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Omega General Help / Re: Autobox will not move out of 'Park'

« on: 17 May 2010, 13:01:35 »

I had this a few years ago in the south of France! There is an override lever at the back of the gear lever, below the bristles which I used as a get you home measure. It is shown in the owners manual if you have this.

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Omega General Help / Re: Head Gasket

« on: 16 May 2010, 19:04:31 »

Thanks, for the advice. I will remove the phenum and inlet ports next weekend and do a pressure test, as I going to fix the problem causing oil leaking into plug holes anyway, even I don't have to go as far as removing the heads.

The high reading could have been due to oil in plug holes as I did have this on all the plugs, but some may had more oil than others. :-/

There is no signs of any water under the engine from a leak and I've now losing alot of water, about half the header tank in warming up engine and it cooling down again for the compression test! 

Unfortunately the losing of the water and the misfire on tickover but not under load are the same I had years ago when the head gasket went on a 960 Volvo that I had, so I'm fearing the worst.

I will let you know how I get on.

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Omega General Help / Head Gasket

« on: 16 May 2010, 17:14:08 »

I've been reading articles on your here for a few months and have found it a very helpful friendly site. I have a poorly 1999 3.0L Elite Estate.

I've been losing water for sometime which has got progressively worse. It is not the HSE valve as this was replaced, when I started losing water, this slowed the rate of loss down, but did not stop it. It is now misfiring on tickover, once the engine has warmed up, but is ok underload above 2000rpm. There is also no steam from the exhaust on a hot day when the engine is cold, only when it is up to temperature. The dis pack and plug leads were replaced about 15,000 miles ago, but there is oil in the plug holes (cam box gasket leak?). There is no oil in the water and there is no white gunge on the oil dipstick.

I have done the test suggested in one of your help articles by filling the radiator expansion tank to the top, left the cap off and there is air returning through the top tube on this when I rev the engine, it also smells of exhaust fumes! 

Yesterday I did a compression test on a warm engine (I think is it the nearside bank of cylinders that is missing as the plugs were cooler than the offside, when I removed them). What is puzzling me a bit are the results, as I would expect the compression to be lower if a head gasket had gone, but for two of the cylinders, on the nearside bank, it was much higher. The only reason I can think for this is that water is being drawn into the cylinders and this means that there is less room for the air to compress and making the reading higher?

The results were:

drivers side:
back: 230psi
middle: 252psi
front: 238psi

nearside:
back: 297psi
middle: 265psi
front: 235psi

Any advice on whether you think head gasket has gone would be appreciated as I don't want to strip the engine down and replace them unnecessarly!

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General Car Chat / Re: what a tool !

« on: 12 September 2011, 20:31:57 »

Ive just got this mental image of TBE resting on its front and rear bumpers, interior open to the elements 

sommat like

http://www.toolsnob.com/pictures/lenox_blades_car.jpg

Fold up cars, what will they think of next 

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General Car Chat / Re: Preparing For Winter

« on: 09 September 2011, 04:24:01 »

Don't forget to tell your insurance company as they may class it as a modified vehicle!!! 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11969958

Looking around, I found most tyre suppliers don't list W/S or Winter tyre prices on their websites, the only one I have found so far, that actually categorizes by tyre type is this:

http://www.mytyres.co.uk/

If anybody else has found any other websites that actually list prices, please let me know as I interested as I expect to drive to the Ukraine to visit or hopefully to be living there this winter, where winter tyres are compulsory, if stopped by the police there you have to pay a bribe fine. 

What part of Ukraine are you going to? I have been there a few times myself.

A small town called Tal'ne in the Cherkasy Oblast. It is about half way between Kiev and Odessa. If I'm using the motorway (E95) from Kiev to Odessa, I leave it at Uman and it is about 30 miles east from there.

My wife's family live in the village Sokolivochka just outside Tal'ne
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=48.9362936&lon=30.7598305&z=14&l=0&m=b

My wife's family come from a village called Zhyznomyr, just outside Buchach, about 40 miles south of Ternopil.

http://wikimapia.org/#lat=49.0447321&lon=25.3926659&z=13&l=0&m=b

We have been there in winter, -20C, my old 2.0 mig estate performed flawlessly.

