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Messages - TheBoy

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Omega Gallery / Re: Omega2.5 DTI project
« on: Today at 09:50:24 »
Isn't it a ZF box on the straight 6 diseasal :-\
The non 24v TD had an AR25.
Did they BMWfy it then :-\

Mind you, no wonder they go bang if you turn the boost up...
I got through 3 in 2 months IIRC, before finally managing to get an AR35 which cured it.  Not sure what the 5 speed one was fitted to the 24v common rail TDs that euroland got, when we had to make do with the 2.2dti

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General Car Chat / Re: citroen inquiry
« on: Today at 09:47:42 »
When mine got damaged on the Big Black Pussy, 2nd hand were £800 and new were around £2k :o

So repaired with Chinky Takeaway containers and Sikaflex until I can acquire one at a sensible price....    ....and that was 3 or 4 years ago, and still unable to obtain one for a sensible price!

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Car has previous form for gearbox speed sensor discrepancies as well but they weren't significant enough to be a priority... Live and learn.
Autobox speed discrepancies - usually gives a P0730 Incorrect Ratio - needs to be fixed immediately, due to the catastrophic wear it causes...
Apparently so :'(

The box hasn't gone bang to the point where it is making any noise but for it to slip and fall to shift, even intermittently, there's obviously enough debris in the hydraulic circuits to prevent the fluid getting to where it's supposed to.
And catastrophic wear on the clutch plates and the brake bands...

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General Discussion Area / Re: If HS2 falls through.....
« on: Yesterday at 20:33:41 »
I doubt HS2 could build a bridge, they would talk about it for decades, then move soil around for another decade....

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Car has previous form for gearbox speed sensor discrepancies as well but they weren't significant enough to be a priority... Live and learn.
Autobox speed discrepancies - usually gives a P0730 Incorrect Ratio - needs to be fixed immediately, due to the catastrophic wear it causes...

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Omega Gallery / Re: Omega2.5 DTI project
« on: Yesterday at 20:28:14 »
Isn't it a ZF box on the straight 6 diseasal :-\
The non 24v TD had an AR25.

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ASnd it has. For the third time in a row.  :(
I'm too old to care. If it's what the electorate think they want, then they'll get what they deserve.
Exactly. Just like Brexit  ;D

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If its been slipping for that long, even if due to low fluid (though I though older merch had dipsticks?), I'd suggest that the clutches would have taken quite a hammering.  And indicates a hydro-mechanical fault.

Thus I'd begin to suggest the box is shagged.

So either a rebuild, or a working one from a donor (and use the service kit on that) IMHO.  Not sure its worth wasting that £300 kit on what is in there.

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Quite possibly blown the gearbox on the S Class :'(
Oops.

Proper shagged? Or low fluid type shagged?

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Omega General Help / Re: AC Filler Valve Leakage
« on: 04 May 2024, 08:47:14 »
I understand that there is a specific socket for the valve, but I used a 15mm 12 point socket. Make sure you support the 17mm nut on the ally pipe underneath it otherwise you'll shear the whole fitting off. (won't he Jamie  ::))
I declare the 5th amendment ;D

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General Discussion Area / Re: Disk space
« on: 02 May 2024, 10:11:32 »
Out of pure interst how much storage do you run in total and how much does the OOF take up. :y
   ;)
Many would argue OOF is as reliable as a ZX81 rampack.... ;D

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General Car Chat / Re: Car Insurance - Recommendations?
« on: 02 May 2024, 10:08:59 »
I've lived abroad for more than 2 years a couple of times, and a call to the insurers when I got back to explain the circumstances sorted the NCB quickly and without hassle both times.  :y
Indeed, my "2nd" car insurance often has lapses of 2 or 3 years, always seems hassle free to get the full NCD reinstated if you have the renewal letters still.

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General Car Chat / Re: Car Insurance - Recommendations?
« on: 01 May 2024, 12:14:58 »
Costs vary wildly, so what works for me likely won't work for you.

As the Student says, start with the comparison sites, but also do a quickie check on those that don't appear on comprison sites as well, such as Direct Line.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Disk space
« on: 30 April 2024, 18:39:35 »
Lots

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Omega General Help / Re: About TC lock-up
« on: 30 April 2024, 18:37:11 »
From memory, the Omega only did lock-up in 3rd and 4th.

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