Project OMG: Inspection time! Omega gets a close up.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 มี.ค. 2017
- Join me as I take a tour of my 1997 Vauxhall Omega Elite turbo diesel estate automatic. Marvel at the hideous 'wood' on the dashboard, be inspired by the fully working display matrix. Oh this is all good.
May contain poor camera work, wind noise and a stupid car alarm. - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
lock down has ment i get to rewatch all the old hub nut videos. i must say i have always loved the omega
This is slowly becoming one of my favorite channels.
This and Ian Tyrell.
I've always liked the vauxhalls never had a omega but it looks handsome and well equipped,
you wouldnt regret buying a decent one.
+Soulware3D I think V6 is definitely the way to go.
Like you've said, it's down to what you want it for. £20 will only get you 100 miles in a 3L v6 but it will do it at 150-160mph all day and not ask for anything less. my ex unmarked police 3L elite has 160k on the clock now and still gets a boot full every day, the engine is super smooth and if you are ultra careful you can get about 34mpg out of them. i wouldnt hesitate to check mine over and then drive it to germany, thrash it about the autobahn and the nurburgring, then drive home. the omega is truly an underestimated car in v6 form.
The Vauxhall Omega is definitely one of the nicest cars ever built. I find they are quite rare on the roads these days but occasionally I see some for sale on Ebay. It's nice to see when people appreciate old cars. An Uncle of mine used to have the saloon version until about 14 years ago, it was a lovely car. One thing I really like about the estate version is the huge amount of boot space, it's an ideal family car. And if you just happen to have a pet dog, it can settle in the boot area with its bed. You could also have roof bars fitted and buy a roof box to store your luggage.
I had a 95 TD estate, I chipped the ECU to take the engine power to how it was meant to be for the 2.5 6 pot BMW lump, The power improvement was so intense (120 bhp to 160bhp if i recall correctly) that had to change the original weak auto box (AR25) for the stronger 3.0 petrol box (AR35) which involved a simple mod of changing the g/box bellhousing, Mine went like a lunatic, unfortunately it hit a patch of spilled diesel coming off a roundabout in the wet & ended up in a ditch & hitting a tree, I still miss that car & that happened over 3 years ago.
I had a later 52 plate MV6. Great car. Never went wrong loved it.
I had a v6 estate, it was superb. Super comfy, like taking your sofa down the motorway. Timing belt replacement is not for the feint hearted though.
Good video! Always had quite a soft spot for these
Just brought my first omega yesterday,sold my E34 a few months ago so fancied one,2.6 V6 in silver 01 plate
Love the omega it cracked me up when the alarm was going off because thats exactly what mine does if something like a football hits it or a cat jumps on the bonnet.
The 2.5 turbo diesel estate is quite a sought after car now. Mine just flew through its mot today with no advisories @ 160,000 miles, just booked in to have probably its last ever timing belt & water pump change, unless it can make 200k but we shall see!
Always liked the old Omega and top marks for getting detritus into your video 👍
I would have loved to see Cadillac slap a badge on the wagon! Alas we only got a taste of Omega in sedan form over here.. Euro Caddy from GM Daddy~
Ohh, I saw an elderly lad putting Cadillac Catera grille on his Opel Omega Caravan! I also photographed the car about 2 years ago.
Nice to see someone who knows what he's talking about unlike this young lads and their cars in other vids they really haven't got a clue
Hi Ian
Had to watch the Omega series since I had the V6 petrol version with all the bells and whistles. Unfortunately all the bells and whistles slowly failed and the car became a money pit.
The arm would go off all the time - unfixable. The self lev. suspension also packed up - unfixable. The heated drivers seat shorted and the fuse for it runs the whole dash -unfixable.
A truly dreadful car, but drove really well.
Oh don't get me started on the sodding alarm. A great feature that ensures you just leave the sodding car unlocked instead.
@@HubNut I have a 2002 and my alarm kept going off to which I just removed the alarm siren. Problem Solved.
Had a 1999 cdx estate, perfect to lob a wheel chair in. Ecotec!! engine only gave 30/32mpg and plenty of problems Inc 2 head gasket jobs 1before I bought it and 1 I payed for and never right after. same alarm problem solved by leaving unlocked in lockup or work carpark. Weren't the cup coasters in the glove box lid. Late Mother loved her heated seat and arm rest. Mobile armchair with tunes.
4:42 Road Runner sound! Meep meep!
