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Cars for Sale & wanted / Re: 2002 2.6 MV6 94000 Miles - New Home Required
« on: 27 April 2015, 11:42:08 »
Car is now SOLD! (Not to forum member) Going to a new home to be kept on the road not broken which is good news!
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Cars for Sale & wanted / Re: 2002 2.6 MV6 94000 Miles - New Home Required
« on: 06 April 2015, 16:43:19 »
Ok here are some up to date pics taken today.
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Cars for Sale & wanted / Re: 2002 2.6 MV6 94000 Miles - New Home Required
« on: 06 April 2015, 15:22:03 »
I have got in it now thanks, I assumed it might be impossible as the dead locks were active. SWMBO got the darn thing open while I was posting my distress post. Highly embarrassing. Just need to order a new key now. Gggrrrr
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Cars for Sale & wanted / Re: 2002 2.6 MV6 94000 Miles - New Home Required
« on: 06 April 2015, 13:34:06 »
Can anyone help, just decided to valet the car in the nice weather but I can't unlock it. I locked the car with remote then took the battery off. Now the key will not unlock the car! Just broke the key off the key fob trying so now I need to buy a new key! Not pleased. How do I get in the car?
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Cars for Sale & wanted / Re: 2002 2.6 MV6 94000 Miles - New Home Required
« on: 02 April 2015, 22:13:06 »
I'll be honest, now she's running again as soon as I get chance to pull out the drive and valet the price might be going up! MOT or no MOT!
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Cars for Sale & wanted / Re: 2002 2.6 MV6 94000 Miles - New Home Required
« on: 02 April 2015, 22:11:13 »
I can now confirm after borrowing a battery charger the car starts fine. Not been run again for a few weeks and first turn of the key she is off!
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Cars for Sale & wanted / Re: 2002 2.6 MV6 94000 Miles - New Home Required
« on: 02 April 2015, 22:09:56 »
It only smokes after been stood a while but not if its been stood a long time. It uses a small amount of oil. The stem oil seals leak a tiny bit of oil into the cylinders when the engine is stopped and this is burnt off when the engine starts. It doesn't seem to affect the car in any way though.
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Cars for Sale & wanted / Re: 2002 2.6 MV6 94000 Miles - New Home Required
« on: 30 March 2015, 16:13:43 »
My apologies about missing the MOT I was at work when posted and I couldn't remember. I now can't find the latest mot certificate which is odd but I've just checked online and its the 11th April.
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Cars for Sale & wanted / Re: 2002 2.6 MV6 94000 Miles - New Home Required
« on: 30 March 2015, 11:43:31 »
For some reason I can't edit the original post now!
Forgot to add it also has a fixed tow bar on with new style 13 pin electrics.
I would like £500, especially considering the tow bar!
Forgot to add it also has a fixed tow bar on with new style 13 pin electrics.
I would like £500, especially considering the tow bar!
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Cars for Sale & wanted / 2002 2.6 MV6 94000 Miles - New Home Required
« on: 30 March 2015, 11:33:53 »
Hi all,
Shortly after the birth of my daughter 9 months ago we decided to buy a diesel (ashamed but true) since then the MV6 has been decommissioned and at the beginning I was still using it here and there trying to keep the battery topped up but inevitably I left it too long and the last time I took her out I had to start with jump leads but during the run she wasn't behaving right, the dash speedo and rev counter would jump around now and then and the dash lights would light up randomly. The engine was fine and got me back home after an hour run but wouldn't start back up after that, the alternator is new so I don't think its a charge issue. Battery light was not on during the run. My personal opinion is there is nothing wrong with the car but the battery is dead. I am trying to get me hands on a charger to test it but haven't as yet. I can't really justify spending any serious cash on the car at the moment but in the same breath I will not scrap her, doing my best not to break her either. I would like her to live on and keep on rolling for years to come.
I will be as honest as I can and I really hope someone will buy to use and if they do break it I don't wanna know hehe! There is no point listing it like autotrader, you guys know what the score is.
Everything works apart from the nearside electric mirror doesn't go left or right and the drivers side heated seat has failed. She blue smokes a little on startup which is stem oil seals and I never had done because it doesn't cause any damage and it was just to expensive. No smoke while driving. The windscreen has a horseshoe crack near where the tax disc used to go (Not MOT failure). A clever person would easily get a new on through insurance. Never had auto gearbox issues, service history is lacking as allot of it has been done by forum members etc but it has been serviced when required. Pete Ellis was the last to do a full major service, brakes all round plus gearbox fluid top up.
