Well, I went to look at an Omega in Bridgwater tonight, and fair play, I've not seen as straight an Omega for a long time. I drove it over about 10 miles, gave it a good test, and it does seem solid and mechanically great.
Here is the spec:
Omega 2.0 16v CD Automatic (unfortunately needs to be a 2.0 for the LPG kit)
ICE COLD air conditioning
Electric rear blind
Electric front windows
Sunroof
ABS,
All the usual toys
Brand new tyres within the last 1000 miles
FULL 12 months MOT
Everything I could think to test worked. Inside, looks like it's never been sat in. It has the original Omega mats which are as good as new. It seems a shame to take it all out and put the leather in!
Fired it up, it's been stood for a bit. About three seconds of tappet noise, and then it purred like a cat. No problem, due an oil and filter change.
It drove great. Gearchanges were smooth with no slipping that I could tell. I insisted on testing the sport mode, and driving it at 70 to make sure it stayed in top gear.
Also tested the ABS, which scared the guy!!!
Although no comparison to the V6, I wasn't upset with performance, it went along very swiftly and smoothly and I'm sure with a full service by moi it will go even better.
Jobs to do:
As soon as I get it home, the first job before going anywhere with it, is timing belt kit, aux belt and water pump change. I'm not being caught out by that again.
Full service, plugs, oil/filter, breather system and throttle body clean. etc etc..
Fit some toys from the CDX, such as rear electric windows, heated seat switches, hopefully MID if possible, cd changer and head unit... and so on.
Fit leather seats and doorcards.
Faults with the car?
Well, a £495 car wouldn't be without a couple! A thorough inspection has shown that the foglights are not Omega ones, hence they look terrible. So the V6 will donate some proper ones to go across.
On the two front doors, the trim is coming away from the front of the doors a little bit.
The steering wheel is not quite central when going straight, but I'm sure that can easily be sorted.
I heard a bit of a noise from the PAS pump, like a ticking. At first was worried about cam belt area, but it was clearly coming from the PAS pump. I think I confirmed this, because I shook the PAS pulley, and it has too much play when I pull it back and forth. No sweat, I'll just put the PAS pump off the lemon on there, when I do the aux belt/cam belt etc.
Otherwise, perfect. Can't fault it for the cash. I also opted for 6 months tax, so it's totally legal to drive home!
Walllet is £600 lighter, but never mind!
I really need to crack on as an urgency and get the LPG kit off the lemon, so we can put it on this nice 2.0.
When are you free Martin, and how shall we play it?
Guess we can PM the specifics if needsbe.
It would be great to keep as much info as possible about the conversion on the forum though, I think the guys will enjoy reading about it!
Here is my new baby for anyone that missed it.. I'm picking up tomorrow night
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