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Cars for Sale & wanted / Re: For Sale - 2002 Omega 3.2 Elite Saloon

« on: 25 December 2025, 09:50:24 »

Seems a shame having to give up with the car at this point. Have you costed the welding/repair,?  as most of the other bits and pieces are fairly easy to deal with

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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: Wanted Dash Switch’s

« on: 16 December 2025, 09:45:33 »

I've definitely have two brand new facelift hazard warning switches in their original boxes, BUT they cost me a kidney price wise, and the idea was to keep them for my own cars. But if go on to facebook and message Gareth Mcaleer, he will probably have the items that you need.

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Omega General Help / Re: Engine ECU repair.

« on: 15 December 2025, 07:09:36 »

I was surprised that the 3.2 kicked up at 107k, but the other 3.2 running a remap and now showing 251k never misses a beat. However, I agree and that it is where do you stop? and because of the age of the cars, this issue just highlighted that it might be worth putting one in the spares shed, and the 3.0 Ecu's are cheaper, and there seems to be a few more around at the moment. Also my driving days are slowly diminishing, and although I think that I'm still the oldest boy racer in town, my eyesight and creaking joints, tell me I'm not! But keeping the three cars on the road and fighting the EV pressure, is a sort of two fingers up and something I will never do! So I can't really make the cars future proof, but just keep them in use until have to give them up.

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Omega General Help / Re: Engine ECU repair.

« on: 13 December 2025, 11:41:53 »

 I have just sent the faulty Ecu away for an assessment/repair, and also purchased another complete 3.2 Ecu from another reliable contact, so hopefully that will be the problem solved Thanks to all for the advice and interest, and now thinking that I might try and locate a 3.0 Ecu..just in case! 

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Omega General Help / Re: Engine ECU repair.

« on: 12 December 2025, 07:24:30 »

Thanks for the info, I'll bear that in mind if the repair option fails, which seems likely at the moment. But the car runs fine on the 2.6 ECU which I bought off a guy on ebay, who sensibly had the chip and transponder with the ECU. But  I'm a bit twitchy on paying another£150 for an ECU on its own from an ebay scrapyard seller so there's no real rush to solve the issue, just trying to avoid the so called repair companies, who make claims that lead no where.

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Omega General Help / Re: Engine ECU repair.

« on: 11 December 2025, 21:04:15 »

Thanks for the heads up, I haven't tried this company, but will fill in their online request form, and see where we go with it. Apparently it's been suggested that I send the ECU directly to Bosch in Germany, but that comes with the risk of it going missing in their system/ language probs. If only the people that are breaking the cars do the job correctly, and remove the relevant parts

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Omega General Help / Engine ECU repair.

« on: 11 December 2025, 17:04:31 »

 This question is for one of my 3.2's.  Lumpy tick over, EML on, so with the help of Dr G, the dodgy ECU was swapped from the other 3.2  and vice versa to confirm that a fault is present PO150, O2 sensor had been changed with a new Bosch sensor before the ECU change around. So currently running the 3.2 on a 2.6 ECU and running great...but I've been trying to get the faulty ECU repaired,and have sent it to a couple of companies, who big themselves up, but can't help. So is there any one here that may have had a positive result recently for an engine ECU repair? Also there are a couple of used ones on ebay, but minus the chip and transponder ring, so basically £150's worth of door stop!

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General Car Chat / Re: Road tax..someones been tinkering.

« on: 03 November 2025, 09:19:56 »

 I'm going to SORN two of them, until April as they hardly get used during the winter months..no point in giving the Government free money.

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General Car Chat / Road tax..someones been tinkering.

« on: 03 November 2025, 07:16:42 »

 Just been checking my bank account, and all three Omegas have had around a quid put on the direct debit this month, as follows,
 
  2001 3.2 £36.31
  2001 3.2 £37.69                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
  2000 3.0 £31.50.     Two identical cars..different charge?? 

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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: WANTED: Facelift MV6 Front Bumper

« on: 03 October 2025, 11:07:58 »

Hi Sam..I think you should try Serek at SOS Automotive,in Huntingdon, as he breaks the odd Omega. I've been taking my three Omegas there for many years and he has an infinite knowledge of the beast, having owned quite a few himself, and comes highly recommended on OOF. I don't have a phone number to give to you as I only have his personal mobile number,.and can't give that out. But they are on facebook, and have a website also.

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Omega General Help / Re: Elite ...complete lock out.

« on: 24 August 2025, 14:38:17 »

Both of my cop cars, will respond to forcing the door lock method, but this Elite doesn't respond well to having the power from the battery completely isolated or having a flat battery....problem now solved with a bit of er co-lateral damage, lesson should have been learnt the first time cheers guys.

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Omega General Help / Elite ...complete lock out.

« on: 24 August 2025, 09:31:03 »

 School boy error....I isolated the battery last night,and of course the car won't let me back in this morning. I have tried the usual thing of trying to unlock with the  key, and that's a no. I have the front grill removed as I'm prepping the bonnet for a repaint, and have tried to fiddle around to get the bonnet released...but it'll have to released from inside the locked car. I'm at a bit of a loss as to solve this one.

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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: Wanted:

« on: 07 August 2025, 15:46:52 »

I bought two sets one black and one cream on ebay, BUT they have to be ''altered '' to make them fit as they are a bit sketchy on the design side of things, but can be done with a bit of patience and sharp scissors

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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: Wtd - 3.2 / 3.0 FL bits

« on: 05 July 2025, 08:35:23 »

Just to chip in...reference the green estate. It's been on ebay for a long time and the seller never responded to the three enquiries from myself. Might be better to contact Gareth Mcaleer via Facebook, he keeps a lot of Omega parts, and he's a reliable seller.

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Omega General Help / Re: NGK, Bosch O2 sensors.

« on: 17 May 2025, 08:44:19 »

 You are right, but the sensor was flagged up on the MOT noting the condition of the connection, but working OK but it was recommended that it be changed, hence the iffy ebay sensor. So I'm thinking, eliminate the cheapo sensor first with a known reliable brand, and if the problem persists then it'll be open the can of worms time.