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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Arpy on 27 June 2007, 22:17:42

Title: automatic oil
Post by: Arpy on 27 June 2007, 22:17:42

everybody advised me to change oil if going to tow so what is best to use for an automatic.
also as i have just bought car i wanted a haynes manual but i believe manual only goes up to 1999 my omega is a 2002 2.2 cdx estate can i still buy one

Title: Re: automatic oil
Post by: Tafty on 27 June 2007, 22:50:11

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everybody advised me to change oil if going to tow so what is best to use for an automatic.
also as i have just bought car i wanted a haynes manual but i believe manual only goes up to 1999 my omega is a 2002 2.2 cdx estate can i still buy one

Can't help with the oil  but fleabay do these ...http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VAUXHALL-OMEGA-1994-2003-SERVICE-REPAIR-MANUAL_W0QQitemZ220124074658QQihZ012QQcategoryZ18424QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem :y

Title: Re: automatic oil
Post by: tunnie on 27 June 2007, 22:55:11

I Haynes manual is still useful, the facelift Omega's are not covered. But the differences are minimal in terms of mechanics.

Dexron III is best for autobox's  :y

Title: Re: automatic oil
Post by: Tafty on 27 June 2007, 22:58:16

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I Haynes manual is still useful, the facelift Omega's are not covered. But the differences are minimal in terms of mechanics.

Dexron III is best for autobox's  :y

Pipped me to it just as I was getting the hyperlink for the service intervals which are here.....  ;)

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1152655082

Title: Re: automatic oil
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 28 June 2007, 08:27:51

DexIII is the require spec of auto oil.

Its available here for a good price and is very good stuff

http://www.opieoils.co.uk/performance_lubricants/pdf/fuchs/TITAN_ATF_4000.pdf

You need about 5 litres so its probably worth buying 6 to be on the safe side

Interestingly, the yanks change there oil about every 40K miles on this autobox.

Sump gaskets and filter are available here:

www.jpat.co.uk

Title: Re: automatic oil
Post by: tunnie on 28 June 2007, 09:40:30

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DexIII is the require spec of auto oil.

I put DexII in the Senator, but we were putting DexIII in project tractor....

Title: Re: automatic oil
Post by: TheBoy on 28 June 2007, 09:51:28

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DexII is the require spec of auto oil.

I assume that is a typo - it needs to be Dexron III, not Dexron II...

Title: Re: automatic oil
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 28 June 2007, 09:54:52

Corrected...

Title: Re: automatic oil
Post by: Varche on 28 June 2007, 13:46:27

Any ideas of approx non trade club prices for 6 litres of oil and the filters and gaskets please?

olive

Title: Re: automatic oil
Post by: TheBoy on 28 June 2007, 13:54:09

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Any ideas of approx non trade club prices for 6 litres of oil and the filters and gaskets please?

olive

£38 inc p&p (UK) for the 2 gaskets and filter from jpat

Halfords sell 5l DexronIII for £20.99

Hope that helps.

Title: Re: automatic oil
Post by: Varche on 28 June 2007, 14:06:57

Thanks. Now all I need to do is find a supplier here of the dexron 111. No Halfords here! I'll start by asking at a motor factors type place where I got my air and pollen filters from.

olive