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Omega General Help / 3.2 elite codes and limp mode

« on: 28 March 2014, 18:51:47 »

Right, i am starting a new thread as this was starting to get a bit messy,
As some might remember my dads 3.2 has been giving all kinds of greif, going in and out of limp mode at all different times, and conditions.
It all started with
P0420 BANK 1 CAT BELOW THRESHOLD
and was cleared with his hand held scanner.
Then he begain getting the car and spanner light with codes
P01700 SERVICE VECHILE SOON REQUEST FROM TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE.

INTERMITT  P100 MAF

Now after taking it to vx in chichester he has a print out detailing the following codes
P0748 NOT PRESENT??
P730 PRESSURE REGULATOR SOLONOID OPEN CIRCUIT
P0748 PRESSURE CONTROL SOLONOID A CIRCUIT ELECTRICAL??? (I thought it was not present)

They are unable determin what the fault might be and releived his wallet of £300 notes


6 months ago he had a problem with his g/box selector switch after driving through a flood water, but it dried its self out and seemed to  be ok but i think some of the tranny issues COULD be connected to a dodgy selector switch.

I have had a conversation with Kevin Wood but that was previous to the vx investigation. He agreed that some might also be connected to MAF throwing the fuel trims out but needs live data to determin this.
My dad took the car last week to his local garage and they told him the P1700 CODE WAS FUEL TRIM BANK 1 MALFUNCTION AND CHANGED THE LAMBDA SENSOR ON THE WRONG BANK (2)
So there is a poss that the lambda sensor on bank 1 is still the issue but i doubt it very much

 As i am piggy in the middle with this and my dads still not seeing that he needs to get the car looked at by people who know what they are doing and seeing with tech 2 cos Vauxhall Chichester dont seem to or his local spanner monkey

Thoughts pls


Gary

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General Discussion Area / jamesv6cdx

« on: 23 March 2014, 15:52:24 »

james your pm box is full, need to pm you.

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Omega General Help / 3.2 elite running issues( limp mode)

« on: 04 March 2014, 19:28:01 »

Had a call today from my dad today to say that his eml light with the spanner came on as he kicked down the autobox, car then went into imp mode and he pulled over asap. he read the codes and P01 was on his reader, but i suspect that it was infact P0100, MAF problem. i have read somewhere on here that 2.6 and 3.2V6's are prone to MAF issues, am i right to direct him in this direction, also he seems to get P0420 pre cat codes when he is running on LPG but only very seldom with petrol.
 
Any thoughts that i can pass on.
Gary.

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General Discussion Area / poxy storms

« on: 15 February 2014, 12:02:40 »

Last night we must have had some kind of power surge to the supply, as a result it has blown the psu to our plasma tv.
I am going to replace the psu board myself after googling the problems, and all seem to say that the psu is the most common failure of lg flat screens.
Plus at the moment we are tight for cash and a new one is gonna cost more than we can afford to spend, its a gamble i know but i think and hope that it will work out, if not sammy the sledge is going to go into action.

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Omega General Help / DIS PACK

« on: 06 October 2013, 20:17:39 »

Hi all,
My V6 has developed a misfire, and i am in the process of gathering together the relevent parts for a fix, i have a fairly new dis pack from a v6 vectra and the electrical plug I THINK is is in a different place to other v6 dis packs i have seen. Am i correct? if so will it still fit provided that the plug is the same shape, on my 97 prefacelift.
Gary.

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Omega General Help / mysterious coolant loss

« on: 03 September 2013, 21:07:30 »

I had a call from my dad today, he is forever adding coolant to his 3.2 elite, sometimes about a half a litre sometimes more, so i zapped down to the south coast this afternoon to have a gander, i could not see any leaks whatsoever, checked the HBV all dry, checked all the water connections to the lpg kit, all dry, checked the radiator all good, but it should be it had a new rad last year, gen vx rad to boot. I tried to check the thermostat housing but i forgot to take my torx sockets so i could not remove plenium, so unable to look also at the oil cooler plate, but there are no tell tale signs of coolant loss at the back of the v running down the bell housing. apart from these places i am thinking it could be the water pump, but no visible signs below there either.
We ran the car up to full engine temp untill the fan came on and rechecked all hoses to be found all dry. apart from the 2 places unchecked is there any other areas that can produce coolant loss, No not Hg. by the way the car has 107,000 miles on the clock.
Gary.

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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Strange request

« on: 30 July 2013, 22:31:49 »

Wanted for a pfl manual gear stick, the plastic insert with the gear shift pattern on it, mine has crack due the sunand heat, anyboduy help me out, if only availible with the the stick, so be it.
over to you all

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General Discussion Area / GERMANY AND BACK IN 3 DAYS

« on: 30 July 2013, 22:17:14 »

