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Omega General Help / Re: Painting the wiper arms
« on: 30 October 2007, 14:05:51 »
Spot on, cheers mate. 
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Omega General Help / Painting the wiper arms
« on: 30 October 2007, 05:17:33 »
The wiper arms on my car are a bit scruffy - how easy a job would it be to paint them... I'm thinking a satin black finish - obviously its not as fine an art as bodywork, but would I just need some wet-and-dry, a tin of primer, and a tin of paint from Halfrauds or similar?
(Is there a "How-to: Make all the bits no-one looks at look brand new again"?
)
(Is there a "How-to: Make all the bits no-one looks at look brand new again"?
)
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Omega General Help / Re: Increasing 2.2 manual performance ?
« on: 28 October 2007, 17:30:07 »Quote
Buy a V6
I concur, Tuning a smaller engine will work out just as expensive.
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Omega General Help / Re: Power steering fluid
« on: 28 October 2007, 19:36:36 »Quote
If you change it, keep in mind it should be ATF Dexron II, and not Dexron III....
Why is this, out of interest?
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Omega General Help / Re: Break Discs
« on: 26 October 2007, 17:39:26 »Quote
Just realised we only have a disk change guide.
Anyone working / can do a full disk and pad change one?
When I come to do mine, I shall... I'll start on my HBV guide, see what y'all think of my writing "style"...
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Omega General Help / Re: Front quarter bumper trims
« on: 26 October 2007, 17:58:30 »
Top tip - any black plastic trim that's started to grey - back to black is not too good on VX trim... warm it with a hot air gun and it'll blacken permanently again.
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Omega General Help / Re: What does this mean/stand for?
« on: 26 October 2007, 17:47:38 »Quote
Quote.... Can VX still source them? ......
Didn't some one post the price of them recently? Around a grand/£1000 seems to ring a bell. At that price I expect vx have skips full of them left.
Sweet baby deities on rocket-powered monkey bikes... if we all wanted one, do you think they'd do a group buy deal...? (I'm only half-joking...)
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Omega General Help / Re: What does this mean/stand for?
« on: 26 October 2007, 17:37:29 »
For the CIDs... I know they're like rocking horse deposits 2nd hand... but what if one breaks and you ring VX for a new one? Can VX still source them? (Of course, if we had one car with a CID, and quoted that reg number every time we rang, they might get suspicious...)
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Omega General Help / Re: rear passenger heater vents - illuminated?
« on: 25 October 2007, 17:32:29 »
*adds to "list of things he didn't know about his car"*
Have to have a look in an hour or so when it gets dark.
Have to have a look in an hour or so when it gets dark.
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Omega General Help / Re: Quick petrol pump disable
« on: 25 October 2007, 17:22:39 »Quote
QuoteI am very low on petrolCommon problem on the V6
how very true.
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Omega General Help / Re: Hands up who wants to reset my airbag light...
« on: 23 October 2007, 20:13:29 »
PM sent.
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Omega General Help / Hands up who wants to reset my airbag light...
« on: 23 October 2007, 18:32:38 »
...before the HBV debacle, I was off to a couple of mates with diagnostics, thought it worth a try - neither could reset the airbag light on my car. Took it to VX, expecting maybe £20-30 for the job. Ambled in, up to reception, "Meega V6, yadda yadda airabg light yadda reset yadda yadda". "Well, we'll have to book it in, it'll be a cost of £49.99 just for the diagnostic, before we even think of resetting it..." 
"You are kidding me, thats extortionate"
"No sir, you see, its a half hour job, its very complex, and you're taking up the technicians time..."
"Is it heck, you unclip the fusebox cover, plug the cable in, press a few keys, reset the system and thus the light, then hand me back the car"
"Ah, but sir, it's very complex, and the technicians do have their set rate"
"OK then... I also need a radio code for it. what say you do me the airbag light, and send off for the radio code, all for £49.99"
"Ah, but sir, it's on a separate system, we can't just combine the two, even if I order it off my machine"
"I'm coming in here and giving you £50 for a fifteen minute job, and sending a card off in the post, and yu're not even entertaining the offer?"
"Sir, I can't, we are one of the cheapest dealers around, we do have set rates"...
Translation: give us your money, we're not going to budge cause the computer says not to, doesn't matter how cheeky you try to be, we're not going to even try...
Compare this to when I had a Corsa, went to local dealer B - ordered about £140 worth of service kit and brakes, bloke on the parts desk has a furtive look around, then goes "we'll see if we can get you a bit of discount, since you're young, and buying a lot from us"... knocked about £30 off the bill. Without me even asking.
