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General Car Chat / Re: Road tax

« on: 09 February 2012, 08:40:45 »

That would be too easy, Martin, I agree to paying more on petrol and diesel, it would ensure that everyone pays, no tax dodgers, no paying more for a grouped set rate as is happening, everyone equal.

But that would be too easy and would not bring in the exorbitant monies the government NEED 

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General Car Chat / Re: Road tax

« on: 08 February 2012, 09:32:28 »

Your right Radar, it's £143, thats what you get for trying to do 3 things at once.doh

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General Car Chat / Re: Road tax

« on: 08 February 2012, 09:15:40 »

Hi Guys n Girls, not been on for a while, nice to see the banter has not changed.
 
Had to change the beloved 2.0l when engine needed major repairs, so got misses an 03 plate 2.2, and like a lot of you, was amazed at cost of tax, £240 for 6 months, where my 3.5l bmw was only £118 for six months, mainly because it's a 1989 reg, and thought that was expensive.

Government stitched us up good and tight on this one, goes on the Co2 registered by the manufacturer for that vehicle, not as it should be, what readings are at time of mot.  When we mot'd this one back end of last october, the emissions were a quarter of recommended, which would have put it into 2 bands below.

As Tunnie has said, the Irish is very expensive, and always has been,I have always sympathised with them, my inlaws are Irish and have commented many a time about it, in fact we took a Vauxhall corsa over for a neice early last year, her tax was twice that over here for a  1.0l on top of all the cost for importing it and mot, even though it had an english mot the week before it went over.

 

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General Car Chat / Re: Out with the old and in with the New

« on: 06 November 2011, 20:01:42 »

your right pscocoa, must have been thinking of mine at time of writing, yes it's only 14 years, still not bad though.

have had a couple of good reports on new car from people we know, who know the car through last owner, so looking good already.

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General Car Chat / Out with the old and in with the New

« on: 06 November 2011, 10:11:27 »

Hi guys n girls,

I know i've not posted much on here since registering, work keeps me away all week, but just an update.

My wife's 97 2.0l GLS had several issues, hence finding this forum , which came to a head about 6 weeks ago, with chronic water loss, but no sign of where it was going.
Under pressure testing, found rad had gone at bottom, not good as it was only a year old  and the expansion tank was leaking around the neck, so changed both, so far so good, then the idle became erratic, so changed MAF unit, but still losing water, so after about 2 weeks of messing around, took it to our favourite Vauxhall dealer, we know the service manager very well there, and he came back with a head gasket gone  , not good as it had only been done 18 months previous, and had the head skimmed.

Alas, it was going to be too costly to put right, which we can't afford at present, shame because she has been a great car over the 21 years+ we have had her, sad to see her go, but needs must.

2 days later, wife has a new Omega, got reasonable price for old one and good price on this one, 2003 '03' reg 2.2ltr CD auto, again in silver, facelift version, , 2 previous owners , one VERY HAPPY wife 

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Omega General Help / Re: Whistling car!

« on: 31 July 2011, 10:57:54 »

Hi Paul,

I have just registered on here, and noticed your 'Whistle' message, I only drive my wifes Omega when I need to, but have a BMW 735i myself, ( I can hear all the groans already),
but had the same problem, which also baffled the techies at our local dealer, I had done same as some have been suggesting, pullies etc, even changing water pump, alternator but still same, then in desperation got the wd40 out and started spraying anything I could see, gaskets etc in case of a leak, now I am assuming yours is fuel injected with plugs etc, like both our cars, I sprayed the bottom of the injectors whilst the car was running, and the whisle stopped , all nice and quiet  , appears to be a defective seal, so used some spray grease round base of injector whilst still insitu till i'm able to take them out and replace seals, car has been to Ireland and back, plus running around locally, still quiet.

Hope this helps, Good Luck

Barry

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Omega General Help / Re: Crank sensor

« on: 31 July 2011, 15:05:41 »

Thanks for info, something for me to look at next weekend.

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Omega General Help / Crank sensor

« on: 31 July 2011, 11:21:50 »

Hi all,

been having trouble with surging whilst stationary, have changed the MAF, which has made some change for the better to how she drives, got a new crank sensor, but can't find where it goes, had a look in the haynes manual, but it appears to be the only sensor NOT mentioned, , had a look round the engine bay, but not found anything that resembles a crank sensor,  :-?, can anyone enlighten me please.

Barry

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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: Newbie from Nottingham

« on: 31 July 2011, 15:01:20 »

Thanks guys,

looking forward to spending more time on here, it's nice to see there's a lot of people looking after these wonderful motors, i'm lucky that we have two very nice older motors, i'm not that keen on the newer models nowadays.

Although, saying that, these motors have not been produced for a while now, be interesting to see how long these new replacement motors last against ours.

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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: Newbie from Nottingham

« on: 31 July 2011, 11:05:26 »

Thanks Dan,

of what I have seen on here, you all seem a friendly and enthusiastic bunch, much like the other forum i'm on for my car.

I shall try and read more of the posts, hopefully helped Paul61 with his problem of a whistle, and now look forward to seeing what the rest of the forum has to say.

Barry 

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Newbie Welcome Area / Newbie from Nottingham

« on: 31 July 2011, 10:43:20 »

Hi guys and gals,

just found your forum whilst looking for help, the Omega belongs to my wife, but I get to do the dirty work on it and keep it clean, It's a 1997 2.0 GLS with 11665 miles on clock, and had it since about 14 months old.

She has served us well, having done a 3500 mile trip through France, Switzerland, northern Italy, back through France and half way round Ireland within 6 months of having her, and has continually been to Ireland at least twice a year ever since.

The car has always been serviced and repaired by our local dealer until a couple of years ago, when i started to be able to do things myself, hence my reason for being here now, so I look forward to reading and speaking to you all, all be it only on weekends as I am away all week, and hopefully being to help others with problems we have encountered.

Barry