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General Car Chat / Re: If you have absolutely no interest in cars, or life itself......

« on: 25 April 2021, 22:38:58 »

Looks incredibly soulless but I guess some just want an "A to B" car 

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General Car Chat / Re: Project anyone?

« on: 25 April 2021, 22:14:50 »

I wonder if the guy who crashed it banged his head on the screen !

Possibly.  He certainly hit the steering wheel with some force! 

It's pretty much in your lap in one of those, and many other older cars. That's one of the reasons why the British driving test required you to 'shuffle' the wheel through your hands.


The wheel is bolted to a rigid column that is rigidly attached to the steering box. It's like having a piston aimed at your diaphragm.

Reminded me of this: https://youtu.be/C_r5UJrxcck

Shame about the Bel Air

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General Car Chat / Re: Project anyone?

« on: 25 April 2021, 22:10:38 »

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/cars/article-9504253/Mangled-classic-Jaguar-set-sell-10k-worth-250k.html

Wow that's certainly a wreck. I wonder how fast he was going...

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General Discussion Area / Re: Happy Easter Everyone

« on: 05 April 2021, 23:21:25 »

Happy Easter! Hope those in the south are enjoying our bi-polar weather this last couple of weeks 

We had snow this morning

So I'd heard! and you've also got some lovely cold temperatures coming your way as well 

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Omega General Help / Re: Service Advice

« on: 05 April 2021, 23:19:29 »

Your list from 2019 includes timing belt kit. That is an abreviation of camshaft timing belt, as is cam-belt.


The service interval for these parts is 40,000 miles or four years; whichever comes first. So there's another 2 years before it's due, and your paperwork should state the mileage when the work was done.


Any professional mechanic who does that sort of head rebuild without fitting a new camshaft timing belt as part of the job probably shouldn't be trusted. The water pump is driven by the cambelt, and must be replaced with it.

Well, I've learned something new then. That's reassuring though as the water pump was done along with it. The paperwork states that it was done at 122,878 miles so should be happy motoring for the foreseeable future (providing that rust doesn't eat it up first).

Any ideas on the coolant sensor though?

And thanks for the help so far. Really impressed with this place. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Happy Easter Everyone

« on: 05 April 2021, 22:56:31 »

Happy Easter! Hope those in the south are enjoying our bi-polar weather this last couple of weeks 

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Omega General Help / Re: Service Advice

« on: 05 April 2021, 21:59:54 »

I guess for clarity I should I also say that it has a coolant level warning but I've looked and it seems fine to me. I'm guessing it's just the sensor.

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Omega General Help / Re: Service Advice

« on: 05 April 2021, 21:57:33 »

That seems like it. I bought this as a stop gap car for £400 (dealer wanted it gone as it was a part ex) but have ended up loving it. Very underrated IMHO. Anyway, I'm now stuck deciding whether to spend a bit more money on it then I had intended lol.

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Omega General Help / Re: Service Advice

« on: 05 April 2021, 21:53:41 »

Ah ok. Well, I'll give it a second look over then but it's probably long overdue anyway. Thanks 

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Omega General Help / Service Advice

« on: 05 April 2021, 21:46:58 »

Hello

I've been having a look through the paperwork for a 2001 2.2 that I've just bought and have found evidence of a fairly large and recent amount of work (22/01/2019). From what I've read on this forum, it seems that the cambelt is quite important and so my question is whether I'm alright for the near future or if I should get it done as I can't find any other work to suggest that it's been changed. The car has done 129,000 miles but from the stack of paperwork that came with it the last owner clearly didn't let it want for anything and so I would assume hasn't abused or neglected it. This isn't my only car so I'm not in massive trouble if it needs to stay off the road for a bit.

Transcription from the recent paperwork:

- HEAD SET GASKET
- WATER PUMP
- TIMING BELT KIT
- ENGINE OIL
- DRIVE BELT
- HEAD ENGINEERING SKIN
- THERMOSTAT
- SPARK PLUGS

I've excluded some lesser stuff in attempt to not make this post too big.

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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: Hello All

« on: 04 April 2021, 20:51:46 »

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone.

Picked up the car yesterday. 129,000 miles but wow what a car. Sounds silly but it really put a smile on my face. Previous owner spent some serious money on it as well.   

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Newbie Welcome Area / Hello All

« on: 02 April 2021, 18:56:42 »

Good Evening Everyone

Due to pick up a 2001 2.2 Omega tomorrow. Is a bit of gamble as it's no spring chicken and needs some work but hoping I'll be able to make good use of the knowledge here. Have been told these are brilliant cars and so looking forward to getting it back into shape (providing it's not disastrous  lol). 

Cheers