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Omega General Help / Re: major problem peeps

« on: 03 March 2010, 15:13:39 »

have you changed the fuel filter yet ?

I realise it should make a difference with engine hot and cold, but on past experience
(not omega's granted ), any fuel problems are much more obvious when engine warm and not running a rich mixture on "choke"

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Omega General Help / Re: major problem peeps

« on: 02 March 2010, 15:56:00 »

would there be any codes for the lamda sensors ?

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Omega General Help / Re: major problem peeps

« on: 02 March 2010, 15:30:00 »

I had to rev mine REALLY hard to get the multirams to move. (98 v6)

Give it a few blips then full throttle and trust in the rev limiter !

About to change my fuel filter too, be interesting to see what difference it makes 

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Omega General Help / Re: Breakers in Wales

« on: 04 March 2010, 13:35:25 »

the caerleon place has the bits i need for now cheers

worth a look at pengam though   

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Omega General Help / Re: Breakers in Wales

« on: 04 March 2010, 12:54:20 »

caerleon looks good , i'll try them first

cheers   

got 1 or 2 things to sort then its up for sale !

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Omega General Help / Breakers in Wales

« on: 04 March 2010, 12:35:59 »

any recommended breakers in S wales please ?

work in Llanelli, live in Pontypool so anywhere south of the heads of the valleys would do !

and ideally they would have 1 or 2 migs in 

cheers   

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Omega General Help / Re: egr bypass

« on: 05 March 2010, 11:57:31 »

cheers   

seems worth doing then,l will try it when i chnange the 'zorst

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Omega General Help / Re: egr bypass

« on: 05 March 2010, 10:47:47 »

is there much benefit in blanking the egr on a 2.5 petrol then   ?

ta

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Omega General Help / Re: egr bypass

« on: 05 March 2010, 08:45:50 »

just diesels then ?

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Omega General Help / Re: egr bypass

« on: 04 March 2010, 12:10:21 »

out of interest, whats the benefit of bypassing the egr ?

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Omega General Help / Re: Camber question (not in guide )

« on: 25 February 2010, 08:35:24 »

your reading is correct - the camber decreases as the suspension lifts.

there are a couple of things to bear in mind here.....

more negative camber makes the car "turn in " better ( the technical term is "camber-thrust" ), but this is at the cost of feeling more nervous (or more "alive" if you prefer) and can be at the cost of increased tyre wear and some tram-lining.
It also depends on what profile tyres you have - lower profile tyres tolerate negative camber worse than higher profile tyres.

I set the camber to -2 degrees on the track-day car and around -1 degree on the road cars. Seems to work quite well. Adjusted always at a representative weight for what the car is used for, so if it's always only you in the car and you always keep the fuel tank full, then that's how you should have it adjusted.

Makes sense ! steering is much better now but still "lively" on some surfaces.  -1 deg it is then.

thanks again for all the help 

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Omega General Help / Re: Camber question (not in guide )

« on: 24 February 2010, 08:53:48 »

ring wim, they'll recomend... so i've read.
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www.alignmycar.com will give alist of places with the hawk alignment gear, but many (my local ) dont want to set things outside the factory specs (preloaded into machine)

the weights as standard are 70kg in driver and pass fronts seats.

Thanks for the advice, i'll keep a close eye on the tyres and budget for 2 new fronts and a visit to WIM soon.  Are they competetive on tyre prices ?

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Omega General Help / Camber question (not in guide )

« on: 23 February 2010, 13:58:04 »

had the tracking done this morning, was miles out, 2 degrees altogether !! steering now light years better !

as the garage had the hawk gear, also had the camber checked as it was free with tracking 

-1 deg 50' with  left, -2 deg right with weights as vaux set up, so in tol.

W.I.M recommend -1 10' with no weight

question is, will the camber decrease with weights removed or increase ?

I thought it would decrease, putting mine out of spec and making a visit to wim worthwhile.
Local place wouldn't (couldn't) adjust to my specs ...

Any thoughts ?

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Omega General Help / Re: Aux belt pulleys

« on: 24 February 2010, 14:59:25 »

Thats ace ! Cheers Entwood   

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Omega General Help / Re: Aux belt pulleys

« on: 24 February 2010, 14:14:14 »

Cheers fellas 

Is it as simple as levering the pulley over and slipping the belt off ? Maybe after taking a photo to get the routing right, pretty serpentine down there