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1960darrenh

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Broke down after selling
« on: 04 August 2009, 17:15:53 »
I sold my Omega today to my brother. The car has been perfect but it konked out 10 minutes after he took it away!!! It took 10 minutes to get it to start again and then it drove perfectly. He called me again today to say it had konked out again while doing 30mph. Again it took 10 minutes to restart. I have now taken the car back and have taken it for a 15 minute drive under different conditions...........it was fine. I shall drive it as much as possible for a couple of days to see if it does it again. I did notice that when I turned the ignition off and restarted, it started but cut out straight away. I restarted it again and it ran fine  :-/ Any ideas?
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Re: Broke down after selling
« Reply #1 on: 04 August 2009, 17:21:11 »
You need to do the paperclip test, I suspect you will get a code 19, crank sensor
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Re: Broke down after selling
« Reply #2 on: 04 August 2009, 17:32:28 »
Ok but I don't know how to do the test. Is there a "workthru" somewhere on this site?

Also I get no engine managment light come on the dashboard. Does this mean no codes will be stored?
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Re: Broke down after selling
« Reply #3 on: 04 August 2009, 17:33:53 »
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Re: Broke down after selling
« Reply #4 on: 04 August 2009, 17:39:49 »
ICV need a good clean maybe?
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Re: Broke down after selling
« Reply #5 on: 04 August 2009, 19:32:08 »
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Here you go ;)

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1189022687


Thank you very much. Could not find it myself.  ::) Will let you know of the outcome.
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Re: Broke down after selling
« Reply #6 on: 04 August 2009, 19:57:46 »
My '99 Omega 2.5 CDX saloon conked out all by itself just sitting still  due to a crank sensor. It was running fine one minute, and was parked up. A few hours later it refused to start! >:( Totally dead. A new sensor fixed it and it's run perfect ever since.   
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Re: Broke down after selling
« Reply #7 on: 04 August 2009, 22:25:45 »
And fit a genuine Vx one too!
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Re: Broke down after selling
« Reply #8 on: 05 August 2009, 00:35:19 »
i say crank sensor

how many miles has it done. after 70,000 its common for it to go
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Re: Broke down after selling
« Reply #9 on: 05 August 2009, 01:17:13 »
I thought he meant he broke down after selling it - I could understand that!
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Re: Broke down after selling
« Reply #10 on: 05 August 2009, 07:55:39 »
It's done 80.500miles. Will do the paper clip test today and hope it comes up with something.
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Re: Broke down after selling
« Reply #11 on: 05 August 2009, 08:17:20 »
Bet there's a code 19... Easy fix too :y :y :y
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Re: Broke down after selling
« Reply #12 on: 05 August 2009, 11:20:06 »
According to the service pack that came with my 130,000 mile car the crank sensor has been changed three times.
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Re: Broke down after selling
« Reply #13 on: 05 August 2009, 12:38:42 »
Did the paper clip test and got NO fault code. Just the usual 12 & 31. I'm really confused now as to what is up with it.
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Re: Broke down after selling
« Reply #14 on: 05 August 2009, 13:27:14 »
That is all that I got when my crank sensor failed. I fitted a new sensor and it started first turn of the key.

With the faulty sensor the engine management light stayed lit when I was cranking it trying to start it. With the new sensor the light went out as soon as the engine turned over.

The local independent guy with a tech 1 didn't believe me at the time but I did the paperclip test over and over before coughing up £100 for the new sensor. Maybe the newer cars have better fault logging? (mine is 1994)

It seems that faulty sensors will randomly come back to life & then fail again at the most inconvenient moment.
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