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Omega General Help / 2.5td camshaft required

« on: 20 March 2012, 17:16:40 »

ello peeps
as it says in the title found that my camshaft has parted company No 5 and 6 cylinders going independant to the other 4 whats the chance of cylinder damage as a result.
any info greatly appreciated
cheers.

Omega General Help / 2.5td bag of spanners

« on: 29 February 2012, 15:58:37 »

Ello peeps
total dead end now so would greatly appreciate some wisdom.
I have a 99 2.5td auto saloon elite just clocked 100k, last week my AR25 gearbox finally asked for its P45 and refused to work anymore.
Had a replacement AR35 (ebay bargain £65 79k on it) waiting to go in so booked some hols and set about swap.
Gearbox was a bit of a struggle but i have had worse and it was in and ready to run a day and a half later.
Thats when the trouble started engine started and sounded like a bag of spanners loads of grey black smoke out of the exhaust and a strong smell of unburt diesel, eml light came on shut engine down (all this in a matter of 10 seconds).
Checked for fault codes got the following P1842(2nd to 3rd solenoid shift) fuel quantity out of range.
cleared the codes and tried it again same results, shut it off had a few beers.
Started to doubt if i had accidently turned the engine anticlockwise (big NO No)
Stripped cam cover and front end checked timing all seems okset everything up as per range rover/bmw diesel info posted by others (BIG THANK YOU it was invaluable)
put it all back together same result have not read any codes on it yet i am to fed up and having a beer in the garden and lovely sunshine.
PS I am in South Devon any thoughts would be appreciated.

Cheers BD.

Omega General Help / Worth it?

« on: 21 November 2011, 22:39:23 »

Hi, been thinking about LPG'ing my miggy since I got it about a month ago, and found someone 5 miles away from me selling a complete 2nd hand kit for £150 which is currently fitted to a 3.0 omega elite, same as mine.
Its only a single point but for the money do you think it would be worth it, Would be fitting it myself with help from my dad.
I'm quite keen on the idea but a bit sceptical about buying 2nd hand lpg stuff. Its still fitted to the car so may see if I can blag a drive in it.
Cheers Steve

Cars for Sale & wanted / Wanted 2.5 diesel

« on: 13 October 2011, 23:59:24 »

Well since I got my Omega, my dad is really impressed with it and now on the lookout for a 2.5 diesel preferably elite but anything considered.
Could swap or px his 1999 1.9tdi Passat estate.
Thanks Steve

Newbie Welcome Area / Hey everyone

« on: 04 October 2011, 23:53:59 »

Hey I'm Steve just been given an 3.0 auto elite which I'm trying to fix up and then run on an apprentices wage

Bit of a step up from my 1.4 renault megane but £5 a month less to insure haha.
Expect lots of basic questions from me like why's my battery flat, oh because I spent 2 hours playing with all the electrics like a 2 year old.