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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: geffro on 14 February 2009, 15:55:05

Title: ex police omega elite
Post by: geffro on 14 February 2009, 15:55:05

Hi folks,have an ex police omega elite.could any body help with couple of problems i have.firstly interior lights do not work (bulbs ok)also rear windows do not work.do the police disconnect these for any reason,if so can i connect them back up?also , why is it called an omega elite "special" .cannot find any reference to "special" on vauxhall websites.is this also something to do with being ex police?

Title: Re: ex police omega elite
Post by: Andyb on 14 February 2009, 16:16:23

didnt think plod cars were elite spec m8 (I'm too gay and stupid to spell mate)

and sorry bout the stupid comment at the end of me post its someone takin the p

Title: Re: ex police omega elite
Post by: Welung666 on 14 February 2009, 16:22:50

If it's ex-plod it'll be an MV6. The rear windows are d/c'd so a case of tracing the wires back. Same with the interior light. They tend to butcher the wiring somewhat

Title: Re: ex police omega elite
Post by: Big Sye on 15 February 2009, 01:23:10

mine is the same.  interior lights dont work on my ex plod.  or boot light.  so will have to search the butchered wiring.  

Title: Re: ex police omega elite
Post by: PaulW on 15 February 2009, 01:30:13

I got the boot light working, just cant get the interior ones to work when the doors are opened...

Reading lights work fine though  ;D

Title: Re: ex police omega elite
Post by: Andy B on 15 February 2009, 08:15:52

Some were identified as Elite on the log book.

Title: Re: ex police omega elite
Post by: tunnie on 15 February 2009, 10:01:11

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Some were identified as Elite on the log book.

Yup i have seen that, its listed as Elite on the log book, but has none of the toys and its basically GLS spec.

Strange really, i thought plod would have wanted it shown GLS spec, surely cheaper for them to insure?

Title: Re: ex police omega elite
Post by: Andy B on 15 February 2009, 10:09:15

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Some were identified as Elite on the log book.

Yup i have seen that, its listed as Elite on the log book, but has none of the toys and its basically GLS spec.

Strange really, i thought plod would have wanted it shown GLS spec, surely cheaper for them to insure?

I stand to be corrected ..... but I think it's from when the Omega was first introduced. The Elite was the only 3.0 to start with and as they (Plod) were trying to replace the 24v Senator they used poverty spec 'Elites'

Title: Re: ex police omega elite
Post by: geffro on 15 February 2009, 10:19:32

thanks for replies.looks like will just have to trace wiring back.have already tried with rear windows,no luck yet.would they be disconnected at door switch or at fuse box?apart from these niggling faults,love the car.

Title: Re: ex police omega elite
Post by: hotel21 on 15 February 2009, 10:22:44

Check and see if there are any additional holes in the centre console or strange switches that appear to do nothing.  Sometimes a secondary switch is fitted into the interior light wiring so the lights can be disabled so as to stop them working.

Or, conversely, a switch that allows them all to work at the same time, additional to the normal headlight switch.  It really does vary from force to force.....