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Omega General Help / Re: Oooo - smokey.....

« on: 17 July 2009, 16:35:15 »

Hi mate, when I first noticed the smoke when parked up in the layby, I let her tick over for a while and she wasnt dropping any oil at all. Checked underneath this morning before leaving for Tundbridge as well and there were a few spots, but nothing out of the ordinary.

Fingers crossed it's a cheap fix, or just one of 'those things' that happen once in a while.

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Omega General Help / Re: Oooo - smokey.....

« on: 17 July 2009, 16:26:28 »

Hi mate, engine oil level checked and it's fine. If it's gearbox oil, and something has split/leaking, then that's gonna be expensive isn't it. :-/

Checked the rear bumper as asked by Ian and no oil found there.

Had a run up to Tunbridge Wells this morning and no more smoke - so I'm stumped to what it could have been.

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Omega General Help / Re: Oooo - smokey.....

« on: 16 July 2009, 22:27:59 »

The work was done by James, so I know it was done right and with the correct VX parts.

There's no leaks underneath as I checked straight away and about 10 mins after as well, and it wasn't smoking when I got home. I'm trying to put it down to over exuberence with the right foot, but even so it shouldn't be smoking like that.

I must admit, there hasn't been a single month where I haven't had something go wrong with this car. I'm getting to the point where the love is wearing out!!

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Omega General Help / Re: Oooo - smokey.....

« on: 16 July 2009, 22:18:48 »

They were done about a month ago mate, they should have bedded in by now??

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Omega General Help / Re: Oooo - smokey.....

« on: 16 July 2009, 22:13:55 »

The cam cover gaskets have just been replaced. :-?

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Omega General Help / Oooo - smokey.....

« on: 16 July 2009, 21:59:34 »

Was driving back from Norwich today and there's a series of long dual carriageways and roundabouts spread along the way.

Must admit, was ragging the arse off it as I was in a hurry to get home (sorry officer), and when I stopped in a layby to get all the stuff out the footwell that was previously on the seat I noticed that there was quite a bit of blue oily smoke coming out from the wheelarch and under the passenger door.

It cleared quite quickly, but the water temp was quite a tad higher than normal and there were no obvious signs of a leak underneath.

I've ragged her pretty hard before and never had that problem before.

Any ideas?

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Omega General Help / Re: New Windscreen

« on: 31 May 2009, 22:58:56 »

I recently had to use Autoglass for mine, and they were spot on. Hopefully I won't need them again for a long time, but if I did I wouldn't hestitate to use them.

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Omega General Help / Re: How many miles to a full tank?

« on: 20 May 2009, 11:59:15 »

About 350 normal driving, 450 if I drive like my Mum.

Average 28mpg.

(3.0 V6)

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Omega General Help / Re: Do I need a new dispack????

« on: 18 May 2009, 23:55:01 »

The very same thing happened to me today. Been noticing over the past couple of weeks that she's been down a little bit on power, but never gave it much thought as it wasn't that bad.

Went to Oxford this morning, she was running fine, nothing unusual. Got back in and started her up, and oh my god was she running BAD. Uneven tickover, and spluttering whenever I blipped the throttle.

Had to limp her back home which was about a 12 mile drive and it was excruciatingly painful for me and the Mig. Just the slightest touch of the throttle and she juddered like crazy. The drive down the A34 at 40mph made the journey even worse.

When I finally got home I threw my car keys at the wall, sat down and swore a lot hehe.

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Omega General Help / Re: Average MPG ?

« on: 10 April 2009, 18:29:00 »

My 3.0 V6 gets around 28-30 mpg on a good motorway run.

Around town? I won't even say.....

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Omega General Help / Auto box sport

« on: 10 April 2009, 18:33:00 »

I know, stupid question - but what actually does sport mode actually do in my mig apart from holding onto the gears longer, drinking more petrol and screaming the tits off my V6, is there anything else?

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Omega General Help / Re: EML is ON - been using 'Super' fuel

« on: 03 April 2009, 14:19:39 »

So does using super unleaded actually make that much of a difference?

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Omega General Help / Re: Think I've figured out my heating problem...

« on: 03 April 2009, 00:23:24 »

Wish it was that easy or I'd have fixed that ages ago on my Mig.

I think you'll find that the trail of drips was condensation coming off the aircon unit. If the coolant was leaking out that fast, you'd have soon overheated.

Might be wrong though, and if I am I'm sure someone will correct me hehe.

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Omega General Help / Re: snow button

« on: 11 February 2009, 16:35:46 »

My snow light stays on all the time. Nothing to worry about though??

Doesn't seem to affect the drive.

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Omega General Help / Re: Nearside rear squeaking

« on: 10 February 2009, 21:42:45 »

On another note, is the Mig safe to drive with a broken spring?