Looks like ventra estate saw few of your videos of the omega and loved that sound of the revving when you gave it acceleration it was the video when you got locked in it
The alarm issue would've been the battery back up in the alarm itself. I know it's sold now but my mv6 had the same issue and needed the battery replacing in the alarm.
Had a 3 litre petrol Omega "Elite" in gold. Decent thing. Had an electric rear blind which was nice.
Massive spec motors at bargain basement prices. If you're prepared to fix the stuff you can yourself, they offer super comfy transport for very little money. I love stuff like this, had quite a few cheap luxo barges over the years and don't get depressed if they need a few bob spending on them, just think how much they were new, chuck a bit of cash at them, carry on wafting around in something that you've probably paid about 5% of its 'out the showroom' price.
Great videos thanks, please keep making them!
Alec Hodgson Thanks!
I went to Wales in the late 1980s (being English). Went into a pub and got glared at. Served very weak beer and it was made obvious that I was unwelcome. Now, more or less 30 years later I have yet to return. Things may have improved but at that time there was a definite 'go away' vibe to the people.
Yes, because the English have traditionally not been at all kind to the Welsh. Things are better today, but still some tension. We've been made to feel very welcome in our bit of Wales.
My grandad had one! It had an LPG system fitted!
its like a cadillac catera but an estate version! i'm in the states and this car was badged as a cadillac for a few years.
seashellfingernails Indeed. Also reworked into a Holden in Australia I believe.
I thought it reminded me of the Holden Commodore estate, VT series to be exact.
My thoughts exactly. It does resemble the Caddy Catera.
The Cadillac Catera was based on the Opel Omega B1/2
Omega Estate may look good as custom made Catera Woody Wagon plus the added small details like the Cadillac badges all around and inside the car.
I'm enjoying these Omega videos! I've often found myself hankering after one, but never quite got around to actually buying one. I'm a Mk3 Cavalier man and have owned many over the years. It seemed that every time I've almost bought an Omega a nice Cav has come along instead. These days I'm in a (dull but worthy) modern Astra, but if the old car itch gets, uhm, itchy enough to scratch then I may just try an Omega. But I'll probably end up in another Cavalier.
I do like the Mk3 Cav. I've never managed to own one yet. Would have to be a pre-facelift one.
The 2.0 4x4 L model (not the GSi) is top of my list, but they're rare as rockinghorse poop!
My dad had both a mark 1 and a mark 2 Omega, both V6s, as company cars back when they were new. Way better than people give them credit for. My dad got pissed off with the second one though as it cost him a ridiculous amount to run.
Mk3 Cavs have to be one of the all time best cars ever made. We had several in the late 80s/early 90s. One did over 200,000 miles on the same clutch and same engine. Very comfortable, fast, we went all over Europe in them. And never a fault in hundreds of thousands of miles.
i had the Elite many years ago. Ex police bought at auction. Went like stink and was really comfortable to drive.
i just sold my 3L elite ex police car, i miss is a lot already.
That is a good looking car. I'd never realised how massive the load area is on these. Fold the back seat down and you've practically got a van! In fact, you could probably kip in it at a pinch.
I've long thought the estate version of many cars is better looking than the saloon. That's certainly the case here although in fairness the saloon Omega is hardly unsightly.
You know though, when I was a kid, my mates always had (prior to the discovery of girls) posters of Porsches, Lamborghinis, Lotuses (Loti?) etc. on their bedroom walls. Not me. I had a blown up photocopy of an Austin LD van! I always did go my own way...
LDV 200s and 400s for me!
I love the vauxhall alarm mine sounds exactly the same on my vauxhall vectra
Nice car!
The only thing I'd suggest you do is if this has the m47 engine and automatic, at the time BMW marketed the gearbox oil to be lifetime, however it isn't, in the booklet for the exact gearbox from the manufacturer it suggests that the oil be changed every 60k, so I'd seriously consider changing it if I were you. Rob Jenner (e39 guru) of Dartford Transmissions and Autocare LTD (on Facebook) has put a copy of the original booklet online.
sadly i had to part with my omega cd 2.2dti estate last year the ecu attached to the diesel pump was going to cost more than i paid for the car. the after market stereo will work my pioneer did they only say that because the factory fitted will only work in the vehicle to which it was origionally fitted and is coded to the display which shows radio station cd ect.
