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Cars for Sale & wanted / 02 plate mv6 for sale / spares or repair

« on: 20 August 2025, 10:50:53 »

02 plate Vauxhall omega 3.2 Mv6 Estate
173K

Good Bits ...........

Full manual conversion (R28 box / cut not forged gears)
3.9 rear diff (auto to offset the lpg tank weight)
Cat's still fitted.
Full Stag LPG Kit with in date doughnut tank in spare wheel well.
Rear doughnut bushes replaced with Poly bushes.
Front wishbones Poly bushed.
Eibach lowering springs fitted to the front.
HD standard height springs fitted to the rear (too offset the weight of the lpg tank / Car sits perfect)
Bilstein B4 shocks on all 4 corners.
17 inch mv6 alloys 235/45/17 with Avon ZV7 tyres  (a good 7mm tread)  All airtight but scruffy
Engine very smooth.  Not Running due to suspect siezed starter solinoid but turns over via strongarm on bottom pulley.
Oil changes twice a year regardless.
Leather Mv6 interior. (needs a bloody good clean)
Tow bar / electrics

Bad Bits .......

Paint lacquer peeling on roof.
Scabby front wing and rear wheel arches.
Chassis never welded but 100% needed now.
No stereo or speakers fitted.
Door cards present but not fitted.
Rear off side wheel bearing fubar.

£250 Cash

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General Car Chat / Re: Scrap prices

« on: 15 August 2025, 13:44:55 »

Sadly the jack went through the chassis when I tried to jack it up so imho, unless somebody wants a welding project its now fubar 

There is a hell of a lot of good parts on it but and some of them will be pretty rare nowadays so i'll ring around for scrap value and then go from there.
If somebody on here is interested, let me know.
Obviously I would love it to stay in the OOF community.

I just want to say a massive thanks to the lads on here past and present.
I joined when I was in a pretty bad place in life and the help and advise I got with my omega's and other stuff on here was incredible.
Some stuff you don't forget 

All the best

Steve 'Gonads'

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General Car Chat / Re: Scrap prices

« on: 09 August 2025, 22:33:43 »

With those mods it's definitely sellable

Yes he'd might get more with a no reserve listing on ebay. Although saying that, I did that with the Mondeo, it went to £155, the buyer didn't make contact and later cancelled via ebay. 

Does anyone sell LPG anymore?  All the places round here where I used to fill mine up have stopped selling it. 

I saw some for £1 a litre the other day. Yeah, right. 

Pretty much all the Morrisons forecourts still sell it around here for a quid a ltr

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General Car Chat / Re: Scrap prices

« on: 09 August 2025, 13:12:58 »

How much work does it need to get it back on the road then?

Not sure
Never been welded but it must be close if I’m honest.
Bodywork and paintwork is scabby.
Cambelt / pulley / water pump is well within millage but has been on about 5 years.
Done by Daz (loo Knee)
Rear off side wheel bearing needs doing.
Know more next Friday when I spend a day on it.

Forgot to say front wishbones and rear suspension has been polybushed.

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General Car Chat / Re: Scrap prices

« on: 09 August 2025, 10:26:55 »

What engine and trim spec is it ?

02 plate 3.2 mv6 estate
LPG converted
Manual conversion (R28 box by Serek)
3.9 diff ( too offset the weight difference of the lpg tank)
B4’s all around.
Eibach springs front / heavy duty rear ( due to extra weight of lpg tank)

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General Car Chat / Re: Scrap prices

« on: 09 August 2025, 09:46:29 »

Charles Trent are offering £2.

Faceachebook or eBay...

🤔
Not looked at prices for ages.
The old girl has been sat covered up and pretty well sheltered for 3 years now.
Always wanted to bring her back to life tbh but just don’t have the time anymore and need to move it on before Christmas due to incoming larger caravan and possible replacement for the CRV.
Got a day off next Friday so myself and the lad are going to spend a day on her and see what’s what.
Shame because there is a hell of a lot of good parts on her and the engine was sweet as a nut.
Engine still turns over freely by hand

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General Car Chat / Scrap prices

« on: 09 August 2025, 08:58:11 »

What are omegas going for at the moment ?

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General Car Chat / Re: Audi A4 / A6 Allroad

« on: 11 April 2025, 20:12:50 »

The allroad was without doubt nice looking vehicle in my eyes,but you don't see many around now, probably due to the costs that have been mentioned in this topic .

As of last year, Lincolnshire plod have at least one Silver Grey one that prowls the roads down the coast between Cleethorpes and Skegness and further inland.
Seen it quite a few times.

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General Car Chat / Re: Audi A4 / A6 Allroad

« on: 11 April 2025, 20:02:50 »

The A6 allroad uses airbags instead of springs.

