Hi all, just discovered the new forum.... and registered.... thus here i be.... 

  first;
happy new year, may it be prosperous and breakdown free for all of you...
hope Xmas brought you all the toys and bits of Omega you wanted.....    

Second....
if i might be so bold, just because I'm curious.... why the seeming split from the Vaux owners net forum previously being used by , what seems like most members here???...
forgive me if that's a political gaffe and i shouldn't have asked...  i was just curious....

Third.
now to things motor related....
This new year
My Much abused 3.0 Elite V6 estate......  sadly, chose the new year weekend to have a rear wheel bearing begin to fail, and then to add injury, on my way to the garage from the office,  to drop it off for the wheel bearing job...   the EGR valve blew.


Not a happy camper....

So , what other jobs should I get the garage to do to make sure that the new EGR lasts more than a day??

(note this is not a vauxhall dealer...  but the nearest service place to my house....   conveniently right opposite    but they seem nice chaps, very helpful, and apparently, honest......  (no, seriously, i mean it.... ) they have the auto-data system for checking assorted things in a manual like fashion... and a reasonable relationship with Gurney's, one of our local ish vauxhall dealers... 
(when they ordered the wheel bearing, Gurney's mentioned some special tool for lining them up, that isn't mentioned by Haynes or Auto data, ......  but offered to lend them the tool for free.....  and would send it with the parts !  )

but obviously they are not Omega experts like some hereabouts are.....

So , to avoid further heartache and expense....  i thought it best to ask you lot.... and  then go and kick in my accountants door to see how I'll pay for it....

I'm no longer really able to do this sort of stuff myself , i have a Back&Neck problem that rules it out....  more or less permanently...  so I must grit my teeth and pay through the nose somewhere... so it might as well be locally, if you see what i mean... 


likewise....    Cambelt and water pump.....   it's due doing now....   where's bets to get kits and stuff??


thanks in advance for any help and advice... 

Max

Welcome to the site Max

Depending on whats wrong with EGR, you may be better just blanking it off.

Wheel bearing, sorry, never done one.  I hear rears can be troublesome to change, but do not know reason...

Techie Qs are best posted in Omega Help for best exposure, hence more answers

V X O N is old news, don't really want to drag up again, but many Omega owners did not like the direction that site was taking, or the treatment many Omega owners were getting there, so we set up this place.

I'm glad you found us

MaxV6 wrote on 05. Jan 2007 at 19:37:

No probs, cut and paste the relevant bits

We aim to welcome those not so used to PCs/Internet/forums etc, so anyone doing wrong is more likely to get quiet PM rather than a good grilling here - are demographics are going to include a large number of non computer savvy peeps.

Thats one of my pet hates of some forums, esp IT technical ones - everyone is expected to be a techie, making it difficult for non savvy users to get started...

I guess music and hifi can get very passionate, and people will hold strong views

We have a couple of AVForums regulars here, which forums do you help out with?

Welcome to the forum

cheers chaps.....   

Hello and welcome to the site  

Hi & welcome

if I do that every week, and save it all up, in about 650 years I'll be able to afford a Monaro for my Xmas prezzie to ME !

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Cheers .....   I think.....