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Abiton Omega Knight Offline Posts: 1064 Under Bonnet, nr Abingdon Gender: Drives: Mk2 Golf, but the missus has a '96 2.0 'Select' woohoo!	Re: HBV Bypass/remove completely? Reply #15 - 15. Mar 2011 at 13:19 See his other thread: http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1299968221 Personally, in an already-crowded engine bay of a lardy car, with fuel prices as they are, I reckon aircon in the UK is a complete daftness. But then I'm old and perfectly used to cars that don't have it.
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SteveT528

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Re: HBV Bypass/remove completely?
Reply #16 - 15. Mar 2011 at 18:05

Like wise, mind you ive removed it from every vauxhall omega ive owned,

it saps a bit of power
uses more fuel
is a mess in the engine bay
its alot easyer to work on the engine with it removed.

and when i have had it ive ended up with bad colds , mind you this im sure is down to not having it serviced. Wink

UK and aircon is pointless. but each to their own.

Sorry i have to say this.... Tongue

Do you know what ive been on other vauxhall forums like migweb for years with loads of posts to my name and ive never had anyone question why im doing somthing or say why bother. im sure the odd few on here are nice people but i wish in all mine and other people posts that ive read when it comes to modifying anything, we didnt get questioned

this is a great forum other than that.

Thanks to all in this thread that have helped its been a great help Thumbs Up!

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Martin Imber

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Re: HBV Bypass/remove completely?
Reply #17 - 15. Mar 2011 at 18:54

SteveT528 wrote on 15. Mar 2011 at 18:05:

Like wise, mind you ive removed it from every vauxhall omega ive owned,

it saps a bit of power
uses more fuel
is a mess in the engine bay
its alot easyer to work on the engine with it removed.

and when i have had it ive ended up with bad colds , mind you this im sure is down to not having it serviced. Wink

UK and aircon is pointless. but each to their own.

Sorry i have to say this.... Tongue

Do you know what ive been on other vauxhall forums like migweb for years with loads of posts to my name and ive never had anyone question why im doing somthing or say why bother. im sure the odd few on here are nice people but i wish in all mine and other people posts that ive read when it comes to modifying anything, we didnt get questioned

this is a great forum other than that.

Thanks to all in this thread that have helped its been a great help Thumbs Up!

I would not buy a car without it, been stuck in enough traffic getting hot to do without it.

The weight saving is minimal and I reckon it would kill resale as well.

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The other tuned 2.6. DIY LPG, towbar, upgrade ICE & Wing Spoiler, Air shocks, Eibach Pro Springs, Poly WB bushes, WIM setup, HID conversion, 3.0 cams, ported ect.

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2woody

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Re: HBV Bypass/remove completely?
Reply #18 - 18. Mar 2011 at 11:20

I really just can't abide lugging 50+ kilos of lard around with me that I'll never use.

The current estate car has aircon fitted. I've done 20,000 miles in it now and never turned it on once.

On the flip-side, removing it would have saved 3% of the vehicle weight, over a year that'll be costing me £500 to lug around. ( an extra 3% on the fuel cost )

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Re: HBV Bypass/remove completely?
Reply #19 - 18. Mar 2011 at 13:47

2woody wrote on 18. Mar 2011 at 11:20:

I really just can't abide lugging 50+ kilos of lard around with me that I'll never use.

The current estate car has aircon fitted. I've done 20,000 miles in it now and never turned it on once.

On the flip-side, removing it would have saved 3% of the vehicle weight, over a year that'll be costing me £500 to lug around. ( an extra 3% on the fuel cost )

Sounds like my belly Embarrassed

TBH if I was that bothered about car weight I'd buy an old 1970s car as they were light. I had a 900kg RWD hatch

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The other tuned 2.6. DIY LPG, towbar, upgrade ICE & Wing Spoiler, Air shocks, Eibach Pro Springs, Poly WB bushes, WIM setup, HID conversion, 3.0 cams, ported ect.

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twiglet

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Drives: 53 Plate Omega 3.2 V6 24v Auto Elite Estate, in Black with ALL the toys!!

Re: HBV Bypass/remove completely?
Reply #20 - 18. Mar 2011 at 13:52

2woody wrote on 18. Mar 2011 at 11:20:

I really just can't abide lugging 50+ kilos of lard around with me that I'll never use.

The current estate car has aircon fitted. I've done 20,000 miles in it now and never turned it on once.

On the flip-side, removing it would have saved 3% of the vehicle weight, over a year that'll be costing me £500 to lug around. ( an extra 3% on the fuel cost )

If I were feeling brave, I'd use this phrase to describe SWMBO.... but I'm not.... so I won't... Undecided

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