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Omega General Help / Re: Alarming scraping noise

« on: 02 October 2007, 17:55:42 »

 :)It is coming from the rear. Thanks everybody, I will take a good look around all the bits mentioned. Just to confuse matters I went up that hill twice today but stopped at my lock-ups half way up ( slight deviation from the hill which cuts out the bend) and it doesn't happen when I do that!. It appears to be something to do with G-forces then. I am even more baffled. The only way I could replicate it is to put the car at about ten degrees tilt to the left in a centrifuge and sit underneath and watch what happens. :-?

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Omega General Help / Re: Alarming scraping noise

« on: 02 October 2007, 09:32:02 »

Thanks for the tip but this is coming from the rear. It doesn't happen at roundabouts or sharp right or left corners on the flat or even straight hills. It only happens on this particular hill. It has me baffled as it is quite a loud and alarming noise ( turns heads!).

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Omega General Help / Alarming scraping noise

« on: 02 October 2007, 06:34:47 »

 :question. Although my 1998 2.0 CDX auto estate runs smoothly and quietly most of the time it has recently developed a loud scraping noise that only happens when I climb a particularly steep hill with a right hand bend with adverse camber ( Winchester Street/Mapperley Rise for all you Nottingham Omega owners). The scraping starts as soon as I take the bend and continues until I reach my house a further 200 yds. away. I know you will say " Don't drive up that hill" but it is the only way I can get home without a four mile detour. It sounds like brake pads ( recent MOT found no problems in that area) but could it be something more serious like the diff. or prop shaft?. It doesn't happen if i go up a straight hill.

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Newbie Welcome Area / New Member

« on: 02 October 2007, 06:10:02 »

Good morning all. One year ago replaced 1985 Volvo 240 Auto Estate ( kept it going for over ten years until the body literally fell apart) with a very low mileage 1998 2.0 Omega CDX Estate auto with loads of things to play with and am  loving it!. I still don't know what half of the switches do ( I guess I should read the handbook) .