I found this interesting.

https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=Audi+a6+allroad+suspension+settings&mid=AFD5110F14A1916177B3AFD5110F14A1916177B3&FORM=VIRE

The A4 Allroad just uses raised springs of about 25mm from standard.

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General Car Chat / Re: Audi A4 / A6 Allroad

« on: 09 April 2025, 12:55:38 »

I have no experience of actually owning an A6, but I have driven a good number of 2016 - 2018 A6 3.0TDi auto Allroads. From a driving perspective, they are a very enjoyable place to be - an extremely comfy drive on long distances, with a wonderful performance combined with an addictive engine note when making progress! The Allroad models are absolutely superb in the snow - most vehicles with broad tyres are questionable in snow covered conditions, but the Allroad is a totally different beast, and when needed handled extremely well in snow and on quite steep snow covered gradients.
This is obviously going back a few years, and I have no experience of more recent models, unfortunately. I personally prefer the appearance of the models from the era when I used to drive them quite regularly, and they weren't riddled quite as much with the 'newer' technology which doesn't do much to enhance the driving experience in my humble opinion.

That’s pretty much what I’ve been told.

What sort of real world MPG did you get ?

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General Car Chat / Re: Audi A4 / A6 Allroad

« on: 09 April 2025, 12:53:21 »

Entwood was really impressed with the towing ability of his A6 3.0 Tdi Allroad.    I have the A6 Avant, which is a large comfortable cruiser but handles remarkably well when pushing on.
If you look at a 3.0 Tdi, be aware that they have a cam chain (3 actually), so if it needs a new cam chain or tensioners, the engine will have to come out as the chains are at the back of the engine. It's an eye watering expensive job.    It supposed to be a lifetime chain(s) but some have them checked/changed anywhere between 80K and 120K miles, so ask the seller to prove the history if it's a high mileage example.
Only the RS and BiTdi get the 8 speed proper auto box, the others get the 7 speed S-Tronic/Tiptronic/Multitronic box. The MMI/NAV system speed isn't a patch on bmw software but it's still a nice comfortable place to be. 



Thanks for the reply.

Apparently the ZF 8 speed box has a much higher torque rating hence the swap.
How reliable and the DSG boxes ?
Is it down to maintenance ?
I've no experience of A4 so can't comment.

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General Car Chat / Re: Audi A4 / A6 Allroad

« on: 09 April 2025, 12:49:02 »

I'm casting about for a big estate and this thread prompted me to check out A6 Allroads, and I've seen quite a nice looking one nearish to me which seems to be at a reasonable price as well, so I might go and have a looky see. 

Don't know why, but Audi's have never really floated my boat though.     I think the sloping tailgate limits the load carrying space in the rear and I've always had a perception that they would be expensive to fix...

My mate had a Q7 which was nice, but he said it chewed up tyres like he'd never seen before. The A6 Allroad would have the same 4x4 Haldex system as the Q7 I think?     

A6 has the old Quattro system.
60 rear / 40 Front split iirc.

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General Car Chat / Audi A4 / A6 Allroad

« on: 07 April 2025, 23:38:24 »

Got a nice tax free lump sum coming in at the end of the year and looking to swap the CRV for one of the above.
Fancy something that goes a bit and will pull a largish pikey van when needed.
Also really need an estate due to the amount of crap I carry.
Opinions please

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General Car Chat / Re: Car Tax Doubling?

« on: 02 November 2024, 13:05:23 »

Still got my Omega under wraps.
It needs a wheel bearing changing and will definitely need some welding doing.
Was looking at rebuilding it next year but seriously worried it will be uneconomical to run.
See what it costs to tax and insure next spring I suppose  :'(

Ps, don't buy a Honda ............. there shite 

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General Car Chat / Re: Honda abs fault

« on: 02 November 2024, 12:58:10 »

Finally got time to have another look at this after popping my back last Friday  :'(

Raining a little so up it went on the ramps and I replaced a good 3 foot of the loom from the sensor end which had various tie wraps, sharp bends, wrapped into the existing looms under the boot / rear carpet and into the sill part of the loom. Basically taking a punt on a broken or damaged cable where it is bent or taped into a loom rather then getting water under the bonnet.
I have been all over them while dragging audio cables in last year.
Been for a drive and now after clearing the faults.
Still not playing but the open circuit is now gone but its still showing 18-01 Left rear speed sensor failure.
No intermediate readings on the app.

Going back to the initial fault, I did have to seriously abuse the hub to remove the sensor pieces.
This includes use of a drill.
Is it possible that THAT ABUSE could have 'dangle berries'ed the hub to the point it doesn't even give a reading ?
Personally I thought I would still get a fluctuating reading even after abusing it 

TIA