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Omega General Help / Re: Interested in getting an Omega

« on: 15 November 2015, 11:33:27 »

Thanks for all the comments and advice. I must say I haven't come across such an honest bunch of owners before! IME ask a question like this and you usually get replies along the lines of 'our cars are faster than Ferraris/more spacious than a Transit/ comfier than a Rolls/cheaper to run than a bicycle'. Not here though, which is great.

Anyway, I will have to have take on board everything you've said, but thanks again.

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Omega General Help / Re: Interested in getting an Omega

« on: 11 November 2015, 21:50:51 »

Engine failure means you haven't used (or your garage) proper fully synthetic oil.  Bad times.  The B235R engine is bullet-proof otherwise.

If only it were that simple....  it's had fully synthetic all its life. After much back and forth I appear to have either piston ring or valve stem oil seal failure. One of only two known examples that the specialist who looks after it has ever known on that engine.

Thanks for the honest views so far everyone!

What year was your 9-5, out of interest?

2005. One of the last pre Dame Ednas. It's still running but it feels like I'm spending more on oil than petrol.

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Omega General Help / Re: Interested in getting an Omega

« on: 11 November 2015, 20:13:26 »

Engine failure means you haven't used (or your garage) proper fully synthetic oil.  Bad times.  The B235R engine is bullet-proof otherwise.

If only it were that simple....  it's had fully synthetic all its life. After much back and forth I appear to have either piston ring or valve stem oil seal failure. One of only two known examples that the specialist who looks after it has ever known on that engine.

Thanks for the honest views so far everyone!

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Omega General Help / Re: Interested in getting an Omega

« on: 11 November 2015, 16:59:26 »

should you be looking at a 12 year old car?

Probably not ! However my thinking is if I can buy a good vehicle for about £1500 - which seems to be the going rate - then spend around £1k to overhaul various bits (thanks for the tips on the suspension), then that's value motoring if the core components (engine, gearbox, bodywork, interior) will continue to function happily afterwards. That's what I would do with a Saab. What I don't know is whether the Omega has that core strength, if that makes sense? I'm afraid I don't have the time or ability for DIY mechanics, and I want to try to avoid the scenario of something going wrong every month and it having to have repeated trips to the nice man with the spanners.....

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Omega General Help / Interested in getting an Omega

« on: 11 November 2015, 14:38:16 »

Hi all

I'm new here so apologies if this is in the wrong place! I've been a Saab man until now and currently have a 9-5 Aero estate of which I am very fond, but it has a terminal engine problem so needs to go to join its maker. I'm looking for a large, powerful and well-equipped petrol estate (or saloon with folding rear seats) to replace it with, and although I did set off looking for another Saab, nice ones are few and far between now, and a bad Saab is a crippling mistake. However I saw an Omega estate the other day and realised I had forgotten about them (forgive me....)

A quick bit of ebay and Autotrader searching showed I can get a final year 3.2 Elite or MV6 easily within my budget with some left over to do any sorting out. But I don't know anything about them so dropped in here. Basically I do about 15-18k miles per annum, sometimes on my own, sometimes fully loaded up, and need something that would last up to three years without too much complaining. The million pound question is would I be able to get a 3.2 Omega 02/03 reg that would happily do this, or in your experiences would that level of use on something that age and mileage inevitably result in visits to the garage every month to get something else fixed?

All collective wisdom gratefully received!

Thanks in advance