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jimatMK

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27. Oct 2006 at 20:54

Hi All,
My name is Jim and I am a new member.
I have just purchased my first Vauxhall since the 1970's. Since then I have always driven Fords. My last car was a Ford Granada Scorpio 24v Cosworth.
But I thought I needed a change so I bought this week an Omega MV6 Elite 3.0 2000.
Its done 50k miles and I would like your advice on a few aspects.
As far as I know the cambelt hasnt been changed so that is my first job to be done. I have had a quote from my local Vauxhall dealer of £320. Do you advise to have this done at a main dealer or would it be OK for a smaller garage to do the work for a cheaper price?
The car was fitted with Satnav from new but only has the original CD-ROM. So I want to update to the latest disc but have been quoted £95 by Navteq.Is there a cheaper way of doing this? Does anyone else supply these discs cheaper?
Any info will greatly appreciated.

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Bo Bo Omega Lord Offline Here's another nice mess you've gotten me into! Posts: 5016 Coventry Gender:	Re: New member Reply #1 - 27. Oct 2006 at 21:10 Hello & welcome Try posting your questions in the help section, you'll get a better response there
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Cav9_4 Omega Knight Offline Omega 2.5 V6 Auto Posts: 1463 Sutton-In-Ashfield,Notts Gender:	Re: New member Reply #2 - 27. Oct 2006 at 22:40 Hi & welcome to the forum
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Elite Pete Omega King Offline My spider senses are tingling Posts: 17813 Northwich/Chester Gender: Drives: Facelift Wheezel,Breaking 2001 MV6	Re: New member Reply #3 - 28. Oct 2006 at 00:46 Hi Jim and welcome
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bobdent Omega Lord Offline Drives better than an Omega Posts: 6705 A pub in Hertfordshire Gender: Drives: 2002 3.2 MV6 Irmscher Estate	Re: New member Reply #4 - 28. Oct 2006 at 01:36 hi Jim and welcome to the forum. Make sure you get the cam beld AND tensioners sorted. £320 quid is far too expensive Try a decent independent garage
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Markie

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Reply #5 - 28. Oct 2006 at 11:47

Hi Jim

welcome to the site - have a look around and enjoy.

Cambelt - an essential job on any car but even more so on omegas. £320 is a bit dear indepandant. Shop around and ensure its cambelt as well as tensioners ( the important bit on an omega as they are more prone to failure)

Or do it your self, hire a cam locking kit, buy the £3 dvd on here and ask if your unsure - you will get it done and you will get assistance from us Thumbs Up!

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MikeDundee Omega King Offline avatar borrowed from DLK for a bit..... Posts: 10127 Costa Del Peckham Gender: Drives: Irmscher Omega 3.0 V6	Re: New member Reply #6 - 28. Oct 2006 at 17:58 Welcome to the forum Jim
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Big Steve Intermediate Member Offline Posts: 418 Coventry Gender:	Re: New member Reply #7 - 29. Oct 2006 at 10:30 Hi & welcome
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Del Boy Omega Lord Offline Posts: 9381 Ashford, Kent. Gender: Drives: Various things.	Re: New member Reply #8 - 29. Oct 2006 at 21:14 Hi m8 and welcome to the forum
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RossPhim Senior Member Offline Rust?????.... Aaaargh! Posts: 764 Morayshire, Scotland Gender: Drives: An Fordy Now-a-days! Bo Ho!	Re: New member Reply #9 - 30. Oct 2006 at 07:40 Welcome to the forum Jim.
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The Barge Captain Omega Knight Offline Back in the land of the economicaly active Posts: 1827 Bristol Gender: Drives: Saab 95 vector sport 1.9TiD	Re: New member Reply #10 - 30. Oct 2006 at 11:12 Hi Jim and welcome to the forum
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nixoro Omega Baron Offline Posts: 3104 Hitchin, Herts Gender: Drives: 56 Plate - Zafira 1.6	Re: New member Reply #11 - 30. Oct 2006 at 11:29 Hi Jim and welcome to the site
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Reply #12 - 02. Nov 2006 at 22:02

Hi Jim,

welcome to the forum - does the car have a service history? It sounds very much like mine - which didn't - so I changed the cam belt and tensioners ASAP (they should be done every 40k or 4 years, whichever comes sooner). However I reckon the ones that were on there weren't the originals - but at least now I know it's definitely been done - and set up right.

Note that Vx have a target time to do the job in, so the timing won't necessarily be spot-on. At least one of the moderators on here had a flat spot (at 2 or 3k RPM) from when the belt and tensioners were done by Vx, apparently when they replaced them later (instead of Vx) a cam was found to be one tooth out - the replacement was fitted and timed up correctly and the flat spot disappeared ...

Independents will probably charge about £250-ish to do the job, might be worth getting the water pump done too (about another £30).

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Gwilym Senior Member Offline Posts: 708 Bridgwater, Somerset, UK Gender: Drives: 3.0 MV6 Estate	Re: New member Reply #13 - 07. Nov 2006 at 18:08 Hello and Welcome to the site
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mijfife Intermediate Member Offline AAARRRRGGGGGGGGG, IT'S WAS ONLY A GLS!!!!!!! Posts: 306 Rosyth, Fife. Scotland Gender:	Re: New member Reply #14 - 07. Nov 2006 at 18:13 From one Jim to another, hello and welcome Cheers Jim
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