Hi all
I thought i woud tell you all of a road trip i made with my dad to Bremen in Northern Germany, last weekend.
we were booked on the 8 15pm P&O ferry Dover to calais on friday 26th july, we left Mitcham at 4 30pm and headed to the M25 towards the M26 and dover, the M25 was no problem until we reached the M26 and the traffic just came to a halt. 20 mins later and we are still stationary and the radio reports that the M20 is bolcked and closed due to the air ambulance landing to remove injured drivers of 2 vans.
Eventually we start to move again and finally get to dover with 10 mins before check in closes and we manage to get through customs with no hold ups.
Arrived in france and headed onto the A16 towards dunquerk at 10,30pm all seems to be going well and we both settle back and head towards the Belguim border. at this point i have to say the car is performing perfectly and did the whole trip.
We drove through the night in some heavy fog/ground mist and eventually the sun started to come up as we stopped at the services for a break and the use of the toilets.
We were stopped for about an hour and then started again for the last leg of the journey to Lingen Ems. My father has freinds who live there and they were putting us up for sat night, as we would be heading Sunday morning to Bremen. The reason we went to Bremen was that Fulham were playing Werder Bremen in a PRE SEASON FREINDLY in the weser stadion, and i just had to go.
My dads freinds who are German were the perfect hosts and could not do enough to make our brief stay as pleasent as possible.
We were taken in to the centre of Lingen and found a bar and sank several cold beers and were introduced to what seemed like the entire town folk as their english frends, i nearly wore my handshake out.
Sat night and the bbq was fired up and more beer was drunk and what seemed an entire cow consumed.
Hit the bed at 1am and dont remember anything after that until 9,30am. Breakfast was warm rolls cold meats and german sausages.
Bremen is about an hour and 30mins away which was drama free and parked near the Football ground, we walked down to the river that runs next to the stadium and found a river side bar that served more food and guess what?------------Beer.
The footy? well we will skip that bit as we lost 1-0. After the game the we had to drive back to calais to catch the 02.30 ferry back to dover as i had to be at work Monday morning
Total journey mileage was 987 miles and used approx £170 worth of petrol.
I have to say that i am struggling a bit as i type this as the eyes are telling me that i still need sleep.
Car never missed a beat the entire journey and sounded sweet as a nut as they say. i would take that car anywhere 99% sure of its reliability.
Night Night all, beddy byes for ME
Gary

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General Car Chat / BUGGER

« on: 30 July 2013, 22:15:06 »

 







 

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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / estate bits needed

« on: 21 June 2013, 19:36:36 »

I need to replace the antenna rubber base gasket on my pfl estate, as it has seemed to have shrunk and split so need to replace asap.
 Anyone breaking an Estate and have this part pls, if not a trip to the breakers might be needed or a trip to the stealer.
Can pay via pp or however you want.
Gary.

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General Discussion Area / welcome back

« on: 30 May 2013, 16:47:49 »

  welcome back chris(gixer) very glad to hear your well and refreshed from your break,
Gary.

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General Car Chat / reg search

« on: 14 April 2013, 21:42:57 »

Does any one know if there is a way to find out if my fathers Mk 2 zepher 6 is still registered and on the road, i have searched the reg no and shows a picture of the car but gives no other details.
Gary.

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General Discussion Area / spike

« on: 25 March 2013, 23:09:38 »

As i type i am watching spike milligan on tv and laughing my head off, but my other half is sitting here looking compleatly baffled at him and wondering why i am laughing. Am i the only one who thinks that this bloke was so funny and ahead of his time.??

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General Car Chat / Jeep lpg help needed

« on: 15 March 2013, 18:01:32 »

This post is aimed at thos good people on here with extensive lpg know how,

Heres the problem, i have a 4.0ltr jeep with a KME ECU, KME GOLD VAPOURISER, MAGIC JET INJECTORS, and it had started running rough and has developed a misfire which is intermittant, sometimes it will run fine for a few weeks or months then it will play up and be undrivable on gas for a few days before running fine again.
I am sure the problem is dirty filters, and i will be changing them as soon as i can but i would like someone to hook it up to a lappy and check its ecu settings and poss tweek it if needed.
Heres the second problem, i do not have an interface lead to connect it to a lappy or any kind of software program to check  it against so how do i go on from here, is there a universal set up program or am i stuffed.
the system was installed in Poland in 2001 and have no other info on the install.
It has a 70 LTR TANK in the boot and had a new gas valve installed in 2011.

help help help
 Can travel where needed.
Gary.

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General Discussion Area / citylink retards.

« on: 08 March 2013, 17:16:35 »

Two weeks ago i ordered some poly bushes for my jeep from superpro and they were sent the following day, I know this as i had a confirmation email from citylink to say that they were in the system as they call it.
Following on from then i have recived absoluty zero in the way of goods being deliverd to my address, so i finaly got thet tracking system to accept my tracking number this afternoon only to find that they have made repeated attempts to deliver to my address and suprise suprise no body was in to recive the goods. No sh** sherlock i was at work, but here is the rub they claim to have left a card on each of the attempts to inform me they tried.
Well they are lying tards No cards,and on one date they claim i was in at the time of claimed call.  LYING TARDS.
and i have just told them so, so to make sure i get them i now have to go to the depot to collect as they are refusing to attempt any further delivery to my address.
I suppose the lying tard of a driver is fed up of banging his wheels up onto the pavement blocking the footpath to walk up my path of 6ft to my door. AAHH POOR SOD.!!!
Fumes out of my ears,  calm down lad, dark room needed....... Rant nearly over.