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« on: 19 January 2026, 15:20:45 »
With a heavy heart I am advertising my much loved Vauxhall Omega Elite 3.2 in Silver - KN03 XPG. I've owned him since 2023.
£1250.
It comes with all of the Elite toys, such as 6 x CD Changer, BOSE sound, heated leather memory seats, etc. I won't list it all because the chances are if you're reading this - you already know what you're looking at.
This is currently on 16 inch Omega CDX alloys, not 17 inch Elite ones. This is because when I bought the car, it had awful aftermarket Halfords-style alloys, and the Omega wheels (which I already had spare) are much smarter. I also prefer the ride of 16s.
3.2 Litre V6 Engine (218 bhp)
Automatic Transmission
MOT until 30th April 2026
143,990 miles
Star Silver (I believe Z157)
I am an avid Omega enthusiast and skilled DIY mechanic, and purchased it to do a European road trip in an Omega (which we did!) driving down through France, Spain and Gibraltar. I have only ever used premium E5 fuel regardless of cost (Shell V power, 99 RON when I can get it). I’ve changed the oil and filter every 3,000 miles religiously.
The good bits
It's road legal and will effortlessly get you home - however far home is away. It is a pleasure to drive, and I would drive it to the south of Spain (again) tomorrow, with no worries at all.
The tyres are all safe, legal, and evenly worn across the tread. The fronts have more tread remaining than the rear, but none are near the wear markers.
The engine is sweet, and being the 3.2, is very-very powerful. If you use sport mode and / or kickdown, it goes like stink, and will easily overtake many modern cars. It also sounds fantastic. It does not lose any oil or coolant, neither is there any mixing or cross contamination of fluids.
I did a comprehensive, top-end overhaul on this engine when I first purchased the car in 2023 (See pictures). I knowingly purchased the car as running badly (timing belt had slipped for the previous owner) but there was no piston damage. So I fitted a fully refurbished pair of cylinder heads, with new valve stem seals.
The automatic transmission is also sweet, and changes smoothly throughout all of the gears, up and down the range, without any problems whatsoever. Absolutely no nasties such as thumping, juddering, slipping etc.
Handling is good, brakes, steering, etc all work as expected (although the brakes are nowhere near as sharp as modern cars)
Overall, the work (in the summer of 2023) included:
Refurbished Cylinder Heads
New head gaskets plus new stretch bolts for fitment
New timing belt KIT (all the pulleys/idlers and tensioner, not just the belt!) - set up correctly with the Sykes Pickavant locking/setting kit.
New water pump
New auxiliary belt tensioner pulley
New Thermostat
New Auxiliary Belt
New Dowty washers on the coolant bridge
All filters
A plethora of new gaskets - both exhaust manifolds, downpipes, both cam-covers and O rings, camshaft oil seals.
Replacement Oil and Antifreeze
Replacement Coolant
Full clean of crankcase breathers
The work was done meticulously, with everything very well cleaned, and correctly torqued. The cambelt kit interval on these is 40,000 miles or 4 years, whichever comes first. It's only done about 15,000 miles on the current kit, so you have comfortably until the summer of 2027 until you need to worry about the cambelt.
Locking wheel key is present. V5 in my name.
Vehicle has been on "My Naff Code Reader", and no fault codes whatsoever are stored in the ECU, TCM, SRS, ABS etc.
which can't play anything from my phone, and keeps skipping the tracks on CDs until it's warm. I am clearly just out of that age threshold
