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Omega General Help / Re: Stranded in Slane
« on: 31 March 2009, 12:05:37 »
Nope.....tried a variety of subtle settings while I still had control of my emotions with a decent pause between each and relatively short bursts of starter (around 3 seconds) but nada.
After losing emotional control there were even a couple of 'lead-foot' goes with 6-8 seconds of starter with similar non-result

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Omega General Help / Re: Stranded in Slane
« on: 31 March 2009, 11:16:06 »
AHA.....stole a bit of redundant TV cable and ripped out the centre conductor.

Codes are 12 - 39 - 31 and if I have read the guide correctly, I cannot see why this would stop the stupid thing from starting, so I probably haven't.

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Omega General Help / Stranded in Slane
« on: 31 March 2009, 10:07:03 »
and it was all going so well.....

Working in Dublin for a few months and got myself a great flat just across from Slane Castle so I can listen to the concerts. Brought the miggy over and it loves the Irish roads. Parked up last night after getting some shopping all fine. go to it this morning and the starter is spinning away but not one of the 6 cylinders will fire.
Better be something simple as otherwise it may just end up getting cubed as there is no way I can drag it home from here.
Oh..forgot to mention, I have virtually no tools with me, not even a paperclip to check for codes
 >:( >:( >:(

Any ideas??

Anyone??

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Omega General Help / Re: NOW what??
« on: 19 January 2009, 18:57:53 »
Is there a simple way to flush out any old codes?  Oh, and is it a Tech2 type job (or whatever that magic box is) to search for new ones?

Become quite an expert at the paperclip job, just wondered if there was an equivalent

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Omega General Help / NOW what??
« on: 19 January 2009, 17:45:35 »
There was me thinking I had finally been a good boy and found gearbox and someone to fit it for me.......

Box is in and it drives OK but apparently there is a fault code coming up of P730B. Was told there are a variety of possible causes but before I get into hassling the people that I got the gearbox from is there anything I should be worried about? Don't want to put lots of effort to talk them into paying for remedial work if it is more likely that I have to replace the box.

It's a T Reg 2.5V6 auto and I am 'assured' that it is the right gearbox but it arrived with the torque converter dismounted (didn't see it myself as I had it delivered direct to the gys doing the work)

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Omega General Help / lpg rpm
« on: 07 October 2008, 23:34:51 »
I know I've seen it listed on here somewhere but just can't put together a search that locates it.....On a 2.6V6, where does the RPM line come from to go to the LPG system? I think my normal ham-fisted mechanical skills hae caused it to come adrift...going great on petrol but as soon as I change over to LPG it just stops and it was fine before I changed the cam cover gaskets

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Omega General Help / Damn damn damn
« on: 21 September 2008, 18:34:29 »
Thought I was sorted after my last weekends work changing the cam cover gaskets etc. Was looking good all week on short-ish runs and even on a long run to Brighton and back yesterday (40-ish mile round trip) but on a short run today my weeping oil problem is back.

It is definitely drivers-side and a very small weep rather than real 'leak' but I'm not sure if I am going to have the skill and facilities to into the engine any further than I did for the cam covers. I also don't want to leave it as the last 'minor niggle' I left ended up costing me a DIS pack, a set of plugs, One Cat and most of an exhaust system as the unburnt fuel destroyed the Cat and the bits blocked up the exhaust.

Frustratingly it is not even consistent as having stopped to check the scale of it there was then not a peep from there to home and a repeat journey a couple of hours later had no problem until I was almost home.

If I can't solve it then the thing will go For Sale and as it is pre 2001 and is already LPG'd I may even get most of the money I've spent on it (I wish).

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Omega General Help / Re: OK,what did I do wrong/forget?
« on: 13 September 2008, 17:49:10 »
Woohoo....you are the man


did half a dozen starts and all is now clear....no light and no codes.


Bet you can fix the dent/scrape on the bonnet remotely


Many thanks, especially as I've just realised it was your guide I was following in the first place. Shame I didn't quite follow it closely enough. :y

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Omega General Help / Re: OK,what did I do wrong/forget?
« on: 13 September 2008, 17:24:18 »
Ah.......that'll be the plug on the back of the ICV not connected......tried again after plugging it in but the same results which worries me. Disconnected the battery for a minute and other than scaring the **** out of my when the alarm went off nothing else changed, still the same codes.

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Omega General Help / Re: OK,what did I do wrong/forget?
« on: 13 September 2008, 17:11:29 »
Just re-done the test and it is definitely 57 and 16....will check out the suggestions anyway as I can do that without getting tools out which is when I am at my most dangerous

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Omega General Help / Re: OK,what did I do wrong/forget?
« on: 13 September 2008, 17:06:42 »
Battery was the last thing to go in as the car had been sat for a while and it had gone flat so was on charge while I was doing the work. Don't 'think' there are any trapped wires but as I said, don't want to go charging in and end up making it worse.

Just going back out to check the codes

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Omega General Help / OK,what did I do wrong/forget?
« on: 13 September 2008, 17:02:01 »
Spent a pleasant day changing the cam cover gaskets on my 2.5 V6 (thanks to all who have posted how to'd etc....would never have even tried it without those) and have it all back together without any spare screws/washers etc.
Starts and runs fine but I have the engine electrics light on and the paperclip test (once again thanks to all for that) shows 57 and 16.
I'm sure I have just missed a connector somewhere or something equally novice but I don't want to start pulling it apart to try to find it and end up in an even worse state.
Any suggestions for likely candidate?

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Omega General Help / Quite alarming
« on: 05 June 2008, 10:46:16 »
Now here's a thing. Several times recently my alarm has gone off for no apparent reason, twice I have been close enough to see that no 'little gentleman' has been around to encourage it and this morning I was signing the postie's little book to accept a letter when it went off right in front of me.
The car is parked facing South so I wondered if it was possibly heat related? Clutching at any passing straw a bit here.

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Omega General Help / Re: That's not right!!
« on: 31 May 2008, 15:43:23 »
OK, have to confess my embarrasment since, as so helpfully pointed out above) the fault may have been there all along, but without having paperclipped it before I started we will never know.

Note to self...either do it properly in a logical sequence (like in those procedure documents I spend large parts of my day writing) or give it to someone else to do.

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Omega General Help / Re: That's not right!!
« on: 31 May 2008, 15:36:07 »
Thanks guys, just goes to show you shouldn't start something you are not qualified to finish....didn't get the plugs changed and now have a full day booked tomorrow to strip it back down to see what I've broken in the process, assuming the weather holds

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