One meant that for the entire time I owned the Corsa, anything I needed I went there. Fuel filler, wiper arm, anything. Good customer service vs shameless profiteering... or am I just being a cheeky beggar? (After all, shy bairns get nowt...)
ETA: Sorry, with my anti-stealer rant, I forgot to ask - who fancies a meetup, avec laptop, to reset my airbag light - I'm based in Teesside, willing to travel once I've fixed the HBV and got the timing belt done...
"You are kidding me, thats extortionate"
"No sir, you see, its a half hour job, its very complex, and you're taking up the technicians time..."
"Is it heck, you unclip the fusebox cover, plug the cable in, press a few keys, reset the system and thus the light, then hand me back the car"
"Ah, but sir, it's very complex, and the technicians do have their set rate"
"OK then... I also need a radio code for it. what say you do me the airbag light, and send off for the radio code, all for £49.99"
"Ah, but sir, it's on a separate system, we can't just combine the two, even if I order it off my machine"
"I'm coming in here and giving you £50 for a fifteen minute job, and sending a card off in the post, and yu're not even entertaining the offer?"
"Sir, I can't, we are one of the cheapest dealers around, we do have set rates"...
Translation: give us your money, we're not going to budge cause the computer says not to, doesn't matter how cheeky you try to be, we're not going to even try...
Compare this to when I had a Corsa, went to local dealer B - ordered about £140 worth of service kit and brakes, bloke on the parts desk has a furtive look around, then goes "we'll see if we can get you a bit of discount, since you're young, and buying a lot from us"... knocked about £30 off the bill. Without me even asking.
One meant that for the entire time I owned the Corsa, anything I needed I went there. Fuel filler, wiper arm, anything. Good customer service vs shameless profiteering... or am I just being a cheeky beggar? (After all, shy bairns get nowt...)
ETA: Sorry, with my anti-stealer rant, I forgot to ask - who fancies a meetup, avec laptop, to reset my airbag light - I'm based in Teesside, willing to travel once I've fixed the HBV and got the timing belt done...
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Omega General Help / Re: Is this the fault of the HBV?
« on: 23 October 2007, 18:02:39 »
Cheers guys. Had a good look now I'm not risking burning my hands on the engine... leak seems to be coming from rear top left of the engine, can't see the HBV itself, but IIRC thats where its located?
ETA: Sorry, reread the first reply, that is where it's at. Appreciate the help guys.
Regards
Pete
ETA: Sorry, reread the first reply, that is where it's at. Appreciate the help guys.
Regards
Pete
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Omega General Help / Is this the fault of the HBV?
« on: 23 October 2007, 17:26:02 »
Ey up
Driving home today, pulled up at a set of lights, steam starts issuing from under the drivers side rear of the bonnet. Got to a safe place to stop, popped the bonnet, its lost only a tiny amount of coolant - it was dribbling from the rear of the engine onto the floor.
I couldn't see where it was leaking from, only that the drip is running down the centre rear of the engine onto the floor. Called the RAC, they turned up in under 15 minutes. He poked around, started the engine and put the heater onto hot - no warm air. Only the tiniest dribble of coolant onto the floor. He followed me home, the temp gauge (reading ~85 when I set off) dropped steadily as I drove the half-mile, high gear, low revs.
Going to ring my mechanic for a tow to his garage in the morning, since he's all closed up now.
Regards
Pete
Driving home today, pulled up at a set of lights, steam starts issuing from under the drivers side rear of the bonnet. Got to a safe place to stop, popped the bonnet, its lost only a tiny amount of coolant - it was dribbling from the rear of the engine onto the floor.
I couldn't see where it was leaking from, only that the drip is running down the centre rear of the engine onto the floor. Called the RAC, they turned up in under 15 minutes. He poked around, started the engine and put the heater onto hot - no warm air. Only the tiniest dribble of coolant onto the floor. He followed me home, the temp gauge (reading ~85 when I set off) dropped steadily as I drove the half-mile, high gear, low revs.
Going to ring my mechanic for a tow to his garage in the morning, since he's all closed up now.
Regards
Pete
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Omega General Help / Re: engine replacement
« on: 22 October 2007, 01:35:14 »Quote
I can't see the insurance assessor stripping down my engine to find the 3.0 cams in it ... even if he did, I doubt he'd know what he was looking for
Touche.