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[coastie123]

the last picture is a cover on the back of the rad but it looks like oil.... could it be the EGR has sprayed??

Is there anyone in the southwest that is willing to help out and give the car a good going over for me!!!!!

[coastie123]

if you look at the first 2 pics, there seems to be alot of oil spray between the EGR and the belt.... I take it the EGR is the shiny Disc with the black cable coming from underneath it...

if you look at the third picture... tha rad cover and just above the belt(on the right of pic) has the same substance which seems to be oil....

we had the engine running for about 10 minutes and i couldnt see any leaks...

one thing i did notice is the a/c was dripping about halfway back the car underneath...

Sorry to be so vague but im not to good with cars!!!

[MickAP]

Well, well just take a look at my post "Tractor Owners" it answers your question about the EGR valve leaking.
 And to add when I first took mine for a service (I do my own now thanks to OOF) they replaced that small rubber connecting hose to the EGR valve. You can't see it until you remove the black plastic cover. It was leaking and spraying oil all over the front area, just like the one you're looking at buying. The fan helps it to spray everywhere, mainly front right.
Hope this helps, and if I were closer I would have certainly helped in looking at the car with you

Mick

[MickAP]

if you look at the first 2 pics, there seems to be alot of oil spray between the EGR and the belt.... I take it the EGR is the shiny Disc with the black cable coming from underneath it...

if you look at the third picture... tha rad cover and just above the belt(on the right of pic) has the same substance which seems to be oil....

we had the engine running for about 10 minutes and i couldnt see any leaks...

one thing i did notice is the a/c was dripping about halfway back the car underneath...

Sorry to be so vague but im not to good with cars!!!

If it was around RH side roughly halfway back from the front of the engine then no worries they all do it.
Should be clear water

Mick

[Psychoca]

Mine has a perpetual oil leak, which I have tried to track down since I had the car...

Mine is a GLS spec and in all honesty, it is a lovely car to drive, but, it does lack "toys". Having said that, the only thing I really would like is Cruise Control...

As has been said, the oil should ideally be changed every 3000 miles.  I have to admit, that I am not the best at doing the oil as frequently as it should be done, but, she drives well and takes the abuse I give her...

[guncharmer]

Bid him £900 with 12 mths mot,and leave a deposit if he accepts,walk away if he wont accept this or somewhere very close.£600 as is.Might be a very reasonable chap but he is doing you no favours if there are some issues come mot time.Being too far away i can`t help anymore than that and even then the 12 mths test is no guarantee of untroubled ownership but at least the odds are slightly more in your favour.
If i was selling a car with only 4 mths mot i would expect to be bid in the 'dangle berries'!,in fact i wouldn`t reasonably expect to be able to sell an omega with such a short test unless the buyer was mechanically astute and could satisfy him or herself as to the overall condition regarding mot passworthiness  .Good cars exist,bad ones(the moneypits)are at every corner.
The clutch would still be my major concern!You need to get the brake pipes checked for corrosion and that none of the shockers are weeping/leaking and put your fingers into the spring seats to check there are no breaks in the coil at the very bottom.
I dont get any confidence from the fact he has owned it such a short time regardless of the reason/excuse.Check the mot history online,it could even possibly have failed one already recently and is being sold with the older certificate.
Have a look on ebay at any cars for sale privately,BLOODY AMAZING how many folks are about to get or have just got company cars !, must be because of the economic boom.

[coastie123]

if you look at the first 2 pics, there seems to be alot of oil spray between the EGR and the belt.... I take it the EGR is the shiny Disc with the black cable coming from underneath it...

if you look at the third picture... tha rad cover and just above the belt(on the right of pic) has the same substance which seems to be oil....

we had the engine running for about 10 minutes and i couldnt see any leaks...

one thing i did notice is the a/c was dripping about halfway back the car underneath...

Sorry to be so vague but im not to good with cars!!!

