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Omega General Help / Re: Play in V6 water pump. How much is too much?

« on: 08 December 2015, 16:57:34 »

Seems it was the water pump. Happily there was a bleed hole (top surface, genuine GM) and with the pulley off and the system pressured it ran out a treat, even faster when the shaft was rotated.

Also happily the replacement pump (FAI, £47 from local factors) has a bleed hole and the pulley bolts did not need shortening.

Curious that the three pump mounting bolts were equal length. I'm sure I read somewhere (probably Haynes) they would be different lengths and should be replaced accordingly.

  - glad you're sorted.   

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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: Intro etc

« on: 07 December 2015, 16:48:52 »

Welcome to OOF mate 

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Omega General Help / Re: Play in V6 water pump. How much is too much?

« on: 07 December 2015, 16:39:32 »

If there's any play in the water pump, replace it.  It will only get worse and if the bearing does collapse, it will dump the coolant very quickly - spoken from experience!

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Omega General Help / Re: ignition

« on: 03 December 2015, 02:19:34 »

Swap glove box cylinder with ignition cylinder 

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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: Wtf - charcoal glovebox handle, 2002 FL

« on: 03 December 2015, 02:03:26 »

No wtf

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Omega General Help / Re: code 59

« on: 03 December 2015, 02:02:02 »

My money's on a dodgy crank sensor - doesn't always throw a 19 code 

352

General Car Chat / Re: Paying deposit/car

« on: 03 December 2015, 01:58:44 »

How much is the deposit?

If it's say around £50 and you want the car and you believe he's genuine enough then that sounds reasonable enough to me.. There's always some element of risk with a despoit depends if you think the car is worth the risk

Have you seen the car/owner in person?

Cant see the car until i go to pick it up but ive asked all the relevant questions ect . £100 deposit .

Guess you'd want a deposit if you were selling - always a level of risk paying any deposit, but if you want the goods its a no brainer.  Can't see why you need to ask this question on a forum 

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General Car Chat / Re: Parts&prices

« on: 03 December 2015, 01:54:57 »

Same for a lot of models - for recent Jags check Ford prices eg Ford price for rear parking sensors significantly less than same Jag parts.

354

General Discussion Area / Re: Laptop problem - stuck in a loop

« on: 03 December 2015, 01:52:09 »

Like most systems, some updates are flagged as can't be installed at the same time as others, this causes reboots to be required.

Perhaps the biggest "issue" with MS updates is the way it defaults (but overridable) to installing any outstanding updates when you shut down.  In fairness to MS, they probably realise that most users are stupid, and wouldn't otherwise install updates unless it was the default action.


But the need to install updates affects every system, Windows, Linux, BSD, Solaris, Mac OS, HP-UX, all of them.

ZX81 never needed updates 

Neither did C64

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Omega General Help / Re: Fuel consumption

« on: 03 December 2015, 01:49:59 »

performance figures here

http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/reviews/facts-and-figures/vauxhall/omega/saloon-1994/

2.5 manual 0-60 8.2 secs, 3.0 auto 0-60 9 secs.

Would be sensible to quote like for like figures rather than try to "massage" figures -

2.5 manual 0-60 8.2 secs, 3.0 manual 0-60 8.0 secs
2.5 auto 0-60 9.2 secs, 3.0 auto 0-60 9.0 secs

same source, same models (Elites)
 
 

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Meetings, gatherings, parties etc / Re: Cambridgeshire Xmas meeting

« on: 26 November 2015, 22:17:52 »

I'd intended to try and get over but things were against me 

Perhaps next time

Likewise - but SWIMBO a bit difficult after I got the new Jag 

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Omega Gallery / Re: few pics of my old Irmscher elite

« on: 26 November 2015, 22:14:34 »

THere u go mate -



 

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General Car Chat / Re: Today been in...

« on: 26 November 2015, 22:09:19 »

Yep this one is - lucky I remembered what to do with the third pedal and the gear stick - its been a long time believe me.

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General Car Chat / Re: VED evasion has doubled!

« on: 26 November 2015, 22:04:57 »

The number of untaxed vehicles on the road has doubled since the Tax Disc was abolished according to the BBC. 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34933962

Should we be surprised at this?

No 

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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: Newbie

« on: 26 November 2015, 21:58:18 »

Welcome to OOF mate