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Omega General Help / Re: Omega 52 plate gone bang, any selling suggestions?

« on: 19 August 2009, 16:06:50 »

LOL 

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Omega General Help / Re: Omega 52 plate gone bang, any selling suggestions?

« on: 19 August 2009, 15:50:48 »

Yep, my son's 15 year old and jumping up and down like Tiger at the thought of getting his first car in a few years and left to him we would both definately be on a learning experience with the car but the last time I did anything like this the car I was working on ended up in the scrap-yard anyway because the wife got fed up with the engine parts on the kitchen table (you can imagine the scene .. "where's all those bits love?" .. "wot, those filthy bits I threw in the bin?") errrrrrr  :-/

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Omega General Help / Re: Omega 52 plate gone bang, any selling suggestions?

« on: 19 August 2009, 15:44:08 »

Thanks Pete, here's hoping
Proz, it's just not viable for me unfortunatley m8, I'd honestly jump off the nearest kerb if I put another engine in this thing and something else went (not that I am expecting it) but so far the cost of the car to me has been something like five grand after the intial cost, exhaust, tyres and so forth.   Sometimes we just need to say enough is enough, and I've definately reached that point 
Cheers
Marko

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Omega General Help / Re: Omega 52 plate gone bang, any selling suggestions?

« on: 19 August 2009, 15:02:01 »

OK guys, final update from me on this and I'm afraid to say after much thought on the matter and after chatting a little to Markie I've decided to cut my losses and not fix the car but to simply get rid as is.   Problem is I'm looking at the best part of a grand to have the car put right which in all honest is probably the most I'd get back from my insurance if someone decided to write me off tomorrow, so taking that into account and the fact I've spent a couple of grand already and the purchase price of the car means I'm driving a massive liability and even fixing it to sell may not even cover the cost of the replacement engine so alas it's time for me and my former beast to part company I guess.   Thanks to all who offered their advice on this thread and especially to Markie who gave some great points and advice - you never know what the future holds, maybe another Omega?!
Cheers
Marko

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Omega General Help / Re: Omega 52 plate gone bang, any selling suggestions?

« on: 19 August 2009, 14:25:24 »

Thanks for the response Kevin, unfortunately I know little about the engines or whether I could say the engine was shut down quick enough but I guess the fact that the engine shut itself off wasn't a good sign.   I literally had something like 2 seconds (or at least it felt like that!) between the oil light coming on and pulling off the motorway to try and stop but the engine cut itself off before I had a chance to.   I last tried starting it quickly the other day and it does start but making a lot of noise so I really do think it would be impractical to rebuild as the labour involved in this alone would cost an arm and a leg so my only option could be a replacement engine but again depending on the cost of this I may not get round to it as quickly as I would like but I think for now I'm going to try and budget for a replacement and see how I stand.   Can anyone recommend a recon/replacement outfit?
Cheers
Marko

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Omega General Help / Re: Omega 52 plate gone bang, any selling suggestions?

« on: 19 August 2009, 11:05:31 »

From what I'm reading (trying to do some homework!) on the forums I think it's definately a case that the oil was having problems reaching the top of the engine somehow, possibly clogged filter or something which has starved the moving parts and hence causing the "slapping" noise - but I'm still not 100% on what exactly I'm looking at in way of getting it fixed.   Markie has mentioned he'll try and get across at the weekend and he may be able to put his finger on it straight away but in the meantime and to hopefully help Markie if he makes it across from what I've described can anyone poke a suggestion as to what could be the problem and what I'm looking at for a repair?
Cheers
Marko

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Omega General Help / Re: Omega 52 plate gone bang, any selling suggestions?

« on: 18 August 2009, 11:28:13 »

Thanks Derek, think I will be looking to see how much we're talking to get her back on the road but I think it will be merely to sell her on in good condition.   An update on the situation of the engine however ... a friend of mine (who know's nothing really about engines) was asking what happened, told them and they asked if the engine still ran, curious after a couple of days and knowing that chances are the engine was knackered anyway I decided to give it a shot and the engine did actually start and run without gas or anything but it is making a whore of a noise, not a knocking or thumping noise but more or a 'slapping' noise.   Does this ring any bells with anyone?   Bear in mind the problem initially was the oil light came on and then the engine cut out.

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Omega General Help / Re: Omega 52 plate gone bang, any selling suggestions?

« on: 17 August 2009, 22:01:59 »

Thanks Markie, appreciate it If you want to name the day and time I'll make sure I'm here m8

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Omega General Help / Re: Omega 52 plate gone bang, any selling suggestions?

« on: 17 August 2009, 21:17:40 »

i260, I understand your logic and it may still come to keeping it as it would really kill me to 'give' the car away considering the amount of money I've pumped into it so I may very well do a rethink.   Hotel, sorry, didn't really mean to plug a sale or anything hence the reason I didn't want to go on about it, I think we may have lost the original intent for the thread which was to determine if there was a best way to dispose of the car - feel free to lock the thread if you feel it may go overboard and apologies if I've taken things off topic a little.   I may very well take your advice and see if I can track him down
Cheers
Marko

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Omega General Help / Re: Omega 52 plate gone bang, any selling suggestions?

« on: 17 August 2009, 12:37:50 »

It depends what engine is in it, the V6 is very robust but it depends what the servicing has been like. Is there any knocking noises when the engine is running?

It starts (almost) then sounds like a tin can full of nails, and knowing very little about engines I can probably guess this is not a good sign.

