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Omega General Help / Re: Jobs to do

« on: 13 July 2006, 13:30:06 »

Just seen that, only happens when the car has been baking in the sun for a while, so sounds very likely. Will have a look later and see if it is the culprit!

Cheers

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Omega General Help / Re: Jobs to do

« on: 13 July 2006, 00:08:12 »

I'll just stick to the X30 engine for now. Don't want to change the car again in a rush - 3 different omegas in 9 months - preferred the second but love the 3rd spec.

Things to do -

rewire all of the heated seat system  or find the fault in the circuitry (previous muppet owner installed a foil covered fuse and has as a result burned the wiring loom to the rear seat switches)

Try and get climate regassed (new compressor fitted and belted but not holding pressure - so vacuum test required before regassing

fix or replace washer fluid tank - think a leak somewhere on the headlamp washer jets pipework but not sure - only lasts a day before another 6 odd litres of water required.

Stop alarm from sounding when the car is hot! Is intermittent and starting to bug me (and my neighbours)!!!

find out where the parcel shelf retaining rubber went - the shelf keeps collapsing open at present - not very secure...

Fuel filter...

Things done recently
Handbrake adjusted (fiddly job taking far too long with daft but workable access, however the handbrake now works on 4 clicks as opposed to 'works if you are lucky').
Washer jet unblocked (pipe was constricted by bonnet hinge and scuttle plastics.

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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: New and slightly worried owner!

« on: 17 November 2006, 16:58:31 »

Welcome to the site. Glad you finally found the link .

Have fun!

Steve

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Omega Gallery / Re: My current collection.

« on: 15 July 2006, 01:57:47 »

I was just thinking it was a nice colour, my previous CDX was a much darker metallic blue - which I really liked, but I can honestly say, I don't think I have ever seen an omega in that particular metallic light blue.

What is it - preferably colour name not colour code...

Cheers

Steve

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Meetings, gatherings, parties etc / Re: Knutsford Cheshire Meet

« on: 04 August 2006, 01:48:15 »

3 locals, PH140 has already answered. PH140 can ask his other family member himself, I will ask the third person later today - he drives a 2.6 MV6 Auto Estate and is relatively new to Omega's having driven a Volvo since 1990.

Have started noticing some other local Omega owners, am wondering whether to print off some advert strips to post on windscreeens seeing if they are interested in using the site, possibly even joining in with us....

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Meetings, gatherings, parties etc / Re: Knutsford Cheshire Meet

« on: 01 August 2006, 11:35:31 »

Count me in!  Have got a week booked away so next week not convenient for myself but other than that, should be ok.

Have had internet access problems so not been able to access recently...

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Meetings, gatherings, parties etc / Re: Tatton Park  19th/20 August

« on: 01 August 2006, 11:37:18 »

Pete,

Am intending to go to the Classic Car show at Tatton, but not sure of which day yet. Will be able to confirm during the week prior to the show.

Steve

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General Discussion Area / Re: Those of you with an auto omega?

« on: 08 January 2007, 13:53:56 »

The only thing I would want to change on my 3.0 elite estate would be the box. I don't see the point in having the 3 litre engine and a gearstick/clutch combination.

The car is effortless to drive generally as it is but I would much rather it changed gear itself rather than having to stir the box. Nothing wrong with the gearbox, just that a car of this nature is suited to having an auto box.

Previous auto's were a Rover 820i, sprightly but thirsty, then a Carlton 2.0 CD, economical, excellent to drive on the twisties but slow as hell needing sports mode permanently engaged other than for motorway cruising.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Cruise Control - ECU pre-enabled

« on: 21 September 2006, 14:49:24 »

Have got cruise (ps sorry - posted on wrong answer - FBW didn't click when I first read it!), use it all the time, almost every day even if just doing local runs. tend to find it is a bit cheaper on fuel for constant speeds and obviously protects against speed cameras.

