Hi All,

Just being given the link to this forum and it looks great.

Been a Vauxhall fan for many years, in the past had a few fords of which I did'nt think too much of.

My first Vauxhall was a Belmont SRI with a Cavalier 2 litre engine. I looked rough bodywork wise but it drove great. I then had a Cavalier 1.8 which was a great runner, just a little bit under powered. But I was driving aroun 500 miles a week so it was great for what I needed.

Now I have a job nearer to home I decided to treat myself to a W reg Vauxhall Omega 2.5 CD V6. It looks and drives gorgeous.

But, being honest I am having some problems with it right from the start, this has got me in two minds as to whether I have done the right thing.

The first problem, which I have read quite a bit about already is the temperature reading being very high! From what I have read V6 engines run hot as a rule. However can you confirm if the following is nornal: If I am driving the car it can go as high as the warning light coming on (over a hundred degress), then the fans kick in and the temperature comes down to aroung 75/80. Most of the time it does not go to the warning light level but on occassion it will. The trader who sold it me is quite insistent that this is OK and there is nothing to worry about.  I have read other articles of Omega's hitting 95/100 degrees but mine on the odd occassion is hitting the red light.

The other issue is I had to get the car towed back to the trader at weekend as it would not start, The starter was turning over OK but the engine would go start up. Apparently it is a common issue that the crank shaft sensor fails and causes this. Anyway, I have the trader's assurance that this is being fitted this week.

I know that buying a car such as this was never going to be ecomical. However I am getting worried that I may have bought a money pit.

Anybodies opinions or reassurances are always welcome.

Cheers, Red.

Flushing the coolant a few times may help with temp

Well there is some good news. The car does have full service history and it only has 29,000 miles on the clock. The cambelt was replaced at 24,000 miles. It was the low mileage and new cambelt that attracted me to this particlur car.

Just hope that I can sort out these problems and enjoy what is a terrific drive.

Regarding the temperature issue, I know a good Vauxhall mechanic who said he will give the car a quick check over when I get it back. He was saying that if there is high pressure that the hosing on the radiator will be tight and you won't be able to squeeze it etc. I'm just worried that the low mileage is because of some hidden issue and if I am not careful I could blow the head gasket. I'll admit I do tend to over react when things like this happen. Anyway I'll let him give it a look over when I get it back.

Thanks for the many replies I got to this post so soon, if I get any more questions I'll be sure to post them , maybe in the technical forum next time.

It is reasiring hearing your replies.

Thanks, Red.

Hello & welcome 

Hi m8 and welcome to the forum

Welcome to OOF Red 

Hello red, and welcome 

Welcome Rod.

Temperature problem. Check the gauge first. Remove the whole speedo pod and substitute it for another known working one. We had this exact same fault on one recently and spent days changing radiators etc only to find out it was the gauge all the time. Exact same symptoms you have.