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[Nick W]

Sounds like it's long overdue a reincarnation. So send it off to become bean tins.

[Doctor Gollum]

If it has been parked up for 11 years, why is any of that a surprise?

A bit of time and effort and you will have a reasonable, low mileage example of what continues to be a pretty decent car.

I wouldn't be to hung up on the steering wheel position... The adjustable one only has three positions: up, middle, down, and it's hinged at the front of the dash and it has no reach adjustment.

Personally, I would start by cleaning it inside and out, and then go through it to form a list of jobs and go from there.

Trying to start it will be a waste of time as it will probably need a fuel pump, hoses etc... It's not like trying to revive a carb fuelled relic... Before you know it, you'll be £300 into it and it will still look like shit.

Clean it, assess the corrosion and go from there If you don't have the inclination to do that, then the Omega probably isn't for you. In which case, you may as well list it on ebay/Facebook market place and let someone else deal with it. You'll probably get more than scrap for it too...

[Turbonutter666]

In answer to the previous reply, yes I’m handy with a set of spanner’s, I was a mechanic many years ago but do something else for a living now.
So if anyone is interested, I tried starting it with a gallon of fresh fuel, it wouldn’t fire. I put a small amount directly into the air intake and it fired straight away so the engine is still good. It has no fuel supply. So I have removed the cover from the fuel pump, Both the supply and return hoses were bone dry. The pump has power going to it but the pump is dead. I take the cover off and find a murky mess at the bottom of the tank, that a fresh gallon of fuel ruined! But I might drain it out with a hand pump, filter it and put it back in. The hoses inside the tank were flat, they have collapsed and also they are tacky like they are decomposing. Now I’m going to source a new fuel pump, new fuel filter and replace any perished hoses.
The car itself apart from deteriorated paint and a little rust is in relatively good condition for its age, it’s kind of worth resurrecting it just to teach my son a bit about cars.

[Andy B]

I'm interested   

[cam.in.head]

all a matter of your own personal interest and opinion but if it were me :
i would love to have one of my parents cars back in the family but sadly both my parents and all the cars we had are now long gone but then i am quite a sentimental person and still have lots of my parents stuff in the house which has been our family home since i was about 5.
the fact that its a 100% known vehicle,low mileage and doesnt sound like much to get it all sorted would also sway my desision to do it. but as i say its personal choice .
you might not get a chance again and once its gone its gone forever !

[Turbonutter666]

Today for some reason I have been thinking a lot about this poxy car and couldn’t resist passing by my mums house to have a look at it. It does have some sentimental value so for that reason alone I will give it a chance. I have removed the fuel pump, I will test it later but it’s going to be knackered. The fuel tank cover is ok on the outside but inside it’s quite rusty, the internal terminals for the pump and sender unit are a little corroded but possibly fixable. The sender units wiring has completely perished, it’s also quite stiff, I will try to restore it but I doubt it will work. The hoses are literally melted into a horrible black goo at the bottom of the tank, it just took 10mins to get off my fingers.
I could do with a little advice though, the fuel pump and sender unit sit inside a plastic cowling, I need to remove this to replace the perished fuel hose at the bottom also to clear up as much of the nasty residue as possible from the bottom of the tank. I have a workshop manual but cannot find any mention of how to remove this, can anyone help??? I’m presuming it’s just clipped in but I forgot my inspection lamp and was working with my iPhone torch trying not to drop it into the tank!
Any help would be much appreciated.

[Doctor Gollum]

Three tabs, evenly spaced around the top edge, and the basket simply lifts out

[STEMO]

Some pics here

https://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=147966.15

[Turbonutter666]

It not the fuel pump I’m trying to remove, the fuel pumps sits inside a plastic cradle that’s removed by loosening the 3 clips and it easily lifts out, that’s been done the sender unit is also out, again easy to remove.
It’s the plastic shroud that sits in the bottom of the tank that the fuel pump, the fuel pump housing and sender unit sit in that I need out to replace the hose and flush the tank.
I could move it slightly, it’s loose like it’s clipped in but I couldn’t see any obvious clips at the bottom of the tank partly because of inadequate lighting and my workshop manual has no info.
A previous reply had a link with a picture that was the pump and is housing not the shroud.
Does anyone have any more specific advice?

[STEMO]

It not the fuel pump I’m trying to remove, the fuel pumps sits inside a plastic cradle that’s removed by loosening the 3 clips and it easily lifts out, that’s been done the sender unit is also out, again easy to remove.
It’s the plastic shroud that sits in the bottom of the tank that the fuel pump, the fuel pump housing and sender unit sit in that I need out to replace the hose and flush the tank.
I could move it slightly, it’s loose like it’s clipped in but I couldn’t see any obvious clips at the bottom of the tank partly because of inadequate lighting and my workshop manual has no info.
A previous reply had a link with a picture that was the pump and is housing not the shroud.
Does anyone have any more specific advice?

Hmmmm......next time you take a peek in there, use a match for light? 

Sorry 

[Doctor Gollum]

Drop the tank and drain/clean it properly. 

The fuel lines etc are already disconnected, so it's really just a question of jacking the car to sit the back end on ramps and undoing the straps. 

At least that way you know you are working safely and can steam/wash all the gunge out of it.

[Turbonutter666]

Thanks for the help, I will have another look on Sunday. In the meantime I will try to work out how to remove the shroud inside the tank to replace the hose, fully drain the tank and clear out the nastiness resting on the bottom.
I also need to source a new fuel pump and internal filter, sender unit, hoses, tank cover, cover gasket and inline fuel filter. All for a car I will probably never use but it’s a bit of fun getting it going again.

[Doctor Gollum]

There's a pair of hoses from the top plate. One goes to the pump outlet as a kind of pig tail. The other one is a straight run to the base of the housing as the return... this simply sits there as far as I can recall. It has been a while, but I have changed several Omega pumps.