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General Car Chat / Re: violent shaking on ford focus mk1
« on: 26 March 2015, 18:40:07 »
Had it balanced for £20 today and that didn't do it. found out it was the bushes on the wishbone and because they are riveted will require new wishbones £60 each side and two new tires!!!! :( :(

To be fair it does have a better spec to my omega with traction control, heated front windscreen, trip computer with mpg, all 4 electric windows, front fogs and CD autochanger and electric seats with lumbar :p

The steering is weighty as well and the 2.0l engine is very speedy probably because it isn't as heavy.

But it still dosen't feel as well put together nor is it as enjoyable to drive and is very very ugly. I could never love it.

One more thing it is too small not enough presence. even though it is the saloon version.

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General Car Chat / violent shaking on ford focus mk1
« on: 25 March 2015, 20:41:04 »
Hello

Sadly my omega has gone to the crusher and after much deliberation and lack of money I bought a w reg 2000 Ford focus 2 litre ghia in black with 162000 miles and 6 months mot for a very silly price.

Anyway the car is perfect apart from when you go 60mph plus and put your foot down, the car shakes and the more you accelerate the worse it gets, but eases when you take your foot off but it is still there, the steering is a bit out but is fine below this speed.

Any ideas? I feel like it isn't tracking but something more serious.

thanks

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General Car Chat / Re: Ex Police 3.2 Elite just listed on e bay
« on: 28 January 2015, 05:36:52 »
Really pissed off at this what is the actual point of ebay

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General Car Chat / Re: Thinking of downgrading to a Corsa C 1.0
« on: 14 January 2015, 13:16:40 »
Now then, I will actually disagree with some of the above.

The 1.0 is a pretty reasonable engine for around town and I find acceleration ok (0-60 is circa 14-15 seconds so there are far worse cars out there!) although overtaking would be more challenging (but achieveable).

The things to watch for (true of the 1.0 and 1.2 which are the same engine with the 1.0 only having 3 cylinders)

Water ingress on the drivers side - caused by ageing sealing strip around a bulk head plate, takes about an hour or so to fix with Sikoflex
Water ingress on the passenger side - caused by a seal on the fuse box in the engine compartment rotting out with age, about £25 for a new cover and around 20-30 minutes to change.
Rattling timing chain - listen to it on start up from cold to check, sign of poor maintenance
Water pumps leaking - tends to be on higher mileage cars, about an hour to change
CV joint boot clips - have a habit of rotting and becoming an MOT failure, not hard to fit but buy good ones so they last (and do them before water gets in knackering the CV joint).

Other than that its the usual bits that inflict all cars these days such as broken road springs etc.

The plus is the low cost insurance and great fuel economy, one of the ones I maintain gets circa 50 mpg around town driven sensibly and 60's on a run at 70. Plus with 12 months MOT, you will get 600-700 pounds for them every day of the week.

Thank you for this mark and everyone I will be making inquiries and letting you know.

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General Car Chat / Thinking of downgrading to a Corsa C 1.0
« on: 14 January 2015, 11:48:39 »
Hello

I have found a Vauxhall corsa 2001 Y reg 1.0 comfort for sale at £395 with three months MOT and no history, been told that mechanically the engine is good and cosmetically its all clean and tidy. The omega is getting too expensive to run and there are too many problems with it.

What are the pitfalls with this kind of car? It has 80,000 miles on it and it looks to be very cheap to run. What do I need to look out for? How big will the shock be changing from a nice big 2 liter omega to this little thing.

Thanks

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Omega General Help / biting point very high
« on: 17 December 2014, 08:09:32 »
Hello  ;D

The biting point in the omega is very high near the top and it becomes difficult to set off smoothly as I have little travel. Its a bit like on/off between having clutch and no clutch. It still works but it is causing me concern. It feels lighter than it used to be.

Clutch was changed a few months ago I think, not sure what was done. No clutch slipping.

