Today I made the journey to Diamond Black Geezers place to pick up a few spares he very kindly sorted for me. To my other half and her mother and brother too, so they could have a day at the seaside while I disappeared to do something more productive.
It must be quite a rare thing to have 3 earlier Omegas together these days, I hadn't appreciated how rare the PFL cars are getting...
Got 20 litres of Vauxhalls finest 10w40 semi-synthetic oil now, ready for my oil change. After reading a comment on my post about cooling issues, I'm not sure whether to run some oil flush through the engine before I drop the old oil out? I'm heard mixed opinions about it causing other problems, but I want to try and get the inside of the engine as clean as possible.
Also collected a spare viscous fan. Fitted it, exactly the same symptoms as my old one, so I'm now convinced my engine is running too hot. Mind you, it is 25 degrees outside, which can't help. Fresh anti-freeze might though, as it's just got straight water in it since I flushed out the entire cooling system with a hosepipe yesterday. I might run some coolant flush through the system as well, if such a product is available out there?
Amongst the other bits I got were an engine undertray, spare indicator stalk, various interior parts, spare set of diesel injectors, speakers, fuel filters, a replacement wheel centre cap (I only have 3 of them), dash bulbs etc.
Add the above to the transmission gaskets and filter that arrived last week, I just need to get an engine oil filter, air filter, and plenty of ATF for the transmission fluid change, and I can finally give the car a decent, (and probably much overdue), service!