Loved Vauxhalls of this era, and we know why the police used them, big comfy cruisers.
saw the videos of the vectra cars they driven my dad had 2 of them think the vectra was a replacement to the cavalier liked that style then vectra I think was replaced by the insignia very attractive car and my dad also had another vectra after his rover 400 same style as the 45 you had anyway his other vectra was like the mondeo bit square lookin but I loved it automatic 2 liter has the traction thing for snow comfy cars
All of the issues you experienced with this car are typical, it's such a shame because I loved my vectra and my cavalier and my ( Astra g van) but all of them had one issue after the other, which as I say is a terrible shame and id never have one again, I now drive a 2005 Saab 9-3 which some say is nothing more than a vectra however I believe the 1.9 tid engine is fiat? And I've had no issues with the car so far and been from Kent to Scarborough and around goathland and regular trips to Essex and London with no problems at all
hihya mate I would just like to let u know that I like your Vauxhall omega
We love Wales too.
The alarm has a battery back up. If someone pulls the battery in the mistaken belief that it will disable the alarm, it is programmed to sound.
This annoyingly also happens if the alarm has bad ground.......
.....or if the battery is flat 😂😂
Now this is a car you should have kept!
I really didn't like it...
what a lot of car for little money . love to know mpg when all is well Eric
So would I! Failed to fill the tank for the first two fills. Still got over half a tank from the first proper fill up.
I like the looks of the Carlton more but it doesnt look bad.
I'm pretty sure that the Omega, like Mercedes, has an anti-tow function to the alarm which sets it off if the vehicle is at an angle. I'm certain there is a way to switch that function off if the vehicle is often parked on a sloping driveway...
gosportjamie It's OK. I solved the problem by selling the car.
Though it went off all the time even on the flat...
+HubNut That works too. I spent a few weeks driving around in a very unusual manual Omega MV6 civilian model (a lot of MV6s started life as police cars and were quite basic) with pretty much all the option boxes ticked and it was an amazing car with power on oversteer available on any roundabout at will. I loved it and if it wasn't for the fact that they tend to be rusty, and this one was, I would have been very tempted to flog my Focus and buy it. It was a lot of fun and much better than a same period BMW...
And yet apparently it hasn't misbehaved on Peter Simpson yet. Sometimes you just know when a car doesn't like you...
Platform became the badge engineered Cadillac Catera only sedan as well as the coupé and sedan Chevrolet Lumina, Pontiac GTO, Holden Commodore, Vauxhall Monaro...
Best car I ever owned 3ltr Elite car Petrol
This is the last time we see the Omega?
It quietly disappeared...
What sort of MPG are you getting with the Omega? I don't even know what the official numbers are (though a quick Google search should reveal that - 39, apparently), but those will be the official numbers, as opposed to the actual numbers. Is 32 correct? I'm sure my Mini's supposed to get 42, although the most I've got out of it is 38 over a tank, which is only 40 litres - which is annoyingly small, lasting around 300 miles (that's usually when I fill up. I could probably get 350 out of it. 400 might be wishful thinking), I don't take any notice of the average consumption according the car's computer either.
Oh, that's a shame that the Omega can't complete with the Chevette on those roundabouts! ;)
Scotland was beautiful, and the roads were lovely as well, assuming you didn't get stuck behind a tractor, or lorry, but otherwise 60mph on little tiny roads. I still got overtaken by locals, even a lady in a Renault Scenic with her children driving home from school, on a narrow country lane, by an absolutely beautiful picturesque Loch - I was already doing 65, probably shouldn't brag about that. People were friendly, helpful, patient and just so much nicer than they are in the South of the country. Even in Manchester the people were a lot nicer. I haven't ever been to Wales, but I've seen pictures of the scenery and it does look lovely. I know you get around a lot, but there really must be a lot of people that spend their time going abroad on holiday, and just stay in the same towns without actually seeing much of the country at all. I still live in the house I grew up in as a child, and my father still lives in the same town he was born in, if it wasn't for his job I doubt he'd see much of the country. Makes me think back to people before cars were readily available, born in one town, if they were lucky travelled 20 miles out of the town in their life and that was their entire world. Really must see more of the country, and appreciate it more without taking it for advantage. Another one of my pointless rants.
Still haven't had chance to do tank-to-tank calculations. Computer currently says 39.
Does the alarm have its own rechargeable battery in it? The Saab 9-3 and 9-5 had this arrangement,and with the passage of time the battery would degrade and randomly set off the alarm.
