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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: The Waynester on 27 January 2013, 19:00:09
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another successful day at Symes in Oxford :y
put my new Bosch HT Leads on, cleaned out breathers with high pressure air hose, used carb cleaner on breathers etc
then fixed new brake sensor cables and i put me new Air Filter on it
cleaned out scuttle as i`d been getting severe condensation, taking ages to clear!
checked HBV - thats fine, coil dis pack is fine
woah!! holy shit!! like a pocket Rocket now and sounds great, removed my K&N Filter and replaced with Pipercross filter, world of difference!
am getting no pinking at all now :y
tried to put new GM VX fuel filter on but because mine is 10 years old, it wouldn't move whatsoever, Syme will explain! lol
Next Sunday he`s doing Alternator and fitting fuel filter after putting on a new fuel line
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Good news :)
Condensation - check the exhaust vents are clear, and you haven't blocked with assorted junk. Vents on saloons are drivers side cubby hole, assume similar on estate - never looked ;D
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Good news :)
Condensation - check the exhaust vents are clear, and you haven't blocked with assorted junk. Vents on saloons are drivers side cubby hole, assume similar on estate - never looked ;D
Correct and yes mate-1st thing checked-it was front blocked=got my fingers thru to unblock it,
k+n filter was oil type-but filthy and dry-not the sort of filter I would recommend or fit myself.However Pipercross is foam-wash it/dry it type- really good and definitely an improvement over paper one-as you only buy once :y :y
The fuel filter is stuck solid -fitting been butchered at so will get a replacement just in case it breaks when doing filter :y
Waynester -get ya tires/tracking done mate-if they wont/cant track it-pop round mate :y
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I don't think you need to replace fuel filter if you use fuel cleaner.
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You will.
The fuel filter is a paper element, fuel cleaner will do nothing more than block it up faster by displacing crudd from the tank. :y
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When I replaced the fuel filter on my MFL I found that the new clips provided did not fit. Iirc they were too big, so I had to reuse the old ones.
Not sure if this was a mistake by parts dept, etc but just for your info when removing yours :y
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Also bear in mind that foam air filters need to be regularly cleaned and oiled in order to filter out the finest particles of dirt, then you're back to potential MAF sensor issues. This is why manufacturers specify paper filters.
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Also bear in mind that foam air filters need to be regularly cleaned and oiled in order to filter out the finest particles of dirt, then you're back to potential MAF sensor issues. This is why manufacturers specify paper filters.
I agree mate but this one is dry-told him to keep leaflet about cleaning of filter-it even mentioned no oil as can effect MAF :y :y
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since i have had this Pipercross filter on, oh my god! my miggy has never flown so fast! lol
mind you, does help with new HT leads, breathers been cleaned
Pinking has gone and she accelerates like shit off a shovel :y
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Is it giving better performance or does it just SOUND like it is.
Doubt a non std filter alone on a stock engine will improve something that Gm spent millions on when they designed the engine and it's intake system.
Glad its running ok but dont be taken in by the air filter making a louder sound.
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Good News Matey! im sure all those lil fixes mustve made a noticeable difference in the way the miggy now runs :y
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Gary - it is not only louder but is better on acceleration easily!
air filter will help, but having breathers cleaned out and new HT leads put on has i`m sure helped ;D
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Down mainly to breathers & HT leads - the standard Omega air filter is non restrictive, so a "pattern" filter unlikely to be an improvement ;)
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since i have had this Pipercross filter on, oh my god! my miggy has never flown so fast!
Highlights how bad the old one was :y
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Down mainly to breathers & HT leads - the standard Omega air filter is non restrictive, so a "pattern" filter unlikely to be an improvement ;)
manufacturers build to a cosy not always a benefit :y and he never has to buy one again-just clean it-but hey what do pipercross know eh
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Yeah Symes, same as Magnatec oil ey mate? used it for the life of my Miggy, cant see what problem is ;D
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Is it giving better performance or does it just SOUND like it is.
Doubt a non std filter alone on a stock engine will improve something that Gm spent millions on when they designed the engine and it's intake system.
Glad its running ok but dont be taken in by the air filter making a louder sound.
Indeed. Same filter on the 3.0/3.2, and very similar size on a Monaro so there's no way on earth it'd be restrictive on a 2.5.
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Is it giving better performance or does it just SOUND like it is.
Doubt a non std filter alone on a stock engine will improve something that Gm spent millions on when they designed the engine and it's intake system.
Glad its running ok but dont be taken in by the air filter making a louder sound.
Indeed. Same filter on the 3.0/3.2, and very similar size on a Monaro so there's no way on earth it'd be restrictive on a 2.5.
see you miss the point-you need never get another filter-just clean it
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http://www.thepipercrossshop.co.uk/paneldisplay.asp?model=588&kit=2727
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http://www.thepipercrossshop.co.uk/paneldisplay.asp?model=588&kit=2727
Oooo, my buttocks clenched when I saw the price :o
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Fair enough. I'd rather just bin the paper filter and fit a new GM one every 20k than mess about cleaning one, because I'd want to be cleaning one of them more regularly than that. ;)
I have foam pipercross filters on the kit car and it only does a few K on them before you can see dust starting to form on the intake trumpets. They are generously oiled too, as there's no MAF.
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http://www.thepipercrossshop.co.uk/paneldisplay.asp?model=588&kit=2727
Oooo, my buttocks clenched when I saw the price :o
I didn't do as you ::) ::)
but ............... WTF!!!!! :o :o
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i paid £31 for mine ::)
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i paid £31 for mine ::)
a much better price ............... ::) ::) ::)
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Pipercross are aiming their products at a certain market group and to show their product in the best possible light to that certain market,
if your not sure who i am talking about then all i will say is the modified brigade.
I would like to think that the majority of Omega Owners are a bit more savvy than many.
We did not buy this maque to stick induction filters on and stright through exhaust systems,
we bought them because they are the best( imo) of the last of rear wheel drive luxury saloons or estates to be had.
I would also say that the cost of a new filter is hardly a reason to ditch it for a washable filter, so the reason must be to go with the ooh it sounds louder and therefore it must go faster brigade.
I agree that wayne's car is running much better than it has been for a quite considerable amount of time , but still go back to the fact that the filter is making no differance at all bar the noise.
Gary.
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Pipercross are aiming their products at a certain market group and to show their product in the best possible light to that certain market,
if your not sure who i am talking about then all i will say is the modified brigade.
I would like to think that the majority of Omega Owners are a bit more savvy than many.
We did not buy this maque to stick induction filters on and stright through exhaust systems,
we bought them because they are the best( imo) of the last of rear wheel drive luxury saloons or estates to be had.
I would also say that the cost of a new filter is hardly a reason to ditch it for a washable filter, so the reason must be to go with the ooh it sounds louder and therefore it must go faster brigade.
I agree that wayne's car is running much better than it has been for a quite considerable amount of time , but still go back to the fact that the filter is making no differance at all bar the noise.
Gary.
+1 :y
Replace any "crap/dirty" filter with a new clean one and you will see an improvement in performance/running. Why not put a new standard one on and see the same/better improvement for less money. As for saying its everlasting and just needs cleaning regularly, thats krap - in a real world that won't happen ::)