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Omega General Help / Re: soft lowering springs
« on: 08 February 2013, 09:41:39 »
Thanks, i'll have a look into h&r. Does anybody have Any recommendations for springs As close to standard as possible
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Omega General Help / soft lowering springs
« on: 07 February 2013, 19:14:37 »
Hi
I'm looking for a way to lower my 2.2 dti saloon About 1 inch without stiffening it. Something like lowering springs with the standard spring rate. I have looked but with no joy.
I understand that this may cause the car to bottom out easier but its very rarely i would drive on roads that would cause that.
Thanks
I'm looking for a way to lower my 2.2 dti saloon About 1 inch without stiffening it. Something like lowering springs with the standard spring rate. I have looked but with no joy.
I understand that this may cause the car to bottom out easier but its very rarely i would drive on roads that would cause that.
Thanks
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Omega General Help / Re: Is this mpg right 2.2 dti
« on: 01 November 2010, 08:39:39 »
I was also thinking of getting the car remapped. Partially for the extra power and partially to try and improve mpg. Does anyone know how much it should improve the mpg with similar driving
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Omega General Help / Re: Is this mpg right 2.2 dti
« on: 01 November 2010, 00:48:52 »
I know this has been asked loads but I'm using the phone to post cause I'm not at home so no access to a computer and searching isn't easy on it
Thanks again
Thanks again
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Omega General Help / Is this mpg right 2.2 dti
« on: 01 November 2010, 00:46:43 »
Just done a 400 mile journey from Stranraer to Swindon with at least 300 on the motorway and averages 40.3 mpg. On the b roads I was cruising at about a constant 60 and about 75 on the motorway and driving very economically on both roads. I did an oil change two days earlier and cleaner the maf with engine degreaser to remove the hugh amount of oil build up.
Is this about right, I was hoping for 45+mpg.
Btw it's a 2.2 dti with only 36,000 on the clock.
Is there anything I can do to avoid the hugh crap build up in the maf and if the mpg is a bit low what can I do to improve it cause I have to drive back up to Stranraer next fri.
Thanks v much
Is this about right, I was hoping for 45+mpg.
Btw it's a 2.2 dti with only 36,000 on the clock.
Is there anything I can do to avoid the hugh crap build up in the maf and if the mpg is a bit low what can I do to improve it cause I have to drive back up to Stranraer next fri.
Thanks v much
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Omega General Help / Re: Running dti on veg oil
« on: 06 November 2010, 02:03:25 »
I had no intention of running it on 100%, 50/50 in the winter and 80% in summer cause it's warmer is what I was hoping for.
Apparently it is mostly to do with fuel pump failure due to the veg oil being heavier, some makes are ok some arn't.
I'll look into this further
Apparently it is mostly to do with fuel pump failure due to the veg oil being heavier, some makes are ok some arn't.
I'll look into this further
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Omega General Help / Running dti on veg oil
« on: 05 November 2010, 22:21:11 »
I searched for this but got no results.
Has anyone tried running a 2.2 dti cars on veg oil. I know some diesels will run on 100% veg oil, some will run on a mixture of diesel and veg oil and some blow the fuel pump cause the veg oil is too thick when cold.
A mate of mine used to run his old 1.7 izuzu engined astra on 100% and it had no issues
Has anyone tried running a 2.2 dti cars on veg oil. I know some diesels will run on 100% veg oil, some will run on a mixture of diesel and veg oil and some blow the fuel pump cause the veg oil is too thick when cold.
A mate of mine used to run his old 1.7 izuzu engined astra on 100% and it had no issues
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Omega General Help / Re: Clouds of White smoke
« on: 27 October 2010, 17:55:37 »
That's good, I was thinking cracked exhaust manifold or similar
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Omega General Help / Re: Clouds of White smoke
« on: 27 October 2010, 16:45:14 »
Also, this is my first diesel car and I'm loving it
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Omega General Help / Clouds of White smoke
« on: 27 October 2010, 16:43:08 »
Hi everyone, first post so keep it simple
I got my 2.2 dti about 2 months ago with 32000 on the clock and it's been running ok'ish since. Mpg seemed a bit low at mid thirty's with a mixture of motorway and and b roads.
The car doesn't seem as quick as I'd expect after driving various 2.0 diesels.
The car seems to take a bit longer than most other diesels to start especially with cold weather although it is by no means struggling to start.
The idle also takes a few minutes after starting to settle, it bounces between about 800 to 1200rpm.
I started the car a few days ago from below 0 temp's and had the air con and heaters on full. I drove about 100m to the nex junction when I stopped I noticed a large amount of White smoke coming from around the front drivers side wheel. Similar to what exhaust fumes look like in sub 0 temps but there was nearly twice as much smoke from the front of the car as the exhaust was putting out it also smelt slightly different to the exhaust smoke. I obviously checked under the bonnet and found a small amount of smoke coming up from below the turbo. Nothing was on fire or burning so I drove on. Stopped atthe next junction about 3 miles away and no sign of smoke from the front and at this stage the exhaust fumes were also now no longer white. This hasn't happened since but I also haven't been driving in sub 0 temps since either
Just wondering if anyone can shed any light on these issues, I don't know if they are all linked or what
Btw great site, good info on here
I got my 2.2 dti about 2 months ago with 32000 on the clock and it's been running ok'ish since. Mpg seemed a bit low at mid thirty's with a mixture of motorway and and b roads.
The car doesn't seem as quick as I'd expect after driving various 2.0 diesels.
The car seems to take a bit longer than most other diesels to start especially with cold weather although it is by no means struggling to start.
The idle also takes a few minutes after starting to settle, it bounces between about 800 to 1200rpm.
I started the car a few days ago from below 0 temp's and had the air con and heaters on full. I drove about 100m to the nex junction when I stopped I noticed a large amount of White smoke coming from around the front drivers side wheel. Similar to what exhaust fumes look like in sub 0 temps but there was nearly twice as much smoke from the front of the car as the exhaust was putting out it also smelt slightly different to the exhaust smoke. I obviously checked under the bonnet and found a small amount of smoke coming up from below the turbo. Nothing was on fire or burning so I drove on. Stopped atthe next junction about 3 miles away and no sign of smoke from the front and at this stage the exhaust fumes were also now no longer white. This hasn't happened since but I also haven't been driving in sub 0 temps since either
Just wondering if anyone can shed any light on these issues, I don't know if they are all linked or what
Btw great site, good info on here
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