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GG Intermediate Member Offline If kicking doesn't work, then hit it with a hammer Posts: 387 Milton Keynes Gender: Drives: No Omega at the min :-(	advice needed pls. About to maybe buy 2.5 TD elite 30. Mar 2011 at 20:14 I have been nearly a year without an Omega I have come across a well price 2.5 TD auto elite. I have read about chipping them so they behave better in power and economy. Does anyone have any idea how much this costs and where I can get this done. This has to be a factor in the purchase for me. Thank you for your help.
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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: advice needed pls. About to maybe buy 2.5 TD elite Reply #1 - 30. Mar 2011 at 20:18 I wouldn't bother chipping if its an auto, the gearbox won't cope with it unless you replace it with a 3.0 AR35 gearbox
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Reply #2 - 30. Mar 2011 at 20:22

Elite Pete wrote on 30. Mar 2011 at 20:18:

I wouldn't bother chipping if its an auto, the gearbox won't cope with it unless you replace it with a 3.0 AR35 gearbox Wink

What can I expect economy wise then. Is it worth buying a TD over a V6 ?? I normally never have any money and in the unusual position of having a small amount and I am looking to buy another Omega

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Dan282 Omega Knight Offline Bang Tidy! Posts: 1843 Dudley, West Midlands Gender: Drives: 2000 (X) V6 GLS in graphite grey	Re: advice needed pls. About to maybe buy 2.5 TD elite Reply #3 - 30. Mar 2011 at 20:26 Id look for a good TD, but V6 prices are low at the moment
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GG Intermediate Member Offline If kicking doesn't work, then hit it with a hammer Posts: 387 Milton Keynes Gender: Drives: No Omega at the min :-(	Re: advice needed pls. About to maybe buy 2.5 TD elite Reply #4 - 30. Mar 2011 at 20:30 Dan282 wrote on 30. Mar 2011 at 20:26: Id look for a good TD, but V6 prices are low at the moment Prices are low all round, I have the option on a really nice New shape Auto TD Elite 109,000 miles at around £1400. Fuel consumption was the reason I had to sell my V6 Elite
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Re: advice needed pls. About to maybe buy 2.5 TD elite
Reply #5 - 30. Mar 2011 at 20:32

GG wrote on 30. Mar 2011 at 20:30:

Dan282 wrote on 30. Mar 2011 at 20:26:

Id look for a good TD, but V6 prices are low at the moment Thumbs Up!

Prices are low all round, I have the option on a really nice New shape Auto TD Elite 109,000 miles at around £1400. Fuel consumption was the reason I had to sell my V6 Elite

Im in the same boat but i cant get the price i need for my V6 to buy a diesel of some sort so im sticking with it Grin

Does sound a good price.

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Reply #6 - 30. Mar 2011 at 20:33

GG wrote on 30. Mar 2011 at 20:30:

Dan282 wrote on 30. Mar 2011 at 20:26:

Id look for a good TD, but V6 prices are low at the moment Thumbs Up!

Prices are low all round, I have the option on a really nice New shape Auto TD Elite 109,000 miles at around £1400. Fuel consumption was the reason I had to sell my V6 Elite

Thats about what I would expect for a diesel Elite with low mileage Wink

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Reply #7 - 30. Mar 2011 at 20:40

Elite Pete wrote on 30. Mar 2011 at 20:33:

GG wrote on 30. Mar 2011 at 20:30:

Dan282 wrote on 30. Mar 2011 at 20:26:

Id look for a good TD, but V6 prices are low at the moment Thumbs Up!

Prices are low all round, I have the option on a really nice New shape Auto TD Elite 109,000 miles at around £1400. Fuel consumption was the reason I had to sell my V6 Elite

Thats about what I would expect for a diesel Elite with low mileage Wink

The question still is for me about fuel consumption. If you had a choice between a V6 and a new shape TD, both auto. Which way would you go, based on MPG, Of course a V engine has beautiful sound, that the diesel dosen't.

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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: advice needed pls. About to maybe buy 2.5 TD elite Reply #8 - 30. Mar 2011 at 20:47 The diesel will be more economical but by how much I wouldn't know because mine is a chipped manual
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Reply #9 - 30. Mar 2011 at 20:53

Elite Pete wrote on 30. Mar 2011 at 20:47:

The diesel will be more economical but by how much I wouldn't know because mine is a chipped manual Wink

How much difference do you see on a chipped manual. I could of course continue looking for a manual and chip it, but the cost of chipping would be a factor too.

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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: advice needed pls. About to maybe buy 2.5 TD elite Reply #10 - 30. Mar 2011 at 21:00 When I bought my chip it cost approximately £70. The only time I checked fuel consumption was when I went to Scotland to collect a 2.2 Omega. I filled up before I set off and towed a dolly there and an Omega on the dolly back so rarely went over 55mph and I did the 505 mile round trip on a tank
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hoofing it Omega Knight Offline Posts: 1269 falkirk Gender: Drives: disco bus	Re: advice needed pls. About to maybe buy 2.5 TD elite Reply #11 - 30. Mar 2011 at 21:49 Before you buy do a paper clip test and look out for code 34/64/82 if 34 or 82 show walk away these codes a both expensive fixes 34-new fuel pump 82-new num 4 injector. But apart from that great car as longs its serviced
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