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General Car Chat / Re: Behold!
« on: 06 July 2025, 21:51:05 »
Should add that I had the full chain kit, bearings, pump etc on mine at 137K for peace of mind, no chain rattle and when the camcover was removed the internals were spotless (I change the oil every 5K and use genuine filter and Liqui Moly specific oil) and the chain showed little signs of stretching.   You hear of cars with half the mileage rattling like a skeleton in a biscuit tin, but infrequent oil changes and driving them like you stole them from cold are probably the cause in my opinion.

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General Car Chat / Re: Behold!
« on: 06 July 2025, 21:45:11 »
Quote from: TheBoy on 06 July 2025, 13:54:49
Quote from: YZ250 on 05 July 2025, 23:05:53
They pull like a train to around 125mph, then have a very slight lag for a few mph and then pull like a train again to the speed limiter.   :y
Allegedly. So you heard down the pub. Or a mate told you.

An upstanding member of the community like you wouldn't know such things first hand.

It's a brilliant combination the N57 with a ZF 8 Speed in the 530D. Absolutely love driving mine, its a bit too effortless sometimes! Things to watch out for and fix on F10 / F11's are headlights, timing chains (realistically full uprated genuine BMW timing chain kit, all the bearings and oil pump is the way to go but expensive), don't skimp on discs and pads either.... worn front tension arms give wheel vibration issues that feel just like warped discs. It sounds like expensive stuff but its par the course on a big barge with a big diesel engine in it.

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General Car Chat / Re: Behold!
« on: 04 July 2025, 08:16:10 »
Oil Level is shown on the Idrive and there is also a dipstick on the N57 engine - red on the N/S of the block at the rear.

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General Car Chat / Re: Behold!
« on: 03 July 2025, 08:32:07 »
Welcome to the club! I have a 530D F10 M Sport. :y

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General Car Chat / Re: Mercedes S500 Ongoing "Project Upgrade"
« on: 16 April 2025, 09:06:38 »
Quote from: TheBoy on 15 April 2025, 20:47:47
A feature I would REALLY like on the Jag - both of 'em - is a clock that can adjust itself. Every other bloody car has been able to since the 1980s.  No idea what JLR were smoking when they suffered CBA to implement something so simple.

Volvo V70 is the same. Unbelievable.

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 15 April 2025, 14:02:07 »
MOT pass on the 530D :)

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General Car Chat / Re: MOT pass
« on: 08 April 2025, 20:07:32 »
Nice one

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Omega General Help / Re: Changing V6 Cam Oil Seals without Renoving Cam Covers
« on: 26 March 2025, 08:20:30 »
Quote from: polilara on 22 March 2025, 07:57:51
Found interesting tool.


Looking at that picture confirms, it's usually the exhaust cam seal that goes first, certainly the case on various Omega's i've owned.

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 21 March 2025, 10:56:43 »
Quote from: YZ250 on 20 March 2025, 13:30:39
Quote from: TheBoy on 20 March 2025, 12:45:09
Quote from: YZ250 on 20 March 2025, 10:33:53
Drove it to Pickering for a short break. These diesel’s are in their element just cruising along motorways. A journey of 230 miles and it cost me peanuts in fuel.  :y
As soon as mine gets beyond around 70mph, it has a drink problem worthy of any AA attendee, and virtually always returns 32mpg (reality, not the trip computer) over an entire tank.  Last tank was 35.9mpg - she'd used it for work and to nip to Oxford, and clearly she is more reformed than me...

I've had 67mpg from her little diesel going to work over a 70 mile run to central Brumingham, but I was keeping it under the instant ban territory...

I set the car alert to 70mph.  :y  It gets angry and keeps flashing a dash warning and makes a bong noise if I go over the set limit. I told you, I'm fully converted now.  ;D

Mine's set a bit higher than that  :-X (NB. For use on my private test track officer  ::))

I do regularly use the speed limiter for roadworks etc, mine only has standard cruise, not the radar active version found on later cars so is more of a pain to use on busy roads, hence preferring the limiter.

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 20 March 2025, 08:33:49 »
Two tyres on the V70, two on the Omega and replacement wiper motor and mechanism. Roll on payday  ;(

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Nextbase ODB port to power for Dashcam - OK for 2000 plate MFL Omega ?
« on: 19 March 2025, 23:37:45 »
Soldered the hardwire kit on mine onto the rear 12v socket legs with an inline fuse. Dash cam will then stay on for 10 mins after you turn the ignition off as its on the multitimer switched circuit.

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Omega General Help / Re: Part numbers for service items
« on: 18 March 2025, 10:58:40 »
I currently use this oil in the Omega's:-  https://www.smithandallan.com/product/smith-allan-momentum-ss-10w-40-engine-oil-4141 which comes in at a good price when you buy 20L :)

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Omega General Help / Re: Part numbers for service items
« on: 18 March 2025, 08:18:36 »
Air Filter - 91149684
Fuel Filter - 25313359
Fuel Filter clips - 90542453
10W40 Oil - 93165215


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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Wanted: Wiper Motor and Mechanism
« on: 14 March 2025, 08:54:28 »
As per title in good working order please!

If you can ship then all the better but will pick up possible.

Many thanks

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: How to replace a dash display bulb
« on: 18 February 2025, 22:58:55 »
Yep, GID has bulbs in the back  :)

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