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General Car Chat / Re: Ford Mustang Milk Float
« on: 21 November 2019, 09:55:41 »
Someone pop round and explain what the lever on the steering column that makes amber lights flash is for... 
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Omega General Help / Re: Problem after problem after...
« on: 21 November 2019, 09:51:01 »
ICV was cleaned matter of weeks ago, soon as we've had our cornflakes we'll let you know. 
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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Cold sometimes inside, sensor problem?
« on: 21 November 2019, 00:24:35 »
That's fine.
I sometimes forget that most other Omegas work better than mine 
I sometimes forget that most other Omegas work better than mine
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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: Powerflex Polybush
« on: 20 November 2019, 23:07:57 »
250k?! That's an advert for Polys, then!
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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: Powerflex Polybush
« on: 20 November 2019, 21:48:58 »
Yup, they 'never' wear out - certainly I know mine have been on two cars, probably 40k if not more so far, no signs of appreciable when I inspected them a couple of weeks ago. Bargain.
Cheapest awful pair of wishbones off ebay, GM balljoints and the other bush, chuck these in, fit and forget for years and years.
Cheapest awful pair of wishbones off ebay, GM balljoints and the other bush, chuck these in, fit and forget for years and years.
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General Car Chat / Re: One for Fuse19....
« on: 20 November 2019, 21:45:25 »I see you have Coventry as location? Not sure when I'm going to Brackley next (trips are rare) but I could drop it off at that angry little short blokes house? Might be easier to collect?
That's something that could work, aye
Heading back to NE Lincs for Xmas, but that's not really nearer Surrey! PM me if anthing's doable - obviously don't want to muck you about, either, if anyone else can just take it off your hands. 112
Omega General Help / Re: Cannot open bonnet
« on: 20 November 2019, 21:39:39 »
Have you adjusted the cable?
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General Car Chat / Re: Ford Mustang Milk Float
« on: 20 November 2019, 21:38:37 »
Consider the difference - did you grow up watching The Battle of Britain, Ben Hur, Zulu - where the impressive spectacles, and 'effects' were actually real, and looked huge and impressive because they were huge and impressive... or you grew up with Avatar, Transformers, Inception, everything is CGI, and fake... they're the ones that won't/don't have problem with faked, piped engine noise.
I'm a Millennial, I suppose - but grew up watching the former, I like my entertainment to be real, ta.
I'm a Millennial, I suppose - but grew up watching the former, I like my entertainment to be real, ta.
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Omega General Help / Re: Problem after problem after...
« on: 20 November 2019, 21:26:14 »
So do I!!!
Tomorrow she'll have had damn near 24 hrs sat in the cold so let's see how she starts. I have had the old relay apart as I say, so may swap it back - may not prove anything, if my cleaning has actually 'restored' it back to new. We'll see....
DG Ta for the edit. Just amazed I haven't snaffled a spare relay over the years, the scrap cars I've been in...
Tomorrow she'll have had damn near 24 hrs sat in the cold so let's see how she starts. I have had the old relay apart as I say, so may swap it back - may not prove anything, if my cleaning has actually 'restored' it back to new. We'll see....
DG Ta for the edit. Just amazed I haven't snaffled a spare relay over the years, the scrap cars I've been in...
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General Car Chat / Re: One for Fuse19....
« on: 20 November 2019, 13:50:39 »
If I was nearer i'd be tempted to make you an offer for the set of springs and the oil... Fuel there and back sort of offsets the price advantage, especially at my mpg! 
a) just bought a set of sachs for the rear I still havent fitted yet
b) just spent up on a new battery that's looking like a waste of money (old battery wasn't the problem, possibly was down to a relay) so that's skinted me!
heart says 'yes' wallet says 'no'
a) just bought a set of sachs for the rear I still havent fitted yet
b) just spent up on a new battery that's looking like a waste of money (old battery wasn't the problem, possibly was down to a relay) so that's skinted me!
heart says 'yes' wallet says 'no'
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Omega General Help / Re: Problem after problem after...
« on: 20 November 2019, 12:07:07 »
Right after a night I gave her a go. The only difference since last run is temperature, ie stone cold engine.
Last night's run she didn't do it, though I added she was still perhaps a little warm.
This morning no long, drawn out wait for the engine to fire, and could not get the engine to 'die'
Last night tested the old relay, on 12v and opened up and checked. Cleaned the contacts, also used some brake cleaner (best thing I could think of closest to electrical contact cleaner, ie: leaves no residue.) The relay seemed to function fine, however, equally swapping the relay seems to have cured the problem.
I'm still holding my breath, and I'll use the old girl for work tonight, give her another road test, but we shall see...
Is it really possible for the fuel pump relay to cause both the random stalling and the slow start? The second, maybe, but I'm just not happy that the sudden engine death could be caused by this - unless someone knows better. (Likely)
Last night's run she didn't do it, though I added she was still perhaps a little warm.