The AA guy simply heard my story, listened to it running and reckoned the engine was starved of oil and as such would have most likely rendered it useless with a load of bent bits and bobs now rattling about!.   To be honest, I wouldn't attempt to have it repaired as I've spent a lot of money on the car so far and couldn't stomach putting any more out on it.   I know I might sound a little defeated, but my wife is disabled and receives the mobility allowance so we're taking the sensible route now and going for a 3 year lease which covers us for most eventualities, I just thank god she wasn't in the car at the time!.

The AA guy went on to explain that it could have been a pump issue or a blockage/clog etc which restricted the oil - just wanted to add this in case anyone thinks I'm a complete numpty and didn't have oil in it 

I'll be honest also guys, if anyone is on the lookout for such a car I'd welcome any sensible offer but I don't want to go on about selling it here as I don't think it's the right place to do so, just let me know if anyone thinks they may be interested and I'll oblige with any additional info you may need

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Omega General Help / Re: Omega 52 plate gone bang, any selling suggestions?

« on: 17 August 2009, 10:25:46 »

I know cars lose their value, but for the love of god £375.00!!! that's criminal (sob!) - I reckon you should keep an eye out Pete cause I think that's what I may end up doing with mine also ... I'm away to have a very unmanly cry in the bathroom now  :-/

Just out of interest, does anyone know any other fellow Omegan's in the Coatbridge/North Lanarkshire area who could cast an expert eye over the car just to confirm the very nice man's (from the AA) verdict as I know jack sparrow about these damn things!

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Omega General Help / Re: Omega 52 plate gone bang, any selling suggestions?

« on: 17 August 2009, 09:56:17 »

It's only a CD Auto guys, nothing impressive to be honest but the exhaust is practically new and genuine vauxhall, I know that's no concellation or anything but it rips the guts out of me when VX kill us with the cost of the parts and the car probably isn't even worth the cost of the exhaust !! As for breaking, I wouldn't have the tech know-how to do it myself which is why I'm looking for a complete sale, even the thought of trying to put another engine in it will no doubt set me back a grand which I just couldn't afford at the mo - I know my chances are slim of getting anything decent and chances are it'll end up in a scrappy but it would just kill me to hand this over for peanuts - fekin cars!

I've chanced my arm and whacked it on ebay for £800, don't laugh, please!

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Omega General Help / Re: Omega 52 plate gone bang, any selling suggestions?

« on: 17 August 2009, 04:05:56 »

to be honest I don't think I've got it in me to spend any more cash on this car, cost me £3000 to buy, already replaced the complete exhaust system, 4 new tyres and a new battery and that was just 6 months into having it, total of around £1500 so far, £450 for it's last MOT and countless minor things so I've named her Christine after the Steven King novel! If I managed to scrape a grand back from it I think I'd be over the moon but I know I have little chance with no working engine but the car has just about driven me over the edge to be honest, one of those buys you wish you'd never made - I will take a look at ebay but I think it will be to see the possibility of selling it in it's current condition! Thanks for the suggestion though
Marko

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Omega General Help / Omega 52 plate gone bang, any selling suggestions?

« on: 17 August 2009, 01:54:27 »

Hi guys, well the worst has happened unfortunately and my Omega's engine has turned it's last key - drove to Glasgow tonight and when I started the car I noticed the oil light stayed on for a little longer than usual then went off, dropped the ole dragon in law off then returned to the homeland, only to get a mile or so near and oil light on constant, pulled off the M8 to stop and it cut out.   The very very nice man from the AA came out, took one listen to the thing and gave me the bad news that I'm looking at a new/recon engine.   I'm not really in a position to put another engine in it so am trying to recoup some of my much injected cash into the thing and wondered if anyone can offer any advice as to the best way to do this.   I'm really not keen going down the scrappy route either as it's only a 52 plate with 80,000 miles on the clock, new exhaust, new tyres and in real good condition otherwise - would anyone anticipate it worthwhile on ebay/autotrader or any other site for a decent return?
Thanks in advance guys
Marko

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Omega General Help / Re: Slight tapping on start up

« on: 07 January 2009, 16:59:59 »

Thanks for all your replies guys, very much appreciated as always and your comment Pete about the cracked manifold is quite interesting as I had major major problems with a matter early last year when I just bought the car.   Basically the exhaust required replacing after I scraped the underside over a vicious speed bump and since then it went from bad to worse.   Car sounded terrible, even with a new CAT (£400) and a few months later I couldn't take it anymore and returned to complain to find the rest of the exhaust was knackered, so another £300 later and I had a complete replacement exhaust but the car still sounded terrible.   A few weeks down the line I did some major bitching about it on the moneysavers forums and got a call from Kwik-Fit saying they wanted to fit a complete genuine system for me - they did and the car at last was back to norm although I still had a niggle in the back of my head that it still wasn't sounding as good as it did before the fiasco and this is where I think the manifold may come in to play.   I know the risks associated with trying to replace these damn things and as I don't intend on selling the car on or anything I am tempted to use PyroPutty2400 on the entire manifold, heard of a guy that did this and basically saved himself a fortune as his manifold bolt sheered when he tried taking the manifold off, so if it is the manifold I think it might be worth doing this and solving the issue.   As I say I'm intending on getting the car fully serviced next month so may ask the mechs to give it a good flushing too for a few pints (if u know what I mean!!)
Thanks again guys
Marko