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Omega General Help / Re: Recommissioning a barn find mv6

« on: Yesterday at 13:16:37 »

Whilst in there, might be worth cleaning the tank out, if its sat for a decade and a half.

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Omega General Help / Re: Recommissioning a barn find mv6

« on: Yesterday at 13:08:14 »

Like all GM's of the era, fuel pump relay.  I just check it's not immobilised (flashing EML).

If not immobilised, start by checking power to fuel pump, and they work back electrically, or forward on fuel system from there.

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

« on: Yesterday at 10:29:48 »

I assume by now you've put it upside down into the scenery somewhere picturesque 

Mrs TB had some choice swearwords during some of my antics 

But I did go slow when she was flying the drone around it...
https://youtu.be/a2xXAW6T2iw

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

« on: Yesterday at 09:02:37 »

This

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

« on: Yesterday at 08:58:09 »

Swapped the little shitbox for the day, for something with 650cc, two wheels and significantly quicker

Did I fix that right?   

No

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

« on: 07 July 2025, 17:25:34 »

Swapped the little shitbox for the day, for something with 650cc and significantly quicker

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

« on: 06 July 2025, 19:39:47 »

If it's 1.0l lightly blown, either the engine is shagged, or the car weighs about 3t

On the upside, it would appear to be staggeringly frugle on fuel

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Omega General Help / Re: Gearbox issues

« on: 06 July 2025, 19:34:43 »

AR25 is what it says, which is what was fitted to all Omega-B's except 3.0/3.2 and later 2.5TD

If replaceing the box, as Doctor Gollum says, try to get an AR35 from a 3.0/3.2

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

« on: 06 July 2025, 16:54:54 »

A white one.  No idea what it is, and it's out of view.  But it is dangerously slow.

Optie will cream his jeans because it is petrol.

Finally overcame CBA to look, the badge on the back says Skoda Fabia. So I assume it's also a VW Polo and Audi A2.

It's poorly put together, going by the rattles, and carries the spec of a 1959 Mini.  Only less powerful.

But it'll do for the week, and was reasonably cheap.

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General Car Chat / Re: Behold!

« on: 06 July 2025, 13:54:49 »

They pull like a train to around 125mph, then have a very slight lag for a few mph and then pull like a train again to the speed limiter.   

Allegedly. So you heard down the pub. Or a mate told you.

An upstanding member of the community like you wouldn't know such things first hand.

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Omega General Help / Re: Oil cooler pipe replacement

« on: 05 July 2025, 19:49:19 »

I am very old....

You are very correct.

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General Discussion Area / Re: The Royal Train

« on: 05 July 2025, 09:46:55 »

Do the buses go to the station? 

Nope.

Its pay a tenner to park, get a taxi, or shank's pony....

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General Car Chat / Re: Another thank you for Mark and the DVD crew

« on: 05 July 2025, 09:44:52 »

It also reminds me, isnt OOF 20 years old sometime soon ?

Next year, around this time of year....

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Omega General Help / Re: Oil cooler pipe replacement

« on: 05 July 2025, 09:36:03 »

I'll leave mine bypassed as even in the recent hot weather, the engine has not been getting hotter than 95 degrees, so happy with that FTTB.

Its primary role is to cool the gearbox oil

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General Car Chat / Re: Behold!

« on: 04 July 2025, 09:52:35 »

Though i'm not a fan of light interiors, that Tig, looks very nice.

If you are prepared to put the effort in to keep a light leather interior clean, they always look really nice IMHO.

That's why I always opt for dark interiors