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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Headlight Range

« on: 11 January 2023, 12:51:32 »

Well now I am confused................maybe not unusual now given my increasing age!!......but yes I am!

I have removed all four wheels and inspected the area surrounding the suspension struts and arms.  But all I found was as in the following picture (after I had soaked the device with WD40), which was on the suspension arm of the rear offside.  It is nothing like the device I used to find, and once replaced, on previous Omega's.


The arms and joints of this device were all intact and are an improvement on the ones previously seen, although it is still so exposed.

So, what does this change with a 2003 3.2 miggy mean?  What am I missing. Is this one device the issue that must be resolved, or is there another device hidden elsewhere please?

99% of the time it's the front sensor on the wishbone, no the rear one pictured

182

General Car Chat / Re: Reducing car collection

« on: 10 January 2023, 22:20:16 »

Don't need to change the car, just the number plate 

HRH 1 should be fine....!

183

General Car Chat / Re: Reducing car collection

« on: 10 January 2023, 22:00:40 »

Diesels need to Euro 6 compliant with all the crap that entails.

Mine isn't but I knew that when I bought it.

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Omega General Help / Re: 1994 Omega x20xev cooling fan constantly on full

« on: 10 January 2023, 21:46:40 »

Had similar on one of the old DTi's. Smacking one of the Orange under bonnet relays resolved the issue until a new one was fitted. Be worth a check but if relay is clicking it sounds more like a sensor.

185

General Car Chat / Re: Reducing car collection

« on: 10 January 2023, 21:42:09 »

Sad times  :'(

I'm fortunate that currently pretty much any trips which encounter ULEZ are for work so I can claim it back. If I need to go to a ULEZ zone for non-work I use the 3.2 Omega which is ULEZ compliant.

Not sure how long that situation will last but hoping when I replace the daily (530D) second hand ULEZ compliant cars will be more affordable.... mind you, I suspect when every motorway is a Smart (Smart Motorways, don't get me started on that b0110cks!!!!) Motorway then the powers that be will have all the ANPR camera's they need to start charging for road use per mile......

RANT OVER LOL

186

General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 09 January 2023, 15:50:31 »

The BBP passed its MOT this morning

Nice one.

187

General Discussion Area / Re: sat navs

« on: 05 January 2023, 22:04:17 »

Give me an up to date built in Sat Nav over a phone any day. But hey, if we were all the same it'd be a boring World.

Yes, but it's a) French, b) relatively new, so retrofitting will be a complete nightmare and really expensive. And might not achieve anything.

Hell, a £20 Tom Tom off ebay would be more use from the sound of it... 

Without the specifics of the vehicle, the installed unit and the software version it's impossible to know what might be possible. But yes, take your point about the vehicle being French so who knows!

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General Discussion Area / Re: sat navs

« on: 05 January 2023, 21:50:23 »

Give me an up to date built in Sat Nav over a phone any day. But hey, if we were all the same it'd be a boring World.

189

General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?

« on: 03 January 2023, 22:02:01 »

People who drive with DRL's  in poor visibility not realising that they have no rear lights on.

I reprogrammed mine so that both front and rears are on together*, although I fully agree with what you are saying. Also, people who forget that the Auto Lights sensor doesn’t know when it’s foggy.

*With VagCom you have the option of selecting ‘Scandinavian Mode’, which puts the rear lights on as well.

Did the same on the 530D, think it was the ECE option (European setting)

190

General Discussion Area / Re: What are you guys doing on Christmas day??

« on: 24 December 2022, 21:48:28 »

When is Christmas Day? Need to get presents and food etc......

191

General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 22 December 2022, 21:20:46 »

Well it will be an expensive lesson for the <insert current politically correct term>, not to regularly check oil.  Mind you, wouldnt the red pressure light have come on before the engine fully let go?

If it's anything like the pressure sensor on the 1.2's they tend to fail regularly, often when you pull the electrical connector off the oil starts to drip out!

192

General Discussion Area / Re: AA - Gold Card member (Renewal time)

« on: 21 December 2022, 21:58:47 »

Cheapest fuel i've seen in recent months is here:-

https://www.darobertsfuels.co.uk/

So if your ever around Whitchurch and need fuel i'd check them out, as long as you don't mind queuing.

Price as of 20/12 were £1.33.9 for Petrol and £158.9 for Diesel

193

General Discussion Area / Re: Sack of shite

« on: 21 December 2022, 19:15:02 »

Nice one. 

194

General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 21 December 2022, 19:12:41 »

The chinese clones, I found, look bright, but lack illumination after a few months, if that makes sense.

Hence now I stick to the big brands (esp as on the XJ, changing the bulbs is a bumper off job)

In my experience the cheap HID's tend to not strike every time when they are a month or so old so after dabbling with them I've just stuck with Phillips 4800K In the Omega's i've owned / still own.

BMW and Volvo (Both HID) seem fine, not sure if either have been replaced by previous owners or not.

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 20 December 2022, 16:18:22 »

it was caked in mud and salt 

Doesn't that protect the paintwork

That rocksalt/sugar beet mix they use is fantastic at getting brake dust off the wheels 

I suppose I could say 'Not my car, not my problem', but hey, every car in the family appears to be my problem!!