 'search image with google' then 'find image source'.

Reverse image search... love it

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General Car Chat / Re: What's The Scam?

« on: 11 July 2023, 11:44:18 »

But yes. Looks sus to me given her many many car adverts!

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General Car Chat / Re: What's The Scam?

« on: 11 July 2023, 11:43:51 »

This Range Rover Ad is a good example.

It's a crap advert, but a 2009 Range Rover for £4600 in seemingly good condition? 

The MOT history is sketchy to say the least, and the mileage is recorded at 73,875 in April, but that's very cheap!

Check out the seller details and other items. She has 98 listings mostly cars with a few tractors thrown in! 

What's going on? 

My Range Rover is only 7 years older than that one, and I can’t get a grand for it ….

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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / iCarsoft diagnostic scanner / live data (all systems)

« on: 10 July 2023, 11:15:09 »

I have here an iCarsoft i908 device. It’s for VW / Audi / Skoda. It will read, reset, and do live data from all systems inc engine, transmission, airbag, ABS ETC.

£55 posted. It’s like new with the original manual and carry case. I bought it to sort a relatives car and it’s only ever been used once.

They are a lot more than this on mainstream selling sites

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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Wanted - 2 wheels any type any tyres

« on: 08 July 2023, 22:03:49 »

Wanted - two wheels to fit Omega please. Any tyres even flat ones. It’s just to keep a breaker rolling to go on a truck

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General Car Chat / Re: Cooked it

« on: 30 June 2023, 17:59:37 »

You’d never get £1500 for this one with the paintwork even when mechanically sound.

Plus I can rob parts needed to get the 3.2 Elite project on the road, saving  at least £400

Plus I just made £300 by weighing in the cats off it and selling a couple of interior bits. I reckon done right I will see upwards of £600 just from breaking it …..

Hence my logic of using two cars to make a goodun out of the Elite. Which is lush. With a stainless exhaust 

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General Car Chat / Re: Cooked it

« on: 30 June 2023, 17:58:13 »

So what do you think went wrong?  98K miles is low for a V6.  Obviously wasn't the belt but also doesn't sound like just one piston/valve failing.

You could pick up a nice V6 manual, the dealer cut the price again this week - now half what he was aking and almost reasonable: https://www.ebay.co.uk/rvh/255972485536?rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.m148105.l48144

It emptied a load of coolant. For some reason the level warning nor the gauge told me anything was wrong, which meant I continued smoking a load of hot hatches half of its age, until I cooked it like a chicken.

Very little warning anything was amiss until I saw the smoke in the rear view mirror. By the time I was somewhere I could safely stop, it was absolute toast.

I would usually get the heads off, but just before it died, it had a really nasty rattle under light load… maybe caused by the oil getting so hot? Regardless, I suspect bottom end damage which is what’s making me think it’s not a viable fix ….

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General Car Chat / Re: Cooked it

« on: 27 June 2023, 20:57:47 »

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General Car Chat / Cooked it

« on: 27 June 2023, 20:54:09 »

My lovely 2.6 which passed her MOT literally three or four days ago.

Savagely cooked to death on the motorway.

I had a Seat Leon on my arse, so gave it some beans to create some distance before moving back in.

Looked in rear view mirror - loads and loads of white looking smoke.

Was too dangerous to stop (no hard shoulder at that point) so carefully kept going. Smoke seemed to clear. No rise in temp gauge or coolant level warnings.

Three miles before the next junction (services), a load of really nasty ratting, power loss, and dead as a dodo.

Fair to say it’s cooked.

I will be robbing the parts I want to make my 3.2 good, and then breaking it. Real shame but, the paint is poor, and now with a goosed engine, she is toast

RIP

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General Discussion Area / Re: Washing Machine woes

« on: 27 June 2023, 01:32:05 »

I have the space / capability to do the first test run outside 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Washing Machine woes

« on: 27 June 2023, 01:31:22 »

Christ! All for the sake of a bearing that costs a few quid!

Quite. It's at the stage of nothing to lose. I am going to have a go at cutting the bastid apart and re-sealing it! Nothing to lose other than a couple of hours. I'm sure I can get bearings from a generic supplier