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General Discussion Area / Re: Anyone fancy a war with Spain?
« on: 26 May 2012, 11:27:38 »I have'nt got time to have a war with Spain today, as I am too busy, but thanks fo the offer, let me know how you get on
I've got Sunday and Monday off, if that's any good.
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General Car Chat / Re: I've got to admit defeat.
« on: 26 May 2012, 05:45:26 »I still have a spare battery here if you need it Dave - if only to have a standby in the boot til it goes.Thanks Day. Sorry about the late reply, been at work as usual.
The battery has charged overnight, so I'll stick that on. My mate is having the car tonight (Saturday, we're both working), and I'll be getting the cd back. I've got nothing at all against Omegas, especially after all the Carltons and Senators I've had, but this particular one is a bit of a dog as far as I'm concerned. Murph will testify to the amount of Griffins I've had. If only they'd kept the mechanicals simple, like the 12 valve Senny. A fine 3.0 litre chain driven engine.
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General Car Chat / Re: I've got to admit defeat.
« on: 25 May 2012, 12:48:04 »
Things ain't getting any better chaps.
It's flattened its battery now. This seems to be a recurring fault with the car. I had to get a jumpstart to get it home from the Wirral.
So, a power drain or an alternator not up to the job, who knows? Who cares any more.
Undoubtably the biggest heap of poo I've ever bought.
I will tell my mate about this latest problem, then it's up to him. If he doesn't have it, I'll probably run it over the bridge.
Either way, it's going.
By the way, is it ok to charge a maintenence free battery? With normal batteries, I unscrew the tops from the cells, but can't with this one. It does seem to have a vent at each end though.
It's flattened its battery now. This seems to be a recurring fault with the car. I had to get a jumpstart to get it home from the Wirral.
So, a power drain or an alternator not up to the job, who knows? Who cares any more.
Undoubtably the biggest heap of poo I've ever bought.
I will tell my mate about this latest problem, then it's up to him. If he doesn't have it, I'll probably run it over the bridge.
Either way, it's going.
By the way, is it ok to charge a maintenence free battery? With normal batteries, I unscrew the tops from the cells, but can't with this one. It does seem to have a vent at each end though.
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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: WANTED quickly - crank sensor.
« on: 25 May 2012, 02:38:38 »
Got one sorted 
Thanks loo-knee.
Thanks loo-knee.
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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / WANTED quickly - crank sensor.
« on: 24 May 2012, 12:30:55 »
The car is a 2000 2.5 cdx.
I know you're all going to say buy new, but the car is going asap, my mate at work is having it, so I want to spend as little as possible. I will be staying Omega though, I'm having my 2.0 cd back.
So, has anyone got a known-to-be-good crank sensor for a 2000 2.5 please?
I did the paperclip test and that's the result it came back with.
Thanks in advance.
I know you're all going to say buy new, but the car is going asap, my mate at work is having it, so I want to spend as little as possible. I will be staying Omega though, I'm having my 2.0 cd back.
So, has anyone got a known-to-be-good crank sensor for a 2000 2.5 please?
I did the paperclip test and that's the result it came back with.
Thanks in advance.
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General Car Chat / Re: I've got to admit defeat.
« on: 24 May 2012, 02:25:21 »But a Previa or what ever it's calledSorry mate, won't hear a bad word about the Previa. Ok, it's old, a K reg. But it's gone through three mot's since I've had it without even a bulb having to be changed, in fact when I took it in for the first time, the tester wanted to buy it. Me, the Mrs, daughter and two grandsons went on holiday to the Isle of Wight in it, with all associated luggage and it performed faultlessly. Twin sunroofs, bags of room, and a chain driven engine. What more could you want. It's an automatic, and the selector is on the steering column, so nothing between the seats. I'll definitely not be getting rid of it. Even the aircon still works.
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General Car Chat / Re: I've got to admit defeat.
« on: 24 May 2012, 02:14:53 »Also, I've never done the paperclip test. Will probably get the result wrong.Why are you randomly changing ECUs etc if you have no diagnosis. Thats not the way to do things on modern cars, you just end up confusing the issue.
The car has been plugged in and the fault code pointed to an internal fault in the abs ecu, hence me buying another one.
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General Car Chat / Re: I've got to admit defeat.
« on: 24 May 2012, 00:56:41 »
It should be gone by Monday, and I should have my 2.0 cd back. I quite enjoyed working on that because of the amount of room around the engine bay. You can actually get to components without having to remove several other parts first. The chaps who's having it knows all the issues, and he's quite happy to take them on. Oh and by the way, the manifold gaskets are leaking. He knows about that too, unlike me when I bought it. Perfectly calm Al.
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General Car Chat / Re: I've got to admit defeat.
« on: 23 May 2012, 10:18:10 »
Also, I've never done the paperclip test. Will probably get the result wrong.
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General Car Chat / Re: Why an Omega??
« on: 23 May 2012, 10:16:15 »
Why an Omega?
At the moment, I'm asking myself that question over and over again.
But not in a nice way.
At the moment, I'm asking myself that question over and over again.
But not in a nice way.
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General Car Chat / Re: Another Merc question, Auto Gearbox
« on: 23 May 2012, 09:21:49 »
I think you can buy a dipstick from ebay. Some members of the Merc forum made their own, if my memory serves me well. Mercedes main dealers will not sell you one. My local autobox specialist only got one from Mercs because he does so much business with them, but even then he had to beg. He reckons their customer service is absolute crap.
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General Car Chat / Re: I've got to admit defeat.
« on: 23 May 2012, 09:11:13 »Crank sensor has to be the favourite suspect. Do paperclip test and dont be surprised to get a code 19.Yeah, the abs ecu arrived today. Normally when I receive a much needed part, I can't wait to get out and fit it, but with this car, the enthusiasm has completely gone.
Any joy in finding an ABS ECU yet ?
Yep, the bloody thing just cranked over and over. I could hear the battery starting to go, the central locking locked and unlocked itself!!! and then it finally fired. All in the works car park at 2 am this morning. Oh, what fun I had.
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General Car Chat / I've got to admit defeat.
« on: 23 May 2012, 02:38:37 »
I don't know how many have been following my threads regarding the cdx I bought a few weeks ago. The abs and tc lights on, exhaust blow, the em light - which has now been cured - tepid heater etc. Well, this morning after finishing work, jumped in the car to come home, and the b*****d decided it wasn't going to fire. That's it, I've had e-bloody-nough. I'm going to do one of two things, immediately. I'm either going to swap it with my mate who had my 2.0 cd (yes, he wants the cdx, the bloody old fool) or I'm going to park it up and re-insure my faithful old Previa.
Shame really, because basically it's a decent car, but too many niggles for me to sort out. At the risk of sounding boring, I just haven't got the time.
Any ideas on the non starting, chaps? I reckon CTS or fuel pump relay. It did fire eventually, misfired a tad, then settled down. It drove home perfectly.
I've lost the love now though.
Shame really, because basically it's a decent car, but too many niggles for me to sort out. At the risk of sounding boring, I just haven't got the time.
Any ideas on the non starting, chaps? I reckon CTS or fuel pump relay. It did fire eventually, misfired a tad, then settled down. It drove home perfectly.
I've lost the love now though.