If it was around RH side roughly halfway back from the front of the engine then no worries they all do it.
Should be clear water

Mick

It was centre of the car in between the front and rear doors if that makes sense....

as to the Tractor Owners post.... That seems to be roughly where the oil is but yours in a hell of a lot cleaner.....

The only gut feeling i have about this car is the amount of oil as you can roughly see in the pics....

Ive had a bad experience buying a petrol omega and the head went within a day and that had less mileage on it!! I know the BMW 2.5TD engine is alot more robust... Im going to phone around a few mates to see if they can look over it with me...

Mick, can't you take a holiday to the seaside for a day!!! Only joking!!

regards

shaun

[MickAP]

if you look at the first 2 pics, there seems to be alot of oil spray between the EGR and the belt.... I take it the EGR is the shiny Disc with the black cable coming from underneath it...

if you look at the third picture... tha rad cover and just above the belt(on the right of pic) has the same substance which seems to be oil....

we had the engine running for about 10 minutes and i couldnt see any leaks...

one thing i did notice is the a/c was dripping about halfway back the car underneath...

Sorry to be so vague but im not to good with cars!!!

If it was around RH side roughly halfway back from the front of the engine then no worries they all do it.
Should be clear water

Mick

It was centre of the car in between the front and rear doors if that makes sense....

as to the Tractor Owners post.... That seems to be roughly where the oil is but yours in a hell of a lot cleaner.....

The only gut feeling i have about this car is the amount of oil as you can roughly see in the pics....

Ive had a bad experience buying a petrol omega and the head went within a day and that had less mileage on it!! I know the BMW 2.5TD engine is alot more robust... Im going to phone around a few mates to see if they can look over it with me...

Mick, can't you take a holiday to the seaside for a day!!! Only joking!!

regards

shaun

The only thing that would make sense with a leak that far back on the car would be an exhaust joint leak.
Cold start, leaky joint = condensing water from that point. Had it with my saloon, thought where's the water leak, from exhaust joint
Well that's all I can think of anyway :-/

As for my oil leak, well I did clean it up before the pics were taken. They can look bad if left to build up. I've done mine around three times now in as many years.

I'm up North for my hols in 2 weeks, York, so can't make it

Mick

[MickAP]

Bid him £900 with 12 mths mot,and leave a deposit if he accepts,walk away if he wont accept this or somewhere very close.£600 as is.Might be a very reasonable chap but he is doing you no favours if there are some issues come mot time.Being too far away i can`t help anymore than that and even then the 12 mths test is no guarantee of untroubled ownership but at least the odds are slightly more in your favour.
If i was selling a car with only 4 mths mot i would expect to be bid in the 'dangle berries'!,in fact i wouldn`t reasonably expect to be able to sell an omega with such a short test unless the buyer was mechanically astute and could satisfy him or herself as to the overall condition regarding mot passworthiness  .Good cars exist,bad ones(the moneypits)are at every corner.
The clutch would still be my major concern!You need to get the brake pipes checked for corrosion and that none of the shockers are weeping/leaking and put your fingers into the spring seats to check there are no breaks in the coil at the very bottom.
I dont get any confidence from the fact he has owned it such a short time regardless of the reason/excuse.Check the mot history online,it could even possibly have failed one already recently and is being sold with the older certificate.
Have a look on ebay at any cars for sale privately,BLOODY AMAZING how many folks are about to get or have just got company cars !, must be because of the economic boom.
 

Just how I came to own my TD estate.
Went down to Swindon to look at it, looked it over, test drive, deal done.
He then showed me his brand spanking new VW 4x4 (can't remember what model) company car, the reason he was selling the TD.
But yes I would be a bit suspicious of him selling after only owning such a short time. :-/

Mick

[Martin_1962]

water dripping means the air con is working

[coastie123]

Thanks for all the input regarding this....

He has sent me an e-mail saying he has been offered £900 as is....

I will leave it and go for a 2.5 V6 petrol that i have my eye on instead..

its just that Gut feeling thingy me bobby!!