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Omega General Help / Re: engine replacement

« on: 22 October 2007, 00:46:11 »

 Anything, and I mean anything, you do to your car has to be declared to the insurance company. If you're involved in any collision, fault or not, the assessor will go over your car and find anything to stop them paying out... they are required to still pay out to the third party (RTA 1986), but will then claim it back from you through court. If you change the engine and box, you'd have to get the cc's and details on the V5C changed through the DVLA, same as you would if you changed the colour.
 If you had major mods - suspension, chassis, etc, as well as the engine and box, you'd probably have to SVA it - each part scores a certain amount of points for being original, anything over X points and you'd have to put the car on a Q-plate.

 HTH

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Omega General Help / Re: Strange grinding/crunching noise.. any help?

« on: 22 October 2007, 11:41:21 »

I'd swap the pulley too, for the price of the part it saves having to get in there if it does fail. Nice job identifying it, though.

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Omega General Help / Re: Aaarrrggghh!! Oil filter disaster on 2.6

« on: 18 October 2007, 16:32:22 »

For info... Part was £17.50 plus Vat.

By the way, the "square" hole that takes the 3/8 ratchet now has rounded corners so the ratchet no longer fits - glad I got the 24mm socket!

Perhaps that's why mine hasn't got it, perhaps having the square cut out of the hex makes it weaker?

 Some French cars have a very similar cutout in the sump bung - perhaps the same tool (comes in different sizes) will fit... though I'd prefer to use a hex, far less likely to fracture, even on non-French plastic...

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Omega General Help / Re: Aaarrrggghh!! Oil filter disaster on 2.6

« on: 17 October 2007, 18:56:07 »

Definitely a 24mm socket. Been and bought one. Still needed to lie on my back with both feet on the breaker bar before the barsteward would move though.

  Bit of gentle persuasion always does the trick...

Unbelievably, the dealers had a replacement housing cover in stock!! So 2.6 meega back on the road!

Thanks for the advice guys  

Dave

 Nice one... job jobbed. How much was the part?

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Omega General Help / Re: Wide angle NS mirror

« on: 13 October 2007, 13:57:48 »

I have just bought a replacment glass for a 2002 Omega, It was a genuine Vaxhall one, was heated but didnt have the symbol on the top left of the mirror but did have the wide angle bit at the end divided by a line and was £47 including the VAT

 Not bad at all... when I get some spare cash behind me again...  

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Omega General Help / Re: Wide angle NS mirror

« on: 13 October 2007, 02:04:20 »

I think all Omegas have heated mirrors

Ssssshhh... I was waiting for someone to come on and complain they'd burnt their hand on theirs while testing...

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Omega General Help / Re: Wide angle NS mirror

« on: 12 October 2007, 20:03:36 »

Just tested, my passenger mirror is heated too.

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Omega General Help / Re: Wide angle NS mirror

« on: 11 October 2007, 22:26:53 »

 Appreciate that, cheers mate.

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Omega General Help / Re: Wide angle NS mirror

« on: 11 October 2007, 19:28:36 »

i would go with option A, if you have a helpful dealer they will get one for you, but expect to pay about £30

Helpful dealer? When I went in to see if they'd be able to source an Omega, they looked at me like I was carrying a vial of anthrax!

More if heated...

 OK, three more questions (sorry!) -

1- if mine is heated, will it have the symbol on the glass?
2- if not, how do i tell, apart from getting up early tomorrow?
3- if mine isn't heated, is the wiring already there?

Regards
Pete

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Omega General Help / Wide angle NS mirror

« on: 11 October 2007, 18:42:01 »

 Ey up

 On my motorway drive home, I was contemplating fitting a blindspot mirror, seeing as how the one on the OS is hugely effective. Now, I don't want one of those daft circley ones, neither do I want anything clipping on - so I'm down to two options.
 
 1- Get the drivers side mirror for a LHD car (assuming they have the same lined-off convex part as RHD cars... and is my passenger mirror heated?)

2- Get a wide angle mirror fitted onto the A-post, a la plodwagons... but I'm just about discounting this on cost basis.

 Thoughts, chaps?

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Omega General Help / Re: Omega Interiors - Sport or CDX?

« on: 11 October 2007, 22:30:56 »

 I must say, 200 mile journey in my MV6, not a hint of back pain. Comfiest seats I've ever sat in, in a car.

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Omega General Help / Re: One more question! I'm sorry! (airbag light)

« on: 12 October 2007, 17:30:50 »

 
 Alright then, who's willing to either come to Teesside, or meet me halfway (I'll pay their petrol too, of course)?

Regards
Pete

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Omega General Help / Re: One more question! I'm sorry! (airbag light)

« on: 11 October 2007, 23:40:03 »

Once the light is on the system is disabled and it needs a Tech 2 to reset (cheapo Tech 2 can apparently do it too). It will cost you less to get one of our Tech 2 gurus to do it.

Kevin

 Ah, being in Teesside, it's quite a way from... civilisation, really... - who's the nearest?

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Omega General Help / One more question! I'm sorry! (airbag light)

« on: 11 October 2007, 23:26:39 »

 Ey up

Only problem I've got with the car is the airbag light... dealer reckoned it was cos the battery was flat. Do I assume it means the airbag will not work... and that I should take it to a dealer to get reset, rather than finding a local Tech2'd mechanic?

Regards
Pete

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Omega General Help / Re: Fuel octane rating

« on: 10 October 2007, 02:26:56 »

Cheers guys, much appreciated. I've always wondered if it's just psychological, like you think it's smoother simply because you've put the 98RON in - but my Almera even seems just a little less... swift... running on 95RON.