We have also talked about living there, would be interested in how you get on.

I will keep in touch once I've moved there as I enjoy the OOF forum, there are a lot of good real characters. 

I'm in the fortunate position that all my business interests are Internet based, so I will carry on earning what I do in the UK, while having a Ukraine cost of living. All I need is an Internet connection which my sister-in-law has where I will be staying until we buy our own house. I'm keen to start developing some games for the iphone and Android phones as I had a successful computer games business from 1982 to 1998 when I sold it as the cost of development for the next generation of games was just too expensive, but mobile gaming has brought development costs right down.

I have also spent the last year planning some other new business ventures, which I'm keen to get moving on.

I'm under no illusions in that by emigrating there will be lots of new challenges like learning to speak Ukrainian and Russian, fortunately I've learn't to speak some French, which I have found is helping in learning more new languages

A website that might interest you is the English Expats website. The forum is very good with lots of common problems answered:

http://www.expatua.com

If other OOF members wonder why we are married to Ukrainian women go to the website http://www.alena-marriage-agency.com and do a search on Ukrainian women and you will understand why. 

OK.... I wonder if my qualifications are transferable, mind I don't think I would last a week....

Not sure Mrs Vamps would approve on the qualifications you were thinking of transferring... 

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General Car Chat / Re: Preparing For Winter

« on: 09 September 2011, 02:51:27 »

Don't forget to tell your insurance company as they may class it as a modified vehicle!!! 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11969958

Looking around, I found most tyre suppliers don't list W/S or Winter tyre prices on their websites, the only one I have found so far, that actually categorizes by tyre type is this:

http://www.mytyres.co.uk/

If anybody else has found any other websites that actually list prices, please let me know as I interested as I expect to drive to the Ukraine to visit or hopefully to be living there this winter, where winter tyres are compulsory, if stopped by the police there you have to pay a bribe fine. 

What part of Ukraine are you going to? I have been there a few times myself.

A small town called Tal'ne in the Cherkasy Oblast. It is about half way between Kiev and Odessa. If I'm using the motorway (E95) from Kiev to Odessa, I leave it at Uman and it is about 30 miles east from there.

My wife's family live in the village Sokolivochka just outside Tal'ne
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=48.9362936&lon=30.7598305&z=14&l=0&m=b

My wife's family come from a village called Zhyznomyr, just outside Buchach, about 40 miles south of Ternopil.

http://wikimapia.org/#lat=49.0447321&lon=25.3926659&z=13&l=0&m=b

We have been there in winter, -20C, my old 2.0 mig estate performed flawlessly.

We have also talked about living there, would be interested in how you get on.

I will keep in touch once I've moved there as I enjoy the OOF forum, there are a lot of good real characters. 

I'm in the fortunate position that all my business interests are Internet based, so I will carry on earning what I do in the UK, while having a Ukraine cost of living. All I need is an Internet connection which my sister-in-law has where I will be staying until we buy our own house. I'm keen to start developing some games for the iphone and Android phones as I had a successful computer games business from 1982 to 1998 when I sold it as the cost of development for the next generation of games was just too expensive, but mobile gaming has brought development costs right down.

I have also spent the last year planning some other new business ventures, which I'm keen to get moving on.

I'm under no illusions in that by emigrating there will be lots of new challenges like learning to speak Ukrainian and Russian, fortunately I've learn't to speak some French, which I have found is helping in learning more new languages

A website that might interest you is the English Expats website. The forum is very good with lots of common problems answered:

http://www.expatua.com

If other OOF members wonder why we are married to Ukrainian women go to the website http://www.alena-marriage-agency.com and do a search on Ukrainian women and you will understand why. 