As for taking the fun out of it - rubbish, you only have to press the throttle down if you want to bring the fun back. If you want the full driving experience then don't use it, but if you feel like being lazy, you can just let the cruise deal with it. Only improvement I could wish for was an automatic with cruise but having a manual, you still have to do something every now and again.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Caravanning - Omega's as towcar!

« on: 19 July 2006, 14:50:56 »

Thanks for the info folks,

Towing Weight - seems to depend where you look at, I have seen figures varying from 1450kgs to 1800kgs for a 3.0 elite estate.
I am not sure what my permitted towing weight is for my licence - I passed in '91 but am currently applying for my 6th renewal licence (medical issues) - I know I lost my 7.5ton permission in 2000, but wasn't aware of any limit on towing size.

Autofluid - Won't have to worry as have a manual box at present - would prefer an auto for towing though...

Speed - What is the permitted speed for a van - am I right in thinking 60 on a motorway and 50 on an A road?

Price, Make etc, all to be decided. Wondering whether to buy a reasonable old wreck to start off with and get used to it.

I have never actually towed a caravan before but have towed several different sized trailers including towing a twin wheel car trailer some years ago - remember it was a lot easier than the smaller ones, especially reversing.

I can imagine that the 3.0 engine would not really significantly notice a caravan behind it in terms of performance, probably lower running speeds wouldn't massively affect the economy too badly either (can't get much worse anyway).

Cheers

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General Discussion Area / Caravanning - Omega's as towcar!

« on: 19 July 2006, 00:39:51 »

Following on from the Caravan Tyre warning earlier, I am thinking of getting a caravan at some stage - not a new one by any means, but fancy something to tame the 3.0 on the road..

Any recommendations for an ideal sort of size of van/weight etc for the Omega? Ideally I would prefer a larger van 3/4/5 berth just for space and comfort, but would appreciate any pointers or advice from our existing caravanning members to look out for should I finally decide to take the plunge.

Mine is a 3.0 elite estate on a P - so not new but has typical features of the specification, obvious thing I would only drive it with an anti-snake device as have seen too many vans on their side for various reasons.

Any other mods necessary for the meega or other things I should be aware of with the meega towing?

Cheers for any advice

Steve

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General Discussion Area / Re: So who are we all - Meet and Greet

« on: 13 July 2006, 01:08:34 »

Quite possibly was myself, twice a day on works run at that location - trying to rack my brains for seeing another omega there or therabouts this week! Yes, I am now very aware that a three litre petrol engine has more of a drinking problem than the diesel equivalents!

There is another Manc who hasn't joined up yet also from within a mile of myself - no doubt he will show up sooner or later.

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General Discussion Area / Re: So who are we all - Meet and Greet

« on: 13 July 2006, 00:56:01 »

Hi Boilerman,

P reg Black Elite Estate - Catch me if you can.... Nice to see some locals about....

Rest of the forum - localities, is it possible to display this with the names on the messages, I found it useful on another similar forum once before - at least you can ask a neighbour for help or offer likewise!

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General Discussion Area / Re: So who are we all - Meet and Greet

« on: 12 July 2006, 23:46:47 »

Hi Folks,

Great to see some familiar faces (Avatars and names) again...

Hope that this forum will be all that we need for our queries, answers and assistance on all things Omega based.

To introduce myself formally, Steve, residing in the Altrincham area. 32 (will be in couple of weeks anyway!) and working as an Environmental Health Officer specialising in Pollution Control (noisy people, bad smells, smoke and anything else you can pretty much imagine) in Local Government not too far from home..  

Spare time hobbies - when not repairing or bug fixing my meega, as a sound, lighting and set building techie in amateur dramatics or photography.

Been messing with cars for years - all types, but don't necessarily have the same technical knowledge as some of our esteemed colleagues here - good common sense though including electronic matters (spent too long poring over Haynes wiring diagrams not to have learned a trick or two!).

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General Discussion Area / Re: Location Location Location

« on: 15 July 2006, 01:01:53 »

Altrincham (south manchester) Think there are a few other members within a 10 mile radius or so! At least two of them I have spoken to recently!