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Omega General Help / Re: V6 ELITE R REGD GOTTA GO!

« on: 06 September 2006, 08:57:30 »

oh by the way its 130,000 miles not sure when the cambelt etc was last done,oil looks fine and recent.
genuinely its a great drive-her indoors doesnt want me to spend on it as I have a company mondeo and she thinks its pointless,even though its a ford.
she thinks £40 a month for insurance is barmy when iam covered by my company for free!

she doesnt understand so iam selling the omega and divorcing her !!!

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Omega General Help / V6 ELITE R REGD GOTTA GO!

« on: 06 September 2006, 07:13:52 »

hello guys,I appreciate this will be moved.
In june I bought a 2.5v6 elite mini facelift in champagne/gold with tax until end oct06 and mot'd whilst end april 2007.
I brought it home 100 miles and it ran perfectly(maybe a little warm) then cooled as the traffic emptied.
the interior needed a clean -i spent a weekend on it,the exterior is in good nick -just a couple of spots one on the rear drivers door about a 5p piece and a bit under the window.The arches are fine and sills etc,the tyres are in good fettle and the alloy wheels.
It has xenon (early type)headlights and the usual elite equipment(no sat nav) bose speakers ,phillips cd etc.
I have run it around since and it runs fine BUT has the usual oil leak at the back of engine down the manifold which smells worse than it actually is.
I have recently had them done (as i type actually) but my uncle who is the qualified mechanic doesnt seem to think it was them causing the leak.
he mentioned a cryptic message to my wife and said it may be head gasket.I very much doubt this as it doesnt use any water,no power loss and no water in oil or oil in water and no steam from exhaust !it is probably misdiagnosis as usual.

Any way I have recently sold my house and purchasing another so I dont want to spend the time on doing both car and house so it has to be the car that is sacrificed.it is in good nick (dont know how to put pics on) and theres mot whilst april and tax while end of oct.the aircon will want regassing i think.is anyone interested -it cost me £1150 in june,i would accept £500 if it needs sorting or not.
Her indoors thinks that would be useful for a carpet or a table and chairs.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS IAM NOT SURE WHAT IS CAUSING THE OIL LEAK AND I HAVENT GOT THE TIME AND THE EXPERTISE TO SORT IT -£500 TO A GOOD HOME.JUNCTION 33 M1.GOT THE V5 AND EVERYTHING!!PM ME OR TEL SIMON 07739 479415

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Omega General Help / Re: RUNNING TEMP

« on: 06 August 2006, 09:33:57 »

water level is fine ,fans cut in etc and its running fine(don't speak too soon)
it was the temp that concerned me !!
especially when i have read some threads that say their temp never moves,having said that on the guage the min is 90 and the max is 100 so they are 10 degrees betwen the two.#
my mondeo has 60-120 as the min/ max.
 no oil in my water!i will go back to bed then

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Omega General Help / RUNNING TEMP

« on: 06 August 2006, 07:57:25 »

A VERY GOOD MORNING EXPERTS(NOT ME)
THE USUSAL QUESTIONS AGAIN IAM AFRAID.

I HAVE A 2.5V6 ELITE AND BY THE SMELL OF THE EXHAUST PIPE (BURNIN OIL) I NEED TO DO MY ROCKER GASKETS AND CLEAN THE BREATHERS.
WHEN THIS IS DROPPING THE OIL DOWN THE BACK AND PRESSURISING THE OIL -WOULD IT MAKE IT RUN HOTTER THAN NORMAL.
I TOOK HER FOR A RUN YESTERDAY -SOME MOTORWAY AND SOME "A ROAD" DRIVING.THE MOTORWAY RUN AT 95 FAIRLY CONSTANT BUT WHEN I WAS DOING 40 ON THE A630 IN DONCASTER IT WENT UPTO 100,THE FAN CAME IN AND DROPPED TO 97,THEN UPTO 100 ,FAN CAME IN AND SO ON!

IAM GLAD THE FAN COMES IN BUT IS THIS NORMAL ,AS THE CAR WAS MOVING AT 40 EVEN WITH A COUPLE OF TRAFFIC LIGHTS.
THE AIR CON WASN'T ON AND IT DOESN'T USE MUCH WATER AT ALL.

COULD IT BE ROCKER G RELATED??
OH LAST QUESTION-IT IDLES ABOUT 650 REVS PER MIN STEADILY NO ERATTIC  WITHOUT AIR CON ON,IS THIS LOW??
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Omega Gallery / Re: Kevs irmscher Elite 3.0 V6

« on: 29 July 2006, 19:43:30 »

now thats tasty,always a nice looking car just got nicer.
i saw an old fiesta yesterday with a kit on that made it look like an armoured car.
the driver obviously thought he looked cool.he was about 18.
imagine his face seeing this photo-his mum would have had to wash his sheets ha ha

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General Discussion Area / Re: Am I addicted?

« on: 09 September 2006, 19:39:03 »

there were two men in white coats today taking my omega off the drive!!!
thought they were either doctors,bakery delivery drivers,vets,lab men,FBI ,
then i saw a dark green elite v6 3.0 purring
and it was dave and finlay
head gasket my a***e!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!