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Newbie Area => Newbie Welcome Area => Topic started by: jimatMK on 27 October 2006, 20:54:13

Title: New member
Post by: jimatMK on 27 October 2006, 20:54:13

Hi All,
My name is Jim and I am  a new member.
I have just purchased my first Vauxhall since the 1970's. Since then I have always driven Fords. My last car was a Ford Granada Scorpio 24v Cosworth.
But I thought I needed a change so I bought this week an Omega MV6 Elite 3.0 2000.
Its done 50k miles and I would like your advice on a few aspects.
As far as I know the cambelt hasnt been changed so that is my first job to be done. I have had a quote from my local Vauxhall dealer of £320. Do you advise to have this done at a main dealer or would it be OK for a smaller garage to do the work for a cheaper price?
The car was fitted with Satnav from new but only has the original CD-ROM. So I want to update to the latest disc but have been quoted £95 by Navteq.Is there a cheaper way of doing this? Does anyone else supply these discs cheaper?
Any info will greatly appreciated.

Title: Re: New member
Post by: Bo Bo on 27 October 2006, 21:10:44

Hello & welcome  :)
Try posting your questions in the help section, you'll get a better response there  ;)

Title: Re: New member
Post by: Cav9_4 on 27 October 2006, 22:40:53

Hi & welcome to the forum :y

Title: Re: New member
Post by: Elite Pete on 28 October 2006, 00:46:56

Hi Jim and welcome :y

Title: Re: New member
Post by: bob.dent on 28 October 2006, 01:36:35

hi Jim and welcome to the forum.  :y Make sure you get the cam beld AND tensioners sorted. £320 quid is far too expensive :o :o
Try a decent independent garage ;)

Title: Re: New member
Post by: Markie on 28 October 2006, 11:47:48

Hi Jim

welcome to the site - have a look around and enjoy.

Cambelt - an essential job on any car but even more so on omegas. £320 is a bit dear indepandant. Shop around and ensure its cambelt as well as tensioners ( the important bit on an omega as they are more prone to failure)

Or do it your self, hire a cam locking kit, buy the £3 dvd on here and ask if your unsure - you will get it done and you will get assistance from us :y

Title: Re: New member
Post by: MikeDundee on 28 October 2006, 17:58:22

Welcome to the forum Jim 8-)

Title: Re: New member
Post by: Big Steve on 29 October 2006, 10:30:16

Hi & welcome :)

Title: Re: New member
Post by: Del Boy on 29 October 2006, 21:14:58

Hi m8 and welcome to the forum :y

Title: Re: New member
Post by: RossPhim on 30 October 2006, 07:40:59

Welcome to the forum Jim.  :y

Title: Re: New member
Post by: The Barge Captain on 30 October 2006, 11:12:41

Hi Jim and welcome to the forum

Title: Re: New member
Post by: nixoro on 30 October 2006, 11:29:45

Hi Jim and welcome to the site  :y

Title: Re: New member
Post by: sounds2k on 02 November 2006, 22:02:46

Hi Jim,

welcome to the forum - does the car have a service history? It sounds very much like mine - which didn't - so I changed the cam belt and tensioners ASAP (they should be done every 40k or 4 years, whichever comes sooner). However I reckon the ones that were on there weren't the originals - but at least now I know it's definitely been done - and set up right.

Note that Vx have a target time to do the job in, so the timing won't necessarily be spot-on. At least one of the moderators on here had a flat spot (at 2 or 3k RPM) from when the belt and tensioners were done by Vx, apparently when they replaced them later (instead of Vx) a cam was found to be one tooth out - the replacement was fitted and timed up correctly and the flat spot disappeared ...  :)

Independents will probably charge about £250-ish to do the job, might be worth getting the water pump done too (about another £30).

Title: Re: New member
Post by: Gwilym on 07 November 2006, 18:08:38

Hello and Welcome to the site

Title: Re: New member
Post by: mijfife on 07 November 2006, 18:13:34

From one Jim to another, hello and welcome  ;)

Cheers Jim