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Omega General Help / Experts near Gatwick?

« on: 30 August 2010, 00:41:35 »

Now I've got an Omega I'm sure I'll soon be needing the help of one of the OOF mechanical wizards.  Are any of you within sane driving distance of the Gatwick Airport area, M25 junction 8?

Thanks!

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Omega General Help / List of trim options

« on: 17 August 2010, 16:09:52 »

Does anybody have a list of what features came as standard on each trim level of Omega? 

Seems there are so many toys on the car that advertisers can’t be bothered to list half of them, and sometimes don’t even know they are there.  Saw an Elite the other day where the seller had no idea that he had cruise until I showed him! 

I guess that options changed over the years but I reckon it would still be useful to buyers to know what they can generally expect to find on a CDX that isn't on a CD, frinstance. 

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Newbie Welcome Area / Evening all

« on: 22 July 2010, 23:48:39 »

Hi Guys

In the market for an Omega so thought I’d join the forum and try to learn a little. 

Had a Carlton Diplomat for many years until an old codger in a hat decided to write it off with his Volvo.  Got a Transit for a few years just because, at the time, I had so much stuff to move around.  Now intending to get the fillings put back in my teeth, ditch the earplugs and return to civilised motoring. 

I guess I’m looking for the quietest and most comfortable way to do 400 mile motorway trips for under £1500, which I reckon has to be an Omega.  Probably an early facelift 2.6 or 3.2 auto estate.  Or maybe I’ll stump up the extra to get one of the late ones and enjoy the last of a dying breed. 

Anyway, thanks for a really great forum - a mine of practical information and loads of brilliant characters.   

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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Wanted - spark plug shroud (DBW)

« on: 11 October 2010, 22:16:56 »

Mods – please could you move to Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted?

I’m looking for one of the flexible rubber legs from the coil pack of a facelift V6.  The part that reaches down into the plug well and covers the spark plug cap and insulation. 

Vx say they are supplied as part of the coil pack itself and not available separately.  So I’m hoping that somebody has replaced a faulty coil pack recently and has one of its three rubber spark plug shrouds going spare. 

Thanks!   

35

General Car Chat / Legal to drive a refused MoT?

« on: 29 July 2011, 18:15:13 »

As above - is it legal to drive a car that has been refused an MoT if it still has time left on its old ticket?

My younger daughter has been offered a scrap car for beer money, with six months of MoT still left.  She is proposing to put it through an MoT now just to get an idea of any safety issues that need to be fixed.  She wants to know if she can still drive it if it fails on air freshener or the like. 

36

General Car Chat / Holden VE Commodore

« on: 25 July 2011, 23:06:33 »

Following on from the Worst car in the world thread, which is somehow about Omegas now  , I was thinking about GM's Ausie Omega successor, the Holden VE Commodore.  I’m sure it will never be seen in Old Blighty but...

Is it any good?

Is it anything like an Omega?

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General Car Chat / Typical Omega moment

« on: 09 June 2011, 01:50:44 »

Turning right sedately at a cross-roads on a green right turn filter, I notice there is a motorbike undertaking the opposing traffic queue fast enough that he will most likely shoot his red light and hit my passenger side.  Too late to brake, so I put the foot down hoping to clear the junction quickly. 

Revs rise, TC flashes, no acceleration.  Ease off the juice, can I have my car back please?  Nope, not until TC is good and finished, and it will write me a letter to tell me when that eventually happens. 

Bike did run the light but, fortunately, managed to swerve behind me – only just though. 

Is all TC like this, or is it just Omegas?
 

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General Car Chat / Slack timing belt

« on: 04 June 2011, 23:48:42 »

Did the timing belt today.  Now running fine, no issues and the OOF DVD was spot on – thanks guys.

But first sight the old belt made my heart miss a beat – slack as a tart’s, er... morals. 

http://s1006.photobucket.com/albums/af181/astclair2/Omega/?action=view&current=Cambelt02.jpg
(sorry about url - problem with image embedding, probably beer)

The tensioner was torqued up OK and in a plausible position but the indicator sat on its end stop whatever the crank position.  Turned out the top idler/adjuster was just finger tight, and flapping about like Stephen Fry’s windsock. 

The take home message for me is that adjusting the eccentric wotsit anticlockwise loosens the fixing bolt, and torque really must be re-checked even after the smallest adjustment. 

How it didn’t slip a tooth or three I will never know – I count myself very lucky. 

 8-)

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General Car Chat / Opie Oils discount

« on: 27 May 2011, 12:46:01 »

Opie Oils are giving a discount off everything this weekend.  10% off for signing up to their emails, then another 15% for typing the code WEEKEND as you check out.  I reckon that is 23.5% off.

Doesn't apply if you already get trade.

FWIW  :-/

40

General Car Chat / Albatross strikes again!

« on: 24 May 2011, 21:47:31 »

Driving down an A road at 60, THUD, total whiteout.  TB’s Giant Super Mega Albatross has struck again! 

It took quite a while for the wipers to clear enough to see out at all – if I’d been overtaking I’d likely be a deedyin. 

Pulled into the next layby for a better cleanup job and saw that the first impact had actually been on the bonnet.  Is spread out in a V shape 2 feet wide and covered the entire driver’s side of the screen.  If they've already got the technology for bouncing bombs, will it be air blasts next?

Anyway, are albatrosses really that big?  I reckon it must be martians! 
 

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General Car Chat / Cheap four-door?

« on: 21 May 2011, 13:58:55 »

A friend is looking for a cheap second car for the daily commute and short trips around town.  The budget is £2000 and the only requirements are fuel economy (but still petrol), reliability, and must be a four- or five-door. 

She doesn’t care about image, performance or comfort – just reliable and cheap to run. 

I guess any of the far-eastern econo-boxes are the thing to go for, but I’m right out of touch with the market.  What do you reckon?

42

General Car Chat / Last Omega

« on: 20 May 2011, 15:04:13 »

Quote from the Omega article in Wikipedia:

“On 25 June 2003 last Omega rolled out of the factory in Rüsselsheim - it was a silver 3.2L V6 Omega B FL number 797,011.” 

Does anyone know where it is?  On the road or in a GM museum perhaps? 

I guess it is probably a LHD Opel - what about the last UK Vauxhall one?

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General Car Chat / Trade Club website

« on: 04 May 2011, 14:26:06 »

The TC website is back up!   

44

General Car Chat / Fuel saver magnets

« on: 30 April 2011, 12:07:32 »

Talking of snake oil, do these fuel saver magnets actually do anything?  Anyone admit to actually having tried them?

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General Car Chat / OOF discount at WIM

« on: 14 November 2010, 17:33:59 »

Called WIM at Chesham the other day, very helpful bloke who clearly knew his onions.  But he told me that membership of OOF the forum didn't qualify me for any doscount - I needed to be a member of the Omega Owners' Club for that. 

Any thoughts?  Does the Omega Owners' Club even exist? (I am already a member of ABS.)