This morning no long, drawn out wait for the engine to fire, and could not get the engine to 'die'
Last night tested the old relay, on 12v and opened up and checked. Cleaned the contacts, also used some brake cleaner (best thing I could think of closest to electrical contact cleaner, ie: leaves no residue.) The relay seemed to function fine, however, equally swapping the relay seems to have cured the problem.
I'm still holding my breath, and I'll use the old girl for work tonight, give her another road test, but we shall see...
Is it really possible for the fuel pump relay to cause both the random stalling and the slow start? The second, maybe, but I'm just not happy that the sudden engine death could be caused by this - unless someone knows better. (Likely
)
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General Car Chat / Re: Ford Mustang Milk Float
« on: 20 November 2019, 10:05:34 »
Car companies are (and have been for a long time) moving away from the traditional 3-box saloon - almost all have rejected this. However as above, the 'market trend' is SUVs and stupid pretend soft-roaders, so either doing that, or morphing the 'mainstay' of the 5 door hatch into said SUV-thing is the next step. Maybe the Focus will just grow upwards, or maybe they'll repeat what they did with the Escort, and scrap the name.
Also sub-brands are everywhere now - Range Rover of course was a (the first?) sub-brand, but now there's SVO as a sub-sub brand, Mini, sub brand to BMW of course, 500 is also a range of cars in its own right, too. Looks like Mustang is next. Mustang MPV next. Yey.
Also sub-brands are everywhere now - Range Rover of course was a (the first?) sub-brand, but now there's SVO as a sub-sub brand, Mini, sub brand to BMW of course, 500 is also a range of cars in its own right, too. Looks like Mustang is next. Mustang MPV next. Yey.
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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Cold sometimes inside, sensor problem?
« on: 19 November 2019, 23:55:27 »
Good good. When the weather is nice again next summer I'd definitely recommend reverse flushing the matrix. As a rule once they're blocked, they've had it, really, as said above, and replacing them is a paint - even the easier method. ('proper' Opel method is to remove the whole dashboard!)
if you do flush it, and get some old rusty water out, then you've done some 'preventative maintenance' and possibly added couple of years to the lifespan of the matrix, which can only be a good thing.
When the weather is warmer!
if you do flush it, and get some old rusty water out, then you've done some 'preventative maintenance' and possibly added couple of years to the lifespan of the matrix, which can only be a good thing.
When the weather is warmer!
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Omega General Help / Re: Problem after problem after...
« on: 19 November 2019, 22:54:06 »
During driving, though after a few times of it happening I realised it was never whilst actually moving, but when stationary (eg: at roundabout/T junction), I'd move from P or N, into D. It may have happened differently a couple of times, too, say, off the accelerator, come to a stop, foot on brake, look down - engine's died.. but difficult to remember precisely.
There seems to be a 'sweet spot' when it happens - not immediately the car's satrted- because the idle is still high, not when the cars nicely warmed up over 90oC, but in between - idle has dropped to 500rpm, but the car's temp isn't up to normal operating temp yet.
Perhaps this is also related to, say, a drained battery which isn't having much charge put in it as fast as it could, so after those few mins the car's took out more than it's put in - after those few mins then the slow-to work alternator has finally brought the battery back up to a decent voltage... again, just a theory
idle control valve is a two min job to look at and check its operation, will add that to the list for tomorrow.
stop screw for the TPS? Haven't noticed it recently, but last time I did it was in the correct place - but will check this. Has never been fettled with - still has the little blob of yellow paint on the screw/nut done by Opel in the factory.
edit: Just to reiterate if I've not made it clear - we're not talking of a shakey idle which then shudders, and the engine dies - we're talking about a smooth idle - often the first I know of the engine cutting out is when I put my foot to the loud pedal and realise the revs are at 0. It just cuts out instantly, like the DISpack/ECU just loses all power(?)
There seems to be a 'sweet spot' when it happens - not immediately the car's satrted- because the idle is still high, not when the cars nicely warmed up over 90oC, but in between - idle has dropped to 500rpm, but the car's temp isn't up to normal operating temp yet.
Perhaps this is also related to, say, a drained battery which isn't having much charge put in it as fast as it could, so after those few mins the car's took out more than it's put in - after those few mins then the slow-to work alternator has finally brought the battery back up to a decent voltage... again, just a theory
idle control valve is a two min job to look at and check its operation, will add that to the list for tomorrow.
stop screw for the TPS? Haven't noticed it recently, but last time I did it was in the correct place - but will check this. Has never been fettled with - still has the little blob of yellow paint on the screw/nut done by Opel in the factory.
edit: Just to reiterate if I've not made it clear - we're not talking of a shakey idle which then shudders, and the engine dies - we're talking about a smooth idle - often the first I know of the engine cutting out is when I put my foot to the loud pedal and realise the revs are at 0. It just cuts out instantly, like the DISpack/ECU just loses all power(?)
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Omega General Help / Re: Cannot open bonnet
« on: 19 November 2019, 22:43:16 »
Push down or give it more of a 'thump' even. Then adjust it before shutting the bonnet again, or else!