As for a price I am looking for sensible offers, I know the car needs a little TLC to get going again but I know she has another 100k left in her! Would be a shame to take her off the road for good.
This is the latest pic I have but it wasn't cleaned before hand. unfortunately now she's behind the gates and its really tight so taking pics is not possible. When the weather is better I plan on valeting. All other pics below are from some time ago but nothing has changed much.
This is from the calendar shoot a few years ago
Interior
Engine - Pipercross is not fitted at the moment but I do have it and can go with the car
Back
Shortly after the birth of my daughter 9 months ago we decided to buy a diesel (ashamed but true) since then the MV6 has been decommissioned and at the beginning I was still using it here and there trying to keep the battery topped up but inevitably I left it too long and the last time I took her out I had to start with jump leads but during the run she wasn't behaving right, the dash speedo and rev counter would jump around now and then and the dash lights would light up randomly. The engine was fine and got me back home after an hour run but wouldn't start back up after that, the alternator is new so I don't think its a charge issue. Battery light was not on during the run. My personal opinion is there is nothing wrong with the car but the battery is dead. I am trying to get me hands on a charger to test it but haven't as yet. I can't really justify spending any serious cash on the car at the moment but in the same breath I will not scrap her, doing my best not to break her either. I would like her to live on and keep on rolling for years to come.
I will be as honest as I can and I really hope someone will buy to use and if they do break it I don't wanna know hehe! There is no point listing it like autotrader, you guys know what the score is.
Everything works apart from the nearside electric mirror doesn't go left or right and the drivers side heated seat has failed. She blue smokes a little on startup which is stem oil seals and I never had done because it doesn't cause any damage and it was just to expensive. No smoke while driving. The windscreen has a horseshoe crack near where the tax disc used to go (Not MOT failure). A clever person would easily get a new on through insurance. Never had auto gearbox issues, service history is lacking as allot of it has been done by forum members etc but it has been serviced when required. Pete Ellis was the last to do a full major service, brakes all round plus gearbox fluid top up.
As for a price I am looking for sensible offers, I know the car needs a little TLC to get going again but I know she has another 100k left in her! Would be a shame to take her off the road for good.
This is the latest pic I have but it wasn't cleaned before hand. unfortunately now she's behind the gates and its really tight so taking pics is not possible. When the weather is better I plan on valeting. All other pics below are from some time ago but nothing has changed much.
This is from the calendar shoot a few years ago
Interior
Engine - Pipercross is not fitted at the moment but I do have it and can go with the car
Back
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Omega General Help / Re: Beam Level Sensor
« on: 30 June 2014, 18:36:02 »
Fair do's. Worth checking. Can you buy the arm seperatly or does it come fixed to the sensor when new?
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Omega General Help / Re: Beam Level Sensor
« on: 30 June 2014, 16:03:21 »
I have the op's issue. The arm keeps popping out of the sensor. Does this mean I need a replacement? It seems to click back on everytime quite nicely but clearly something has broken. Pops off after a big bump or particularly nasty corner. Can't see anything broken on it though so not sure what is supposed to be stopping it coming off.
Cheers
Cheers
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Omega General Help / Re: Help - Creaky Steering Problem - Getting Louder!
« on: 09 April 2014, 14:58:55 »
It came back today so managed to get it into a local garage before it stopped and they came up with the diagnosis of top strut bearings too.You could feel the creak on the top of the strut.
Been quoted £125 per side for non genuine bearing and top rubber. Does this sound reasonable? I think both sides will need doing tbh so its not cheap overall.
The bearing they found including the rubber was £70. Vauxhall has the bearing for £27 but the rubber was £108 on its own. Do I need to change both or is it just a matter of seeing how bad the original rubbers are?
Been quoted £125 per side for non genuine bearing and top rubber. Does this sound reasonable? I think both sides will need doing tbh so its not cheap overall.
The bearing they found including the rubber was £70. Vauxhall has the bearing for £27 but the rubber was £108 on its own. Do I need to change both or is it just a matter of seeing how bad the original rubbers are?
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Omega General Help / Re: Help - Creaky Steering Problem - Getting Louder!
« on: 05 April 2014, 09:49:16 »
The thing that I noticed the most is it sounds like a creak but it was uniformed not random. Like a gear slipping on a cog. It does it the same every time. Were as a normal creak would be more random. I don't know how else to explain it.
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Omega General Help / Re: Help - Creaky Steering Problem - Getting Louder!
« on: 04 April 2014, 21:40:32 »
No rain I don't think, the only thing I thought of was the day it came back it was a warm day, then its been cooler since!