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Newbie Area => Newbie Welcome Area => Topic started by: Stev0 on 27 January 2020, 11:18:47

Title: Omega from Sunny South Africa
Post by: Stev0 on 27 January 2020, 11:18:47
Hi everyone,

I've always been a massive Opel fan, only recently taken ownership of my first omega though, and it's a massive difference over the other opels I've owned, which are (in order of appearance):

1992 Opel Kadett "Cub" (1.4 converted to f.i.)
1985 Kadett GLS (2.4 16v)
1995 Calibra 2L 16v
1972 Opel Manta DL (1.9 with sidedrafts)
1974 Opel Manta GT (converted to 2.2 carb fed)
1964 Opel Kadett B 1.2

Omega's were released in SA on a very limited scale, either as 2.2 4cyl or 2.6 v6 versions, all of which were imported anyway.

My car started life as a 2.5 v6, bought new in the UK in 2002 (i think), and somewhere down the line was imported to South Africa, and received a 3.0 v6 transplant.

I bought the car for next to nothing, as it was running on 5 cylinders in limp mode with hundreds of faults, and finding spares in SA is proving challenging.

I'm hoping that with the forum's help I can finally get the car running 100% again.
Title: Re: Omega from Sunny South Africa
Post by: STEMO on 27 January 2020, 11:22:11
Welcome Stev0, you've come to the right place.
Title: Re: Omega from Sunny South Africa
Post by: STEMO on 27 January 2020, 11:23:26
Just watching the cricket, btw, how are you liking that?  :P
Title: Re: Omega from Sunny South Africa
Post by: Stev0 on 27 January 2020, 11:26:33
Quote from: STEMO on 27 January 2020, 11:23:26
Just watching the cricket, btw, how are you liking that?  :P

I'm more of a rugby guy myself  ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Omega from Sunny South Africa
Post by: Davies on 27 January 2020, 20:21:51
Sounds like your Omega is in a similar way as mine. You must have had fun in the Mantas. Whereabouts in South Africa are you based?
Title: Re: Omega from Sunny South Africa
Post by: BazaJT on 27 January 2020, 20:28:31
Hello and welcome to OOF :y
Title: Re: Omega from Sunny South Africa
Post by: Stev0 on 27 January 2020, 20:39:45
Quote from: Davies on 27 January 2020, 20:21:51
Sounds like your Omega is in a similar way as mine. You must have had fun in the Mantas. Whereabouts in South Africa are you based?

Hi.. yeah mine's seen better days, bodywork needs some attention, but the engine is the real issue.. ive managed to get the fault codes down to a few, but i think theres some permanent damage to the ecu.. it starts up, but in limp mode only..

Im from the south side, Port Elizabeth.. you know SA well?
Title: Re: Omega from Sunny South Africa
Post by: Davies on 27 January 2020, 22:12:34
Don’t know SA well - just Capetown - which was a great place to visit.
Title: Re: Omega from Sunny South Africa
Post by: JDX on 28 January 2020, 11:14:45
Welcome to the forum.......

 :y
Title: Re: Omega from Sunny South Africa
Post by: luizvivas on 28 January 2020, 22:00:01
Welcome. Have you tested another ECU on your Omega? In the past I installed a power chip and the ECU stopped working perfectly. I was forced to exchange for another used one.
Title: Re: Omega from Sunny South Africa
Post by: Stev0 on 30 January 2020, 11:13:46
Quote from: Davies on 27 January 2020, 22:12:34
Don’t know SA well - just Capetown - which was a great place to visit.

There's many great places to visit, but Cape Town is the safest bet..

Quote from: Luiz Vivas on 28 January 2020, 22:00:01
Welcome. Have you tested another ECU on your Omega? In the past I installed a power chip and the ECU stopped working perfectly. I was forced to exchange for another used one.

I was under the impression each ECU has it's own coded key?? I will start topic in technical section and we can take it further :)