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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: terry paget on 28 June 2018, 17:23:04

Title: Five down, two to go
Post by: terry paget on 28 June 2018, 17:23:04

I used to take a pride in running seven cars for my family, now the cars are getting old, so am I, and I find it hard work. Next car, MOT expires 7th July, is Ben's 1999 2.2, the one I was dreading. After emptying it of 2 bags of rubbish last night, I gave it a preliminary inspection.
Diagnostic live data was encouraging; O2 loop soon closed, and mixture lambdas 1 & 2 switched lean-rich-lean-rich commendably. Removed cill covers and found a little rust at the back both sides, but I've seen worse. Nasty external hole in front base of n/s rear wheel arch worried me most.

Title: Re: Five down, two to go
Post by: dave the builder on 28 June 2018, 20:22:27

easy enough to sort a problem if you know what the problem is
stick a metal plaster on it with a sparky gun  ;D
hope you don't find anything else and you have an easy time of it this MOT  :y

Title: Re: Five down, two to go
Post by: terry paget on 30 June 2018, 11:28:01

It will need quite a big plaster.
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/zs5yr3u6cfc5hjc/holeBENcill.jpg?dl=1)

Title: Re: Five down, two to go
Post by: dave the builder on 30 June 2018, 12:20:51

it is but a flesh wound  ;D
 metal plasters plural then  :y
I've seen other vauxhalls with rust there  ;D