Should I be worried

Thankssss

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Omega General Help / Re: Urgent help required help save a student!
« on: 21 November 2014, 17:18:26 »
Stop putting easy start in it ::)

Unless you have a new engine coming for Christmas  :-\

It was very cold and I think he ran out of patience. We tried everything else as well. Would the lead problem prevent the engine from starting because I highly doubt it :(

By the way this engine never properly dies and hasn't done so for the two years I've had it even though its been ragged and shagged its a miracle one.

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Omega General Help / Re: Urgent help required help save a student!
« on: 21 November 2014, 17:08:33 »
Update:

Wiring harness came today and got a mobile mechanic to fix the cam sensor, fault code gone but would not fire. Checked compression and was OK, checked cambelt and it had not jumped. Tight and in good condition. Crank sensor not at fault as it was giving a reading of 200 rpm or something.

As a last ditch attempt put easystart in, no effect.

But then somehow, he put battery boosters in and fiddled with the leads and it jumped into life. One of the leads is too big to fit or loose and had red sparks flying out of it. Suspect lead/coil pack at fault.

Its running on 3 and misfiring badly but at least its running! Car moved to pay and display car park and £105 out of pocket :(

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Omega General Help / Re: Urgent help required help save a student!
« on: 18 November 2014, 13:44:21 »
There web site says it is a modified version of another part number.  :-\

But it does look like a proper GM part.  :-\

http://www.autovaux.co.uk/product/24445139-sensor-camshaft-6238187-vauxhall-opel.aspx

I think the guy who sold it gave me a GM one over the phone but I paid for the second option, the £33 excl vat siemens which totals to £39. I think I got lucky.

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Omega General Help / Re: Urgent help required help save a student!
« on: 18 November 2014, 12:34:41 »
That is cheap :)

hopefully will sort your problem out :y

I paid £60 for mine not 2 months ago from vauxhall :-\

No wiring though so not much I can do with it unfortunately and if autovaux don't have any then it looks like its going to be a job and a half to get hold of one :(((

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Omega General Help / Re: Urgent help required help save a student!
« on: 18 November 2014, 12:17:51 »
Thank you for your replies and I will take them into consideration


Update: got a genuine GM cam sensor with hologram from autovaux for £39! (Very cheap) Got it in the post today and the guy I telephoned beforehand said that it would come with a wiring harness but it hasn't and its a rounded type as well and I have a square connector  >:(  >:( so I'm basically stuck until I get a rounded plug wiring.
Any chance of a picture  :-\ :-\


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Omega General Help / Re: Urgent help required help save a student!
« on: 18 November 2014, 12:09:44 »
Also I'm not sure if the crank sensor is genuine but if memory serves it cost a lot so it probably was. The AA patrol who connected his computer up said that the crank sensor was sending a signal so I'm not sure if it is the culprit.

Hopefully when I get the rounded plug at least one sensor will be working meaning I can start it hopefully and get it moving.

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Omega General Help / Re: Urgent help required help save a student!
« on: 18 November 2014, 12:03:11 »
Thank you for your replies and I will take them into consideration


Update: got a genuine GM cam sensor with hologram from autovaux for £39! (Very cheap) Got it in the post today and the guy I telephoned beforehand said that it would come with a wiring harness but it hasn't and its a rounded type as well and I have a square connector  >:(  >:( so I'm basically stuck until I get a rounded plug wiring.


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Omega General Help / Re: Urgent help required help save a student!
« on: 18 November 2014, 02:06:59 »
Hopefully it should be okay as there was no clattering!

By the way, due to it not starting whatsoever not even for a small amount of time, am I probably right in presuming that both are dead? So does that mean that if the crank sensor is faulty also? So does that mean that if cam sensor is replaced, that it should at least start for a little while/ limp mode or give me a code for crank?

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Omega General Help / Re: Urgent help required help save a student!
« on: 17 November 2014, 17:49:46 »
GM Cam sensor ordered for next day delivery tomorrow just need a cheap garage/mobile mechanic around York to do it.


Still highly suspicious that it is at fault and it shouldn't realistically prevent starting.

If it turns out to be crank then I'm in big trouble.

What if the timing has jumped? How would I check this?

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