The Saab fix was
1) have the battery replaced by a '
'specialised'
2) visit breakers with tools in hand,find newer model,and remove from under the passenger wing (the module had the date pressed into it,so man maths dictate that a newer one should last longer) part with £30 of your hard earned notes and don't make eye contact with owner,or owners dog/s
(For fear of dropping all the fuses and switches and assorted clips that fell into your inside coat pocket).
Something like that. I got rid of it instead...
haha my neighbour had one and the alarm always used to go off, he got rid of it though
The alarm system could just have crapped out, resulting in it going off on its own, they can end up doing that after a number of years, particularly if the components were of the "That'll do" standard, might be possible to rewire the car to run without the alarm as nobody actually pays attention to them, but dunno how you'd go about it...
They're a pain when they're so built into the car. There is a Powersounder unit that can play up. I need to see if I can remove it. They apparently also have a habit of catching fire...
If it has a habit of catching fire, it definitely needs to go away, especially so if the engine still has a diesel dribble!! :S
twocvbloke fortunately the diesel won't burn
If it's sat on something where it can wick along, or is heated up to its ignition point, it can burn, it's just not as furious at igniting as Petrol is... :)
The way to make an estate look 'right' is to get rid of any impression that it is an economical modification of a saloon car. So rear door tops that taper down, or in, only to have a horizontal roof atop that goes on and on astern of the doors: looks crap. Rear section windows that looks like a 3rd party add-on designed by someone else in a different place: looks crap. Volvo: looks right. (Not just Volvo)
Just found this car in an auction in Newcastle. Poor things looking very sorry for herself now
Ah that's a shame. Deserves better.
@@HubNut I've been trying to buy it for the past 2 Auctions but it's never met it's reserve. I'm hoping to finally get it this time lol. Funny enough it has a fuel pump issue lol
Did you get the BX as well?
@@HubNut yes I bought it from the same auction lol. Currently welding a little bit on the back end ready for Mot. It's on my channel. I've watched alot of your videos and finally kicked my backside into starting a channel. Its just pure luck I stumbled across these cars lol
Is that the power sounder going off where battery is dropping volts?
Yes, I think so. Sodding things. I solved the problem by selling the car. My neighbours were grateful!
Hah hah best way sometimes! I remember the first time I changed a battery on that era of Vauxhall’s and it drowned out the entire garage in sound as soon as I disconnected the power! I suppose it deterred car thief’s
End the stealth mode paint a Lion on the circle (not a griffon) ;-(
Put a SAAB badge on the front, and badge it as a 9-4 at the rear, you could then claim it's a rare badge engineered car and see how many people you fool!
the alarm sounds like a distressed roadrunner!
What happened to the Omega Ian? It eventually seemed to be one of the better cars of the fleet?
Sold it to a friend, who has since sold it on. I just didn't get on with it.
HubNut Ah fair enough. I had a C-Max like that.
Nice car but don't like the rust on that rear door
British VT Commodore
I had a 3.0 V6 ex police cruiser Onega. I loved it until the head gasket went. Shame.
pingu!
Lock up should work at 46mph.
Lock up does indeed lock up nicely.
Does it kick in at 3rd or 4th?
Difference I know you don't like leather seats and am difference I like them as they're easier to keep them clean
You have " the only car you ever need", the 2CV, yet you now have a complex barge, is that sensible.
Yes. The 2CV does many things well, but peaceful cruising is not one of them! That may change once I apply sound deadening of course. The Omega also does not leak rainwater into my shoes. There's a lot to be said for having more than 29bhp too. Again, one day, I might be able to improve the 2CV in that regard as well...
41/g isnt that good for a diesel. Sure this is old but is kind of the same generation as the original volvo v/s40 and you could do that ins the 2.0t /t4 versions of those.
This is the straight six 2.5 BMW diesel engine. Supremely smooth even by today's standards, but lacking modern urgency and economy.
The longer the beard the older the video! What happened to this one?
Sold on to a friend. He sold it last year to an enthusiast, which is nice. I really didn't get on with this car.
No 4 🤓😷
Cold all year round lol no thanks
I've had a few Omegas over the years, so many I've sort of lost count, think my current 2.2 lpg estate is number 14...Here is one of my old Mv6's, only a 2.6 but it did have a manual box.m.th-cam.com/video/uOabwVSIcsQ/w-d-xo.html
#neverhadadieseasel
my ex unmarked police elite had an lsd.
Bit too modern I think