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Omega General Help / Re: HELP!!! Lumpy driving!!!

« on: 16 February 2011, 22:43:55 »

Hi Guys

Latest update on my lovely Omega Elite..........
I have now advertised it for sale on eBay as I have lost the will to fix it.

The good news is.......  I found a garge who MOT'd my 2ltr Omega for a pretty good price and did the work that needed doing to it to get it to pass instead of telling me to scrap it!
The last garage who tried to MOT it said that it was nothing more than scrap metal.......(B******)!
The new lovely garage did it all for £175 including the MOT cost and even towed me up a great big hill in the snow, because I got very stuck...lmao!  BIG massive thanks to that garage.
Anyone in the Newport, S. Wales area, I recommend:  Newport MOT & repair Centre, Libeneth Road.  They are a cracking bunch!!!
Thanks guys for all the comments that I had.

Happy drving for me again now, in my 2ltr Omega!!!

Cheers
Dice

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Omega General Help / Re: HELP!!! Lumpy driving!!!

« on: 21 September 2010, 23:58:56 »

Well guys....... I have 2 Omega's and now not 1 of them is working properly!!!  I give up and I am now going to put them both on eBay for sale as spares or repair.  I should be able to recoup some money back on my Elite as it has a gas conversion and a full stainless exhaust.....fingers crossed anyway. 
The other Omega is an MOT failure!!!  Puffing smoke, but passed emissions test, needs a new steering arm and a few new tyres.
Fingers crossed that I will get enough money back from both the cars to buy a car that is actually running fine!!!

Thanks for all the input guys.... It was greatly appreciated.

Di

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Omega General Help / Re: HELP!!! Lumpy driving!!!

« on: 11 September 2010, 17:42:39 »

Hi guys

Done the paper clip test and this is what we have found

13
21
71

Any idea whats going on or if these would give me the problems that i have been getting???

Thanks Guys and girls....

Di

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Omega General Help / Re: HELP!!! Lumpy driving!!!

« on: 09 September 2010, 20:58:22 »

Hi guys, Dice's partner here.
Just thought i,d give you all a run through on what has  been happening with her car and what we have been told along the way.
The car had always run smoothly until shortly after my partner came into possession of it.
It started by slightly bad idle when switching to gas and a slight odour was detectable.
As the days went on it would idle and run increasingly lumpy on either fuel and at that point decided to get it into a local garage that had done work on the car a year or two before (cam belt replacement etc.)
We were told by the garage that the coil pack was in need of replacement as there was oil leaking past the rocker cover/s and the plugs and leads had become contaminated, I think we were quoted £250.
So coil pack, leads, gaskets and plugs were replaced and we were then told the price had risen to £400.
After some discussion we were told they would try to reduce the price.
They must have done a proper last test run because an hour later they told us there was a strong smell of gas (turns out clips had perished as the conversion was some years old) so they would not be happy to let it go in that condition and would have to strip it down again.
then we were told it runs fine on fuel but did not like running on gas.
They handed the car back saying it was just idling rough but runs fine above 1200rpm (not true). He had run a camera through the to inspect the valves and said the problem was down to the shiney valves along the one bank of the engine block and the result was that running on gas burns out the valves faster, This is where the 'shim and bucket' part comes in to play as from what I could fathom they do not have adjustable tapets or hydraulic lifters (My mechanics stop at my transit where the only electronics make the engine start and everything is fixed with a spanner)
We paid £250 in the end to cover the work the mechanic had done to date.
The car runs a little smoother than it did with the odd little pop but is just not right.

One final thing i think I should mention is that the car was sat with a flat battery for a week in the beginning and when we jump started it she would run and then just cut out and after 3 attempts we took the battery off and trickle charged it, put it on a week later and the car was fine in all aspects until about a week later.
Will do the paper clip test tomorrow if I'm not too late (sorry not to take advice earlier).
Thanks all for taking time to read guys.
Ian.

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Omega General Help / Re: HELP!!! Lumpy driving!!!

« on: 08 September 2010, 10:53:31 »

Hi Guys

An update on my Omega....

Car is now back from the garage after being stripped down 4 times!!!
Car is still not working properly!!!  It now struggles to reach any great speed (by that I mean as in getting up to 50mph).  She now backfires with lovely popping noises, is very lumpy to drive.  She is even worse on gas and have been advised NOT to drive her on gas. (and for some reason I now have an empty gas tank, but it went in the garage with at least £30 in it).
Garage says that the pistons are worn and something about them being shim and bucket and that the have to be done professionally and that it will take roughly 3 days costing me about another £1k.  Garage refuses to do it!!!

I have decided that this gorgeous car must go to a better home!!!  SOON!!!

Anyone have any idea as to expect for it???

It has 135+k miles, a gas conversion, full stainless steel exhaust and V reg on a private plate (6 digits instead of the usual 7) and of course all the added extras that come with an Elite 3L.

Depressed and upset now....
Dice

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Omega General Help / Re: HELP!!! Lumpy driving!!!

« on: 26 August 2010, 19:32:21 »

I am in South wales (Newport area).

Do you think that they are seriously F****** up my car???
I really hope not!!!

I have only inherited this car 2 weeks ago!!!

Luckily I do have another Omega, though off the road too at the moment.....  No big problems luckily!!!

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Omega General Help / Re: HELP!!! Lumpy driving!!!

« on: 26 August 2010, 12:52:19 »

new news from the garage..... my coil pack had gone and so they had to replace.  They told me it cost £200!!!  Is that normal???  I have done a little checking online and I have found them alot cheaper than that.
Oh and now they also tell me that the car no longer likes running on gas!!!  It did fine before...... I'm not sure if they have F***ed that up now too!!!

OMG!!!  I need a drink.... the work they have done so far has cost me £400 and of course I now have to find someone to sort out the gas at further cost and I also have to find a garage that deals with gas conversions!!!  NIGHTMARE


ARGHHHH they just phoned me back and now tell me that there is now a bad gas leak and now they have to strip it down again to see where it is coming from and then hopefully rectify the problem!!!

REALLY REALLY REALLY NEED a drink now!!!

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Omega General Help / Re: HELP!!! Lumpy driving!!!

« on: 24 August 2010, 20:29:14 »

Thank you for the last reply, but sadly the car didnt make it to me being able to turn the engine over again.  The car is now with a garage who have now informed me that the problem is that I have a leak from my rocker gasket and that it has contaminated the oil and spark plugs and that I need a new HTC (I think) lead as it is covered in oil, plus they have to clean everything back up again.  Garage wants to charge me around £250 for the work!!!

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Omega General Help / HELP!!! Lumpy driving!!!

« on: 18 August 2010, 18:20:00 »

Hi

I have a Omega Elite 3l with a gas conversion.  I have recently become the owner of this car, but I have been driving it on and off for about a year. 
Until the weekend the car drove perfectly, but a few days ago the car has become very lumpy and sometimes loses a little power.  The engine management light has been coming on then going off for about a year, but previous owner was told by the guy he bought it from that it was nothing to worry about and so never had it checked out!

Has anybody got any suggestions as to what it could possibly be?

Di

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Newbie Welcome Area / Hi from Wales....

« on: 18 August 2010, 18:14:20 »

Hi guys and girls.  I am a newbie and am looking forward to getting some GOOD advice from all you knowledgeable peeps.

Di