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Omega General Help / Re: MPG
« on: 05 October 2012, 22:13:51 »
its a 2.2 auto petrol, is there any common thing to do servicing wise to improve it?

Good service, plugs, air filter, fuel filter, throttle body & breather clean. Petrol 4 pots love fresh oil too.

There does seem to be a bit of oil around the throttle body where the air filter hose connects, is there a how to on here for the 2.2?

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Omega General Help / Re: MPG
« on: 05 October 2012, 21:03:27 »
its a 2.2 auto petrol, is there any common thing to do servicing wise to improve it?

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Omega General Help / MPG
« on: 05 October 2012, 15:24:40 »
I have a 2.2, what do other people get to the gallon?, I only seem to get around 20.5 average normal driving around town.

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Omega General Help / Re: Engine swap
« on: 01 October 2012, 13:19:39 »
Wasnt the Rover FWD as well ?

8 seconds apart!  ;D

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Omega General Help / Re: Engine swap
« on: 01 October 2012, 13:18:57 »
Weren't the 800s front wheel drive? 

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Omega General Help / Re: Tyres, which make?
« on: 01 October 2012, 13:09:09 »
Isn't this Chris's expertise?  ::) :y
He'd only recommend Falkens...
...shut it you! ;D

Falkens are shite, on omega, just in case anyone doesn't know yet.

Iirc (this is a lie, I had to check your post history) there's an outstanding question on the set up since the last work on the suspension...?

But as long as your happy with the car and the set up;

...er, well it depends what you call a good tyre?
Cheap?
Sport?
Low wear?
Quiet?
Stable?

Michelin primacy, last for silly miles if driven sensibly. Poor lateral grip.

I use conti sc3, bit noisy, good grip v wear. Fairly stable. Expensive.
TB uses sport max tt, high grip high wear high price, very planted and stable. Noisy.

Mid range Kumho ku31/39 reasonable mid range tyre. Less grippy than above.


...actually, most of those are obsolete now. :-[ ;D


Amyway, you get the idea. What sort of driver are you? Miss Daisy, Joe Bloggs or Ken Block?


Ps, second hand do have a use. If your still having set up issues for instance...?
And also if new suspension fitted, it's best to leave set up, and hence New tyres, until the new suspension has settled. At least a couple of weeks if possible.

Hopefully that's of more help than those other jokers above? ;D


Hi

The last setup produced this on a visualiner pro 32

left front -1.27 (0.05)
right front -1.98 (0.05)
left rear -1.81 (-0.27) adjuster seized
right rear -2.44 (0.21)

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Omega General Help / Tyres, which make?
« on: 30 September 2012, 21:16:35 »
I had a few problems with wishbones, geo etc and my tyres are a bit buggered, I have P7s on at the moment (a bit cone shaped now!) and was thinking of replacing them. What makes do you recommend and is it worth going for second hand?

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Omega General Help / Re: squeaky steering wheel/column
« on: 29 September 2012, 16:08:19 »
Mine did squeak, I used a can of spray that was left in the car after a service, the stuff they use on the hinges and with a long nozzle attached, I soaked the bushes in the top of the column, the fluid ran down and lubricated everything on its way, no squeaks now.

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Omega Gallery / Re: The car
« on: 25 September 2012, 19:39:37 »
Very nice :y

I remember my first omega, lived on a hill and the handbrake was a bit high. Heard some people beeping overnight, didnt think much of it. woke up in the morning and it had slowly made it way down the hill across to the other side of the road and parked itself neatly 200 yds down the road!

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Omega General Help / Re: Erm Whats this?
« on: 24 September 2012, 22:25:35 »
I thought it was for removing the aerial before a car wash   :-\

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Omega General Help / Re: wondering omega
« on: 21 September 2012, 23:55:21 »
I had the geometry set up, 3 times in total!, are the settings the same on the V6 as the 2.2? the first time the report said v6 and the last time it said 2.2

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Omega General Help / Re: wondering omega
« on: 21 September 2012, 19:44:30 »
Well, finally sorted. I had changed the wishbones, I had ordered two QH units from Ebay and fitted them, turns out one was not QH and the rear bush was very soft causing the same symptoms as the old ones!, had it changed and it improved by 50%. I then swapped the front tyres to the rear and this completely cured the problem, drives like it should now, with no wondering at all  :y

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Omega General Help / Re: xenon bulbs
« on: 11 September 2012, 20:18:42 »
I have changed them before on a Jag, just replace them like normal bulbs, its not the voltage that gets you its amps and there isnt enough amps, even when they are switched on to kill you. I doubt there would be much of a residual charge left in the ballast if they have been off for a bit.

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Omega General Help / Re: Leather interior into 52 plate 2.2CD
« on: 11 September 2012, 14:48:59 »
I swapped the interior in mine recently, four bolts per seat at the front, make sure you use the right size as they are quite tight and it easy to strip the top (I had to drill one out). The connectors should be the same if you using non elite seats. The rears are easy, should only take a couple of hours to do the lot. My interior was only £40.

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