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

« on: 01 January 2026, 17:37:51 »

I count it as exercise these days. Need a little nap afterwards. 
I did go back out and vacuum the carpets, checked fluids and tyre pressures.
Quite tiring, so Im glad Im on overtime rate for this physical exertion. 

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

« on: 01 January 2026, 13:27:04 »

Im at work today, so brought the Omega with me and gave it a good wash as it was bloody filthy.
Might get the Hoover out soon and vacuum the carpets too. 

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Cars for Sale & wanted / Re: For Sale - 2002 Omega 3.2 Elite Saloon

« on: 01 January 2026, 11:20:03 »

Probably easier to just weld it and do the job properly. 

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Cars for Sale & wanted / Re: For Sale - 2002 Omega 3.2 Elite Saloon

« on: 31 December 2025, 18:57:32 »

This exactly. Sounds like not very much needed to turn it into a nice car again, and there are very few of them left.
If it was " around the corner" I would probably be unable to resist the temptation, but it isnt, so I can.

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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Wanted. V6 cam locking / setting kit.

« on: 29 December 2025, 16:56:10 »

As above. Im not in a great hurry for it as I will probably do the job after the Winter, but just putting feelers out in case someone has one they want rid of.
I already have the big ( 30mm iirc) spanner, just need the locking / setting tools.
Tia.

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

« on: 28 December 2025, 19:12:40 »

Went to change a number plate light bulb on the C1 today, as the MOT runs out soon.
Bulb was fine but there was a break in a wire somewhere in the loom. ended up lying under the back of the bloody thing unplugging sections and testing for continuity until a found it. Then ran a bypass wire and solved the problem.
Probably a Frenchman assembling the Japanese wiring loom had stretched it too tight at the factory. 

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

« on: 28 December 2025, 19:09:28 »

Mine went to the kosovans shortly after its puddle dunking in February.  One wash a year is more than enough.

youre a lazier man than me .!

Fixed. 

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General Car Chat / Re: Grandland 1.2 cambelt problems

« on: 28 December 2025, 19:08:37 »

I probably wont see him again until early January, by which time he may well have sent the car to Ipswich to have a recon engine fitted at a cost of around three grand, on top of the fourteen grand he paid for it 15 months ago.
Fools and their money............

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General Car Chat / Re: Grandland 1.2 cambelt problems

« on: 26 December 2025, 12:03:13 »

Yep, its one of those engines. Dont think he has the service history exactly as they would want it, to try and claim so he has learnt an expensive lesson by the look of it.

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General Car Chat / Grandland 1.2 cambelt problems

« on: 26 December 2025, 10:39:42 »

Had to feel sorry for our maintenance bloke. He just turned up at work to borrow the company Dacia Duster because his Grandland packed up on him yesterday as he was on his way to spend the day with his Daughter and Grandchild.
He sat at the side of the A12 for five hours until he got recovered home.
He says the recovery bloke diagnosed the cambelt has jumped teeth, which was why the engine died.
Its four years old and he bought it 15 months ago. Its only covered 55 thousand miles and  he says the interval is supposed to be 100 thousand.
Hes thinking about spending a couple of grand or so having a recon engine fitted.
Dont suppose anyone knows much about these little contraptions ?
Safe engine ? Worth fitting another belt and timing it up to see if he got away with it ?
Personally I think I would be having a bloody good moan at Vauxhall as it only has 55 thousand miles on the clock.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Merry Christmas

« on: 25 December 2025, 19:47:43 »

Merry Christmas everyone.   

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General Discussion Area / Re: Glad to see that Jaime is being sensitive

« on: 22 December 2025, 15:09:06 »

Just for STEMO

Well done. Thanks. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Dead Person

« on: 22 December 2025, 15:08:22 »

Chris Rea. 74. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Glad to see that Jaime is being sensitive

« on: 21 December 2025, 16:10:23 »

Come on TB, get them up before its too late.
Opti is missing them dreadfully but just too bashful to cause a fuss about it. 

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General Car Chat / Re: MOT for the Omega this morning.

« on: 19 December 2025, 16:38:09 »

Funny you should say that, I filled the tank this afternoon. had 40 miles left according to the computer and it took over £80 to fill it.
Oh for the days of 50p a gallon.