Omega Owners Forum
Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: matt-sboro on 25 August 2008, 20:24:26
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some of you may know i am new to the site and just picked up a 2000(w) 2.5 cdx estate with 150k on the clock that i can use for my private work and have something half decent for days out.
i'm letting the garage have a look at it to sort a few noises out etc.
is it worth spending the money to have an LPG conversion done on something with that mileage? and where do i get it done? for what cost?
i only paid £1200 for her delivered to me from blackpool.
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Depends on the miles you do,
Mine's done 200k and to be fair with the miles I do (70+ a day) I think it's going to be worth doing a DIY conversion, that should cost about £700 - I intend to keep this mig till her death then transfere the kit over.
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cost about £700
Hmm; £700 seems too good, a few years ago I was quoted ~£2k+ and a mate of mine in Yorshire paid about £1k9 on his MV6 IIRC. This was for 6x injectors.
Please will you elucidate on this cost?
Cheers, Steve
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£700 is for the kit only.
You will need to fit it yourself ;)
£2k is a fitted price
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You must fit a sequential injection LPG system to these engines - don't even consider an older type induction set up as it will never work properly with the Omega's complex engine management equipment.
From personal experience OMVL Dream XX1N is a good DIY (or pro) installation and doesn't suffer conflicts with engine ECU. Not much hacking of car's loom so less chance of creating fault conditions and easier to transfer to another car at a later date (done that, too).
Also from personal experience AVOID Vogas kits - I'll leave that one there...
These V6s run well on LPG as they have relatively high compression which suits the higher RON value of Propane.
Other members have reported good results with different kits, too.
I bet one of the noises your garage is looking for is a clonk from the front suspension...
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Yep.. OMVL, BRC and Prince are good quality kits
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I bet one of the noises your garage is looking for is a clonk from the front suspension...
nope - a droneing noise from what i think is offside front ( poss bearings or warped disk as i have wheel wobble at higher speeds under braking)
air con is not cold and i have a slight oil leak from somewhere too (noticed some on the road after being parked)
not much but i want him to give it the once over for me
i dont do much mileage to be fair - i have a van for work and the mrs doesnt go too far ( although i havnt given her a driving lesson in this yet!)
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Well I was told to fit LPG professionally costs around £1100 and that was somewhere in South Wales..
Like already said it depends surely on what mileage you do so you really need to do your sums...
As for the cars as long as you mantain them well, changing the oil regular, keeping the breathers clean etc a very good car in my opinion :y
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lazydocker's just done a sterling job fitting one to his, pm him for some advice i'm sure he'd be happy to help, the scallywag
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Front wheel wobble under braking can point to lazy rear brake operation, that's if the front discs do not appear warped.
It can make a world of difference to braking performance if you take out the rear pads and clean away all the accumulated crud from the calipers.
Check the pads aren't coming away from their backing plates and make sure everything moves freely when it goes back together. A smear of copper grease is useful here.
The results will be well worth the effort...