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[andyc]

Check for oil leaks from the Oil Pressure Switch. There were problems where the switch would leak and oil would get driven up the wire.

To date we have seen four or five of these and the worse case there was oil right through the engine loom and had infected most of the electrical components, eg ECU, Throttle body etc, scrapped the car in the end

Andy

[Varche]

Good point Andy.

Mine had a tiny weep. Garage changed it. Very cheap.

[omegod]

I've come across a few with head gasket issues and floppy chains but they are bearable and parts cheap

[Nick W]

I've come across a few with head gasket issues and floppy chains but they are bearable and parts cheap

I've seen several HG faults, and the oil pressure switch fault is common across all the smaller engines. The driver usually notices the oil dripping off the bottom, the smoke off the exhaust and the flickering oil pressure light.

[TheBoy]

Good enough for tottling around town, but really struggles when on the open roads. Always sounds strained, and I suspect most have been ragged to buggery

[Marks DTM Calib]

I've come across a few with head gasket issues and floppy chains but they are bearable and parts cheap

Head gasket is normally as a result of the water pump going and the head getting cooked, metal multi layer gasket on these which is pretty bullet prof otherwise.

Timing chain setup is totally down to servicing.

[Broomies Mate]

That 3cylinder engine is prone to HG failure.  Fact!

To answer the OP's question.
You cannot compare a Corsa to an Omega (regardless of engine or trim).  The Omega is a comfy barge, the Corsa is a city car.

Very few cars of it's age can match an Omega for comfort levels... even the lowly 2.0 was an extremely comfortable car, in fact, hardly any different to the highest spec models.  Apart from flooring it on Monday and hitting 60 on Tuesday, it is in every way shape and form a bloody good car.

The Corsa won't accelerate much differently to the 2.0 Omega 'in the real world'.  It will be however a small, cramped cabin (as you would expect from a city car).

The Corsa is ok, the Fiesta is better, much better.  As for the 3cylinder engine, forget it, it's shit.

[Marks DTM Calib]

The issue with the Fiesta is they rot.....badly, and at the age we are talking, its Corsa every time.

As for head gasket failure, read above 

[henryd]

That 3cylinder engine is prone to HG failure.  Fact!

To answer the OP's question.
You cannot compare a Corsa to an Omega (regardless of engine or trim).  The Omega is a comfy barge, the Corsa is a city car.

Very few cars of it's age can match an Omega for comfort levels... even the lowly 2.0 was an extremely comfortable car, in fact, hardly any different to the highest spec models.  Apart from flooring it on Monday and hitting 60 on Tuesday, it is in every way shape and form a bloody good car.

The Corsa won't accelerate much differently to the 2.0 Omega 'in the real world'.  It will be however a small, cramped cabin (as you would expect from a city car).

The Corsa is ok, the Fiesta is better, much better.  As for the 3cylinder engine, forget it, it's shit.

Don't Fiesta's rot in your neck of the woods?,they turn to dust in short order down here so I would always choose the Corsa over one even if it needed engine work,did I mention that I fookin hate welding

[Varche]

That 3cylinder engine is prone to HG failure.  Fact!

To answer the OP's question.
You cannot compare a Corsa to an Omega (regardless of engine or trim).  The Omega is a comfy barge, the Corsa is a city car.

Very few cars of it's age can match an Omega for comfort levels... even the lowly 2.0 was an extremely comfortable car, in fact, hardly any different to the highest spec models.  Apart from flooring it on Monday and hitting 60 on Tuesday, it is in every way shape and form a bloody good car.

The Corsa won't accelerate much differently to the 2.0 Omega 'in the real world'.  It will be however a small, cramped cabin (as you would expect from a city car).

The Corsa is ok, the Fiesta is better, much better.  As for the 3cylinder engine, forget it, it's shit.

Don't Fiesta's rot in your neck of the woods?,they turn to dust in short order down here so I would always choose the Corsa over one even if it needed engine work,did I mention that I fookin hate welding

Why is that then? When you learn you have two nice thick pieces of plate to join together on a bench. The reality is try to join new plate of an impossible shape to existing "plate" which is nothing more than a micron of rust sandwiched between two layers of paint, all standing on your head.

Get the Corsa bought man.