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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 20 October 2016, 19:06:42 »

Cleaned the breathers - which didn't really need cleaning ,cleaned a little oil out of the n/s bank plug wells and cleaned some oil off my nice new Bosch coil pack.
Time for new gaskets. 

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Omega General Help / Payen camcover gaskets.

« on: 20 October 2016, 19:02:02 »

Looking at the listing on All German site, it looks like I need two of these per bank, unless the illustration is wrong. Anyone have any experience of them, who knows one way or the other ?  The site says 1 per bank, but the illustration suggests otherwise. 
http://www.allgermanparts.co.uk/default/car-parts/rocker-cover-gasket-67309.html
Anyone know the GM part numbers for the o rings and sealant of the top of their head ? Save me rooting around in the shed to try and find out. 
Tia.

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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / camcover for 3.2 wanted.

« on: 20 October 2016, 18:55:03 »

As above, I need a n/s (passenger side) camcover suitable for my 3.2. A while back I was drying out the plug wells with a heat gun and while daydreaming I sort of melted it a bit.
I need to do the gaskets on that bank now, so I want to replace the camcover while I'm down there. It annoys and embarrasses me every time I see it. 
If you have one spare, please get in touch. 

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General Car Chat / Re: Mahle thermostats

« on: 20 October 2016, 11:51:42 »

I find them unpredictable. I have had them pull out pretty easily and had to smash them up because they seemed to be welded in place.
I did have a spare one but it was in one of the boxes of spares that filled the boot of my last Omega when I sold it earlier this year.
The sad thing is that I'm pretty sure all those spares went in a skip, as the new owner had no particular interest and said he never keeps a car longer than 6 months.
Sure enough, 6 months later the car popped up on ebay again.
If I had a small warehouse I wouldn't throw anything away, but I don't so I can only keep a limited number of spares for the Omega.........and the Merc...................and the sons Fiat....

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General Discussion Area / Re: My Daughter..update

« on: 20 October 2016, 11:45:01 »

Had to do the same myself not long ago with a close family member. A relatively simple and common problem, which caused immense suffering, was misdiagnosed for over two years until it became a very major problem. During the many emergency visits during this time, the treatment by some of the staff was nothing less than cruel, heartless and bordered on sadistic.
When the problem was finally diagnosed - by a junior doctor, and a simple ultrasound scan - they then came close to killing the family member when they tried to fix it.
Once I announced we were going private, the elusive doctor who was the expert in this field, but was never available, appeared on the ward within 5 minutes and said he would sort the whole thing out in 2 days time, which is what happened.
Its not a sacred cow. Its not the envy of the world any more. Its broken, and in my opinion, its not due to a shortage of funds.

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General Car Chat / Re: Mahle thermostats

« on: 20 October 2016, 11:31:52 »

Oh yeah, transfer pipe. Forgot about that. If you have one, keep it on standby please. 
Wont be doing the job until next week, but will report success or otherwise when its done. 

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General Car Chat / Re: Mahle thermostats

« on: 20 October 2016, 10:19:33 »

I ordered one last night.

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General Car Chat / Re: Mahle thermostats

« on: 19 October 2016, 23:15:34 »

Its not Mahle, its Wahler. That's why I couldn't find any. 
As said, Ive used them a few years ago, and it was easy to see the GM logo had been partially ground off, probably due to some contractual obligations. I recall Elite Pete and others used them regularily too without problems.
Don't think I have a spare transfer pipe in the shed these days, so I had better be careful. 

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General Car Chat / Old threads / topics.

« on: 19 October 2016, 22:26:55 »

It can be very interesting to read back over some of them. While searching for thermostat info, I came across this one and read it through from start to finish.
It brought back many memories, some good, some bad, bit I cant deny I felt quite proud by the end. Also realised I'm nearly 5 years older now, and wouldn't dream of doing that again in the middle of winter. 
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=97636.0

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General Car Chat / Mahle thermostats

« on: 19 October 2016, 22:02:40 »

My 3.2 needs a stat and I know Mahle are OE suppliers. On previous ones I have fitted it was obvious that they had the GM logo ground off.
Cant remember where I sourced them from previously though.
Anyone know of a good source.
Tia.

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General Discussion Area / Re: I'm going to burn in hell...

« on: 19 October 2016, 12:14:31 »

Ive got scars all over the place, from head to toe. I was very accident prone when I was younger. I wont boast that I seem to have grown out of it, as last time I did that I fell over a dining chair, headbutted a wall and knocked myself out cold, hit the floor like a sack of spuds, chin first, and broke my jawbone clean through, just below my right ear. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Jeremy Hunt....is it just me?

« on: 18 October 2016, 17:25:14 »

Every Labour Government in history has ruined the economy. The Tories then get voted back in to clear up the mess, until they are so unpopular they get voted out, and the whole vicious circle starts again.
It kind of went wrong this time though, as Osborne was a boy doing a mans job and didn't manage to clear up much of the mess.
The national debt rose faster then ever, and espite the bleeding heart left wing hand wringing, there wasn't actually much austerity at all.
The cost of the welfare state also rose sharply under his tenure at the treasury.
Left wing thinking doesn't work, cant work, never has worked in the rwsal world and it never will.
Ive never voted Tory in my life by the way.

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Omega General Help / Re: Glow Plugs

« on: 18 October 2016, 15:08:50 »

I usually use Bosch glowplugs in my old Merc diesel. Tried cheapo ones once and they were useless. I would just order them from your nearest motor factors, or eurocarparts etc. WHerever you get them for the best price.

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General Car Chat / Re: Cars that made Britain great. Channel 5 at 8.

« on: 18 October 2016, 15:01:43 »

I once met a bloke who swore blind that he had such an energetic session with a young lady in the back of his reliant robin, that when they had finished, the reliant was a quarter of a mile down the road from where he had parked it. 
He then proceeded to demonstrate how he could entangle himself through one of the pub seats and then extricate himself, like a professional contortionist.
He certainly got himself very tangled around the seat, but try as he might, he couldnt get himself out. Everyone ignored him and went home. No idea how he got on after that. 

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Omega General Help / Re: 2.6 Radiator

« on: 18 October 2016, 11:30:01 »

It wont be a problem. They just make a generic rad for V6 omegas, rather than model specific, but  you can fit it and just ignore the inbuilt ATF cooler. Or you have the choice of two, so can swap around depending on your mood.