Omega Owners Forum
Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: sjwsize8 on 29 December 2008, 23:47:29
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Hello and merry christmas, hope everyone has had a good time. I recently bought an N reg omega 2.5td CD for £200!. I'm trying to find a replacement cd player but cannot find one anywhere, it's a cd300 blaupunkt version. Second problem, would vauge steering and a pull(feels like fighting between front wheels) to the left indicate track rod ends and wishbones?. The last problem is the performace? it's done 201k (no history) and will not pull past 4000rpm (in 2nd and up (manual)) and feels very slow (poor economy). Am i expecting alot from the car as i'm used to a 4yr old 407 peugot 2.2hdi. It's smoke free (i thought it was turbo at first) and is smooth revving, hits 80mph with ease (given a bit of time), not lumpy, starts first time, no warning light and no noises or knocks. I think for the money i paid it's amazing, all the electrics work inside and its clean, even the heated seats work and it rattles less than my 407. I think it's a totally amazing car!! :)
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Fair bet the wishbones are knackered. Mine did the same when I bought it. Changed the wishbones and that sorted it. If she pulls to the left when you find a safe quiet stretch of road and brake quite sharply then it's exactly what I had. The l/h wishbone front bushes are knackered and allow the l/h wheel to turn out, causing the pull to the left. The tyres will also show signs of uneven wear.
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performance sounds like intercooler pipes have leak somewhere.
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I have a Philips SC804 radio with a DC012 Autochanger available C/W passcode
PM me if interested
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Thank you for your help, Im going to degreae and jetwash the engine bay as there is a lot of oil sludge and dirt build up around the intercooler hoses, i put fuel system cleaner thought it and it has helped but is still very slow (medium hill at 45mph, floored in 4th thats it!). May sound stupid but can you hear the turbo come on boost? Thanks Pitchfork for the offer, i went to the scrappy and got a cd500 (£20) with a code. Going to look at wishbones next, are they difficult to do as a diy job or do you need presses and stuff? Happy New year. 8-)