Omega Owners Forum
Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: garywilson on 14 July 2008, 18:54:46
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anyone know where i can get some sort of workshop manual for a 2001 2.6 V6 apparanly hayes didn't do one or am i misled
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Haynes only do one for Omega up to 1999 (mini-facelift). However a lot of the info is still relevent to your model. Get a used one off Ebay - a few quid!! ;)
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the manual is relavant to my car but i still find that i get much better info/advice on here than i do from haynes. :y
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Everything above is what I have found.....Halford's still have to 1999 models available, but I reckon the guides and expert specialist Omega advice on here is about all you need! ;D ;D ;) ;) :y
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I must say I have only ever done oil changes before coming here. Got myself the haynes, read on the forum and built up the confidence to do some tinkering under the bonnet.
I found the haynes man like some forign language I cannot understand,very difficult to follow if at all. I stuck to the forum and went without hitch (appart from losing a bolt :-[ :-X)
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Worth having the book of lies, esp for the £5 - £10 it costs from egay
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I've always found Haynes manuals great for my previous cars but for some reason it's pretty terrible for the omega. Usually suggests taking the majority of your car apart to get at something which has relatively reasonable access. Useful to have a Haynes manual though.
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I've always found Haynes manuals great for my previous cars but for some reason it's pretty terrible for the omega. Usually suggests taking the majority of your car apart to get at something which has relatively reasonable access. Useful to have a Haynes manual though.
Thats probably cos in a lot of instances you have to :D ;D
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Haynes book of lies does have some use ....
Pictures ... not all the "how to's" have all the pictures .. between those taken and Haynes you can usually "visualise" the problem better.
Torque values ... Haynes is a very good quick reference for these
Basic stuff .. Haynes is very good for most basic stuff .. it is the more "in-depth" stuff that the forum is really excellent for as Haynes assumes too much knowledge .. the forum accepts that many of us are not trained mechanics !!
All in all I like having both ... OK Haynes is out-of-date for some stuff... but much is the same ... so use the forum for that and any questions.
The answer to most stuff you do for the first time is prior research ... Haynes + Forum = excellent reading resources
IMHO :)
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I must say I have only ever done oil changes before coming here. Got myself the haynes, read on the forum and built up the confidence to do some tinkering under the bonnet.
I found the haynes man like some forign language I cannot understand,very difficult to follow if at all. I stuck to the forum and went without hitch (appart from losing a bolt :-[ :-X)
:y
this is why i want the manual i used to be able to maintain my car when cars were built to be worked on at home. Just need the confidence to mess and the manual and this site will def help
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I've always found Haynes manuals great for my previous cars but for some reason it's pretty terrible for the omega. Usually suggests taking the majority of your car apart to get at something which has relatively reasonable access. Useful to have a Haynes manual though.
I found that too but also when changing the manifold gasket it says remove the oil cooler pipes from around the oil filter. "Thats easier said then done" There's not much space and they are F@@kin tight. ;D
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found this on flce bay
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RARE-VAUXHALL-OMEGA-VECTRA-V6-WORKSHOP-MANUAL-2-01_W0QQitemZ250270748888QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item250270748888&_trksid=p3286.m14.l1318