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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Hannah Judes Dad on 23 October 2010, 23:20:36
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Is this worth thinking about or should I spend the money on my estate?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2000-VAUXHALL-OMEGA-CD-LONG-MOT-SPARES-REPAIRS-/160496936354?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item255e5ce5a2
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looks like a bargain and a half to me.
Depends if you've real sentimental / emotional attachment to your current car, really. Can't see it'll take much to get this 2.2 going, really.
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looks like a bargain and a half to me.
Depends if you've real sentimental / emotional attachment to your current car, really. Can't see it'll take much to get this 2.2 going, really.
My present state estate is looking a bit rough around the edges but I like it.It has been serviced at the budget end of the scale by it's previous owners so is beginning to start the slippery slope of being a money pit.Do I stasrt again or keep a known quantity?
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Is this worth thinking about or should I spend the money on my estate?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2000-VAUXHALL-OMEGA-CD-LONG-MOT-SPARES-REPAIRS-/160496936354?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item255e5ce5a2
.... and it only needs a coil pack :-? :-? :-? ;D ;D
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Is this worth thinking about or should I spend the money on my estate?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2000-VAUXHALL-OMEGA-CD-LONG-MOT-SPARES-REPAIRS-/160496936354?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item255e5ce5a2
.... and it only needs a coil pack :-? :-? :-? ;D ;D
Believe that and you'll believe anything .... :(
I smell something really odd about that sale ....
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Nothing wrong with a 4 pot, been running them for 10 years, this is a manual so has the edge over auto, which we prefer......
OK, not as fast as a v6 but that's it, in every other way it is an Omega :y actually that should be an Omega without the huge running and repair costs of a V6 engine :D :D :D
The coil pack, is a bit fiddly but can be changed without having to remove anything in the engine bay, only the plug cables out of the way.... simple DIY :y :y
PS
Even the cam belt and tensioners etc is a doddle.... :y
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Is this worth thinking about or should I spend the money on my estate?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2000-VAUXHALL-OMEGA-CD-LONG-MOT-SPARES-REPAIRS-/160496936354?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item255e5ce5a2
.... and it only needs a coil pack :-? :-? :-? ;D ;D
Believe that and you'll believe anything .... :(
I smell something really odd about that sale ....
Well it is in Grimsby ;D
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Is this worth thinking about or should I spend the money on my estate?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2000-VAUXHALL-OMEGA-CD-LONG-MOT-SPARES-REPAIRS-/160496936354?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item255e5ce5a2
.... and it only needs a coil pack :-? :-? :-? ;D ;D
Believe that and you'll believe anything .... :(
I smell something really odd about that sale ....
Well it is in Grimsby ;D
I HAVE HAD IT ON A COMPUTER AND IT HAS COME BACK AS THE COIL
PACK,HOWEVER PRICEING ONE UP AT £90 I DECIDED TO PUT A SET OF PLUGS IN IT AND IT MADE
NO DIFFERANCE SO LOOKS LIKE ITS A COIL PACK,OR SOMETHING ELSE
Computor will NOT say coil pack .. it would only say misfire.
If the computer says coil pack why change plugs ??
Coil pack is £90 .. so we'll sell the car for peanuts instead of replacing and getting the proper price ....
My bet is the "something else" he knows about and is not saying ..... :(
Just my thoughts .. nowt else .. :)
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Is this worth thinking about or should I spend the money on my estate?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2000-VAUXHALL-OMEGA-CD-LONG-MOT-SPARES-REPAIRS-/160496936354?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item255e5ce5a2
.... and it only needs a coil pack :-? :-? :-? ;D ;D
Believe that and you'll believe anything .... :(
I smell something really odd about that sale ....
Well it is in Grimsby ;D
I HAVE HAD IT ON A COMPUTER AND IT HAS COME BACK AS THE COIL
PACK,HOWEVER PRICEING ONE UP AT £90 I DECIDED TO PUT A SET OF PLUGS IN IT AND IT MADE
NO DIFFERANCE SO LOOKS LIKE ITS A COIL PACK,OR SOMETHING ELSE
Computor will NOT say coil pack .. it would only say misfire.
If the computer says coil pack why change plugs ??
Coil pack is £90 .. so we'll sell the car for peanuts instead of replacing and getting the proper price ....
My bet is the "something else" he knows about and is not saying ..... :(
Just my thoughts .. nowt else .. :)
And it needs a Battery another £80.00 ish and tax.....however got to be worth a look at if local to you, prices is OK if its clean.....has 10 months MOT.. :y
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There are LOTS of CD spec cars out there, & imho you could get one with at least some SH (for what that's worth ::)) and no running issues for the same/similar money? These cars (Omega's in general) are going for criminally low prices now, it's just a matter of cherry picking a good one :y
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Thats been on Ebay for weeks and I think its too expensive. I'd offer £350 to start with ;)
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Thats been on Ebay for weeks and I think its too expensive. I'd offer £350 to start with ;)
I was thinking more like £250 and break it ::)
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I have to wonder why they changed the plugs when they had indications of the dispack... Also if they suspected the plugs were at fault, being a standard servce change, what else was neglected during its previous services??? Oil???
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Thats been on Ebay for weeks and I think its too expensive. I'd offer £350 to start with ;)
I was thinking more like £250 and break it ::)
If only I had the space to do that
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could be a dropped valve also but for that money seems relatively cheap to me but i'm sitting in Austria where the cheapest Omega you'll find is €4000!! madness i tell you!! the second hand market here is very strong I have no idea why
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Yep,I fell for that one recently "probably only needs a head gasket line is real good one"Try substituting that for "actually needs a new engine and when you finally do get it running you'll find that the auto trans is shot! now four grand down and guess what?when DLK ran his eagle eye over the replacement engine he found surprise surprise that a so called reputable company had fitted a 2.5ltr into my 3.0ltr, I guess they probably thought it would go unoticed until beyond the 12month warrantee period, and now I'm spending a fortune on solicitors and a pending court case so buyer beware and trust no one!! >:( :'(
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Unbelievable! I heard a couple of years ago that the current trend for car manufacturers to fit less and less badging was cause for concern for dealers, as they were often having to almost 'guess' what engine/trim level a car had they were selling. Sometimes they were underselling a car, other times irate customers were coming back after finding they had a smaller engine than advertised. Therein lies the flipside for debadging, I suppose.
Never heard of it being done the other way round...fitting the wrong engine in, now that's clever. And by clever I of course mean bleedin' discraceful
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It's thanks to Daz that the problem was found in good time,heads are stamped 2.5 and the block has the same cast on to it so any reconditioners worth their salt could'nt have missed them! There has been other problems with the engine and it has been back to them twice for an oil leak which has'nt been fixed,I even supplied them with a set of cam cover gaskets to speed things up as it's a 250 mile round trip to them as they" try to fit you in" Last time I was back there they kept me waiting 7hours,theres now an issue with the n/s exhaust gasket leaking fumes into the car which as everyone knows it's should be an engine out job for a proper fix.So at the moment I'm not going to name the company but if you are thinking of spending a big lump of your hard earned then be careful not to spend it in Cardiff. :'( >:(
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could be a dropped valve also but for that money seems relatively cheap to me but i'm sitting in Austria where the cheapest Omega you'll find is €4000!! madness i tell you!! the second hand market here is very strong I have no idea why
Might be the same reason as the daft S/h prices of Spanish cars. The government charges a substantial fee to the buyer and the seller of any car unlike in the Uk where there is no charge for selling or buying any vehicle!!! The fee by the way is charged on boiok value not actual price. Inevitably the book price is much higher than real prices. Osborne take note!!! :y.