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Cars for Sale & wanted / Re: Low mileage 3.2 MV6 Wanted

« on: 09 October 2012, 13:18:25 »

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I already have an 2.6 Elite which I'm looking to sell for repair/spare (I'll post another thread for it in here). I drove my mate's 3.2 MV6 and I liked it lot more than mine in terms of power, handling and interior.

Not until you have the required postcount for selling

208 to go 

  I know that's a lot. But don't you worry...as I'm gonna buy another Omega I'll keep posting for a while  .

Cheers.

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Cars for Sale & wanted / Re: Low mileage 3.2 MV6 Wanted

« on: 08 October 2012, 20:12:55 »

I'm looking to own a 3.2 MV6 Automatic Saloon. Got to be a low mileage one.

Please PM me if you have one to sell.

A well lookeed after 'high milage' is generally better than an unloved, uncared for low milage car. Milage isn't the B all & end all,    and you'll find people's cars here have anything from 'low milage' to 250k miles plus 

You're absolutely right. Mileage is a kind of rule of thumb scale to measure how knackered a car is and obviously it is not absolute IMO. I reckon I can't have a that low mileage one as most of the miggys are at least 8-10 years old  by now.

TBH if a car has too low mileage I'll be suspicious about that one - was the driver reluctant to drive it? Why (it's such a lovely car to drive)? If the driver was reluctant to drive it then very likely he was reluctant to maintain it as well. I will try to steer clear from such cars.

Does it have to be an MV6?

I already have an 2.6 Elite which I'm looking to sell for repair/spare (I'll post another thread for it in here). I drove my mate's 3.2 MV6 and I liked it lot more than mine in terms of power, handling and interior.

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Omega General Help / Re: Water in spark plugs?

« on: 08 October 2012, 17:00:15 »

So my mate was pretty much right. I'm gonna check it and post the update.

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Omega General Help / Water in spark plugs?

« on: 08 October 2012, 14:13:06 »

My miggy (2001 2.6 Elite Auto with 104K miles) vibrates a lot on cold start. It seems really rough in lower rev range, the upper rev range (4k+) seems normal. If I leave it running for 10-15 minutes, it drives OK after it gets warmed up. However, after driving it for a while it starts to vibrate a lot when idle.

It doesn't loose any coolant and a mate suspects water in plug hole. What you guys reckon?

Update: Forgot to add that engine management light comes on intermittently and the codes are 0300 and 0305 which I reckon is misfire in cylinder 5.

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Cars for Sale & wanted / Low mileage 3.2 MV6 Wanted

« on: 08 October 2012, 14:11:51 »

I'm looking to own a 3.2 MV6 Automatic Saloon. Got to be a low mileage one.

Please PM me if you have one to sell.

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Omega General Help / Re: Drove into another car, need new front bumper.

« on: 04 September 2012, 22:19:59 »

Hi if you can get over to me I have a front bumper from a cdx which has a couple of bits that will need a rub down, but as you are repainting it will be done anyway. I also have the hard plastic /foam bit that sits on the inside of the bumper. You can have both free of charge..

Just to give you some idea i changed mine over for a mv6 bumper which i had to fill rub down and respray materials, it cost me about £75 and then just my time in doing it. You could have a go yourself its not hard it just takes patients as prep work is key.

cheers Paul.

Hi Paul...just pm'd you.

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Omega General Help / Re: Drove into another car, need new front bumper.

« on: 04 September 2012, 21:31:59 »

Someone on here does them , cant remember who though unless someone else can ... quite recently a repair was done to a front bumper that was split in a few places then resprayed 

You must've seen the photos I posted. Do you reckon it can fixed without fitting a new one?

From what i can see i think it would be better having a fresh start as it looks too far gone tbh , if repaired it could eventually split costing you more in time ... there is a post on here where the guy showed us repair pictures stage by stage ...

OK...I'll try to find the post. Looking at ebay at the moment and found a few guys breaking their Omegas (in black, silver etc though). Trying to contact them to haggle.

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Omega General Help / Re: Drove into another car, need new front bumper.

« on: 04 September 2012, 21:16:30 »

Someone on here does them , cant remember who though unless someone else can ... quite recently a repair was done to a front bumper that was split in a few places then resprayed 

You must've seen the photos I posted. Do you reckon it can fixed without fitting a new one?

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Omega General Help / Re: Drove into another car, need new front bumper.

« on: 04 September 2012, 21:09:19 »

I would get any colour bumper and stick it on for now , then save up and get it sprayed ... at least you will be able to use the car . Maybe even rub the paint off it or key it ready for paint to save money  if it was a silver one im sure you would have no trouble getting one 

Thanks for your suggestions. That's exactly what I'm thinking now. When I bought the car didn't realise that it's such a rare one. Do you have any idea approx how much it might cost to respray the bumper?

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Omega General Help / Re: Drove into another car, need new front bumper.

« on: 03 September 2012, 23:18:21 »

It's been quite a while and still haven't found any golden bumper in decent condition. I've been keeping an eye on the ebay but no luck. A forum member suggested to fit bumper of another colour and respray it but that might be too expensive for me. Is there any other option I should look at?

Thanks all.

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Omega General Help / Re: Drove into another car, need new front bumper.

« on: 23 August 2012, 00:21:44 »

Father in law tended to use the bumpers as parking sensor

  thats hilarious

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Omega General Help / Re: Drove into another car, need new front bumper.

« on: 22 August 2012, 23:10:41 »

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2000-Vauxhall-Omega-3-0-Elite-Breaking-most-parts-available-like-MV6-etc-/251132528389?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3a78aa4705    this one closer to you, looks gold too  hth

Thanks a lot for this. I'm gonna chase the guy for the bonnet and bumper.

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Omega General Help / Re: Drove into another car, need new front bumper.

« on: 22 August 2012, 23:05:02 »

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Yes, it seems golden is kinda rarer than other colours. 

Some would say that's a bonus! 

I like the colour though, it looks really nice when it's washed and in sun  . Now I hope I will find the parts. I've been kicking myself since Monday for being stupid enough to drove it back into somebody else.

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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Wanted-Front bumper and bonnet for 2001 Golden 2.6 Elite

« on: 22 August 2012, 22:58:57 »

Hi all...

I need to replace the front bumper and bonnet on my 2001 2.6 Elite. I'm in Bedford. Also looking for someone who can fit them.

See the piccies from original thread:

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=106495.new#new

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Omega General Help / Re: Drove into another car, need new front bumper.

« on: 22 August 2012, 22:57:53 »

Headlamp trim doesnt look broken to me but if it is I would think you wouldnt pay more than a tenner for one.Headlamp washer probably £15-20.
Your biggest problem may be finding parts in the correct colour.

Yes, it seems golden is kinda rarer than other colours.