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General Discussion Area / Re: '96 N Elite... its value?

« on: 25 July 2006, 22:34:35 »

possible? probable! hgf on a v6 omega is as rare

Hummmm very interesting, being an plod one it would have been maintained well, oil changes ect... so quite probable its oil cooler! Well thats another possible  

With the above description of the failer, it could do what MarksDTM said to drive it back?

What do you do exactly, fill up the coolant system (to the brim?) with coolant, leave the cap off then as it uses coolant on the drive back just keep filling it up with water?

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General Discussion Area / Re: '96 N Elite... its value?

« on: 25 July 2006, 22:15:41 »

I am also looking at a car thats descibed as:

"1 CYLINDER HEAD GASKET HAS BLOWN"

It goes on to say a garage quoted £400, could this be a oil cooler problem?

Its plod estate 130k miles

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General Discussion Area / Re: '96 N Elite... its value?

« on: 25 July 2006, 21:58:23 »

Its easy to disconnect the prop shaft and then you can tow an auto as far as you like...

And is surprising how far you can drive a car witha  failed headgasket, simply fill the header tank right up and dont put the lid on....then keep topping with water regularly.

The coolant system doesnt pressurise so the water loss is minimal and the escaping cylinder gases have a place to go....

head gasket failure ( hgf) can be driven, as long as coolant is checked, topped up, Engine temperature is watched and its not hammered.

Recently had a rver 25 gti drive from glasgow to cardiff with, , , youve guessed it, HGF

Ok ermm wow! thats opened some options!

This "header tank", this is the coolant tank? Left hand tank usually yellowy colour, & the stuff that gets really hot undernomal driving? do you fill it right up with coolant and then just water??

I take it when you get back you do a system flush?

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General Discussion Area / Re: '96 N Elite... its value?

« on: 25 July 2006, 19:58:43 »

probably not, certainly not far...

Hummm ah well, I take it an Auto can be towed if its put into Netruel?

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General Discussion Area / Re: '96 N Elite... its value?

« on: 25 July 2006, 19:25:50 »

ohh pre-facelift i guess? 2.5k??

@ Laidback yeah i have seen many "Head Gasket" fails going on eBay, can i ask a daft question and say.... what is a head gasket!  

Can a V6 be driven with a HG fail?

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General Discussion Area / Re: '96 N Elite... its value?

« on: 25 July 2006, 10:36:19 »

really? humm did't think i could get much more for it, just found out it has no tax now. Auction said it was being used dailey at the moment to the millage would be higher  :-?

My thoughts were, a good clean inside and out, and AT it for £995

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General Discussion Area / Re: '96 N Elite... its value?

« on: 25 July 2006, 10:18:45 »

grrr never mind, now they want £600. stuff that!!!

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General Discussion Area / '96 N Elite... its value?

« on: 25 July 2006, 10:02:15 »

Might be able to get a '95 N Elite for £500, MOT 11 months left, some tax, 126k miles, looks in very good conidtion.

AT has same examples going for a grand, could i make money on it?

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General Discussion Area / Re: Just saying hello....

« on: 25 July 2006, 19:33:36 »

Nice collection,James. I'm not a bit jealous....at all

A very nice collection, first time i have ever seen a Ex-Plodcar being re-transformed back to a plod car!

Great body kit on the facelift  

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General Discussion Area / Re: Sat Nav - what's in and what's not?

« on: 24 July 2006, 20:07:46 »

Nokia n70 + TomTom Mobile 5 here, excellent, always have my mobile so very usefull.

Full UK Postcode and FULL US Zip code nav, I have all the maps for every state in the USA, very usefull when driving out there!  

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General Discussion Area / Re: So who are we all - Meet and Greet

« on: 12 July 2006, 08:49:30 »

Wow you go married when you were 5!!

Someone started young!

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General Discussion Area / Re: So who are we all - Meet and Greet

« on: 11 July 2006, 23:45:09 »

Didn't get a chance to do this over there.

I'm Tim.  Married to Rio (Yes, she dances on the sand!)
We have 5 kids between us.  Ages 21,19,16,13 and 11.  Two eldest in RAF, two youngest in Miami and the middle one in New York.  Oh the delights of previous marriages!

I'm an Air Traffic Control Systems Engineer.  I manage a team of engineers whom maintain the seviceability of the mainframe at the Air Traffic Control Centre in West London.
Rio is a Prison Officer!  

Have many interests, but never specialise.

Last book read.  Davinci Code.  Only because everyone else has and I felt left out.
Goals.  Build the motorbike I wanted when I was 20.  Learn to play Guitar.

Hey Tim, Glad to see you here.

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General Discussion Area / Re: So who are we all - Meet and Greet

« on: 11 July 2006, 22:51:55 »

Ooooh spooky, currently 27 mmbers on here and 4 maybe even 5 marks already!!

Cause its the best name  

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General Discussion Area / Re: So who are we all - Meet and Greet

« on: 11 July 2006, 22:33:39 »

Hello everyone!

I come from the Darkside, and been recurited by our new Omega God... Ronald McBurger! (previous name- marktcom)

I am Mark 22, drive a Facelift X Plate 2.2 CD Omega, and love it. Just doing a boot install at the moment, pictures will be up soon.

Also any other facelift owners who share the problem of the boot button being disabled with the key in the ignion there is a solution, good friend of mine showed me what to do... I will prob add something to the maintance guide or something.

Watch out for pics of my beast with added ICE soon

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General Discussion Area / Re: GOOD GARAGE SCHEME

« on: 22 July 2006, 10:18:52 »

trouble is with that, someone might think they have done a good job when the have'nt, how does a regular joe no about the tensionrs and other bits (unless he's a member here)

Good idea though, maybe we should make one for here?

We have a good spread of members thoughout the UK who can reccommend garages.