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General Car Chat / Re: Preparing For Winter

« on: 08 September 2011, 00:43:08 »

Don't forget to tell your insurance company as they may class it as a modified vehicle!!! 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11969958

Looking around, I found most tyre suppliers don't list W/S or Winter tyre prices on their websites, the only one I have found so far, that actually categorizes by tyre type is this:

http://www.mytyres.co.uk/

If anybody else has found any other websites that actually list prices, please let me know as I interested as I expect to drive to the Ukraine to visit or hopefully to be living there this winter, where winter tyres are compulsory, if stopped by the police there you have to pay a bribe fine. 

buy from Ukraine if you go early.. will be cheaper ..

Your right, been looking on some Ukrainian tyre supplier websites and the typical saving is about £10 per corner compared to UK prices. 

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General Car Chat / Re: Preparing For Winter

« on: 08 September 2011, 00:07:27 »

Don't forget to tell your insurance company as they may class it as a modified vehicle!!! 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11969958

Looking around, I found most tyre suppliers don't list W/S or Winter tyre prices on their websites, the only one I have found so far, that actually categorizes by tyre type is this:

http://www.mytyres.co.uk/

If anybody else has found any other websites that actually list prices, please let me know as I interested as I expect to drive to the Ukraine to visit or hopefully to be living there this winter, where winter tyres are compulsory, if stopped by the police there you have to pay a bribe fine. 

What part of Ukraine are you going to? I have been there a few times myself.

A small town called Tal'ne in the Cherkasy Oblast. It is about half way between Kiev and Odessa. If I'm using the motorway (E95) from Kiev to Odessa, I leave it at Uman and it is about 30 miles east from there.

My wife's family live in the village Sokolivochka just outside Tal'ne
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=48.9362936&lon=30.7598305&z=14&l=0&m=b

7494

General Car Chat / Re: Preparing For Winter

« on: 07 September 2011, 15:28:28 »

Don't forget to tell your insurance company as they may class it as a modified vehicle!!! 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11969958

Looking around, I found most tyre suppliers don't list W/S or Winter tyre prices on their websites, the only one I have found so far, that actually categorizes by tyre type is this:

http://www.mytyres.co.uk/

If anybody else has found any other websites that actually list prices, please let me know as I interested as I expect to drive to the Ukraine to visit or hopefully to be living there this winter, where winter tyres are compulsory, if stopped by the police there you have to pay a bribe fine. 

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General Car Chat / Re: Do WIM do bicycle tyres?

« on: 06 September 2011, 16:55:26 »

700 miles, you need to turbo charge those legs and get that back wheel spinning more 

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General Car Chat / Re: I've just gone through a box of tissues

« on: 07 September 2011, 14:05:50 »

Beautiful, ideal tool for your local traffic light Grand Prix 

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General Car Chat / Re: Front wheel drive Omega

« on: 07 September 2011, 21:10:01 »

Such shape and style is something to die for 

Go on make a bid, you know you are dying to own it 

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General Car Chat / Re: Omega Safety

« on: 06 September 2011, 16:50:59 »

Just as effective is the 'Indian' driving system. Where they believe that if today is your destined day to die then you will regardless, if not then no harm will come if overtake towards oncoming vehicles, on blind bends and over the crest of hill etc.... 

The outcome, the highest death rate on roads in the world 

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General Car Chat / Re: Omega Safety

« on: 06 September 2011, 14:48:24 »

The most dangerous thing we all do is travelling around.

It used to be about 1 in 200 people killed in the UK during their lifetime doing this, with safety improvements it is now about 1 in 400. 

In other countries it is far worse. In Ukraine it is about 1 in 100 and they have a fraction of the number of vehicles we have and therefore total annual mileage is much less.  This is one of the reasons there are on 85 men to 100 women in Ukraine. 

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General Car Chat / Re: I have had enough!!!!!!!!!

« on: 15 August 2011, 01:45:43 »

Vauxcentre Fleabay adverts say at the bottom Vx part number given for reference only, which I take to mean they are selling an aftermarket part, which is why I went to my local Vx stealer for replacement crankshaft sensor a few weeks ago.