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[doughall]

Yesterday, on a normal road, I dropped my Omega into third, floored it to over take someone, not going over 5000 revs, and when I got the the end of the road, the engine startted to judder..

Massive lack of power now, and rumbles along. Sounds like a tank..

I've removed and cleaned as many hoses I could get to, checked all electrical plugs, and removed/checked all leads and spark plugs.. (Only plugs on the drivers bank as passenger side a b**ch to get to..)

Oil and water ok.. Only started doing this when I stopped at the next junction..
what have I done..

I don't have broadband installed in my new house yet, and I'm 30 miles from work.. Currently on dialup.. I'm on msn

If anyone lives in the Swindon/Wiltshire area that can help me fix my lifeline, I will pay money and beer...

HELP!  

[sir moanalot]

sounds like you may had slipped a couple of teeth on the cambelt? no doubt someone will be along soon to give you more advice.

[Admin]

Is the orange EM light on? If so, read the fault codes.

When was the cambelt kit last changed?

[doughall]

I don't get ANY EM Light at all, not even when starting, which I suppose would indicate the bulb's gone!
Also doing the "paperClip" trick doesn't show a light..
How do I take the Speedo unit out to change it? (sorry for the silly Q's, but I've only had an Omega for 5 days.. :-( )

[Jimbob]

I don't get ANY EM Light at all, not even when starting, which I suppose would indicate the bulb's gone!
Also doing the "paperClip" trick doesn't show a light..
How do I take the Speedo unit out to change it? (sorry for the silly Q's, but I've only had an Omega for 5 days.. :-( )

Now thats bad news and bad luck!

Whatever the removal of the bulb was hiding has gone big time, hope you got a warranty!
easy enough to remove the dash, think there is how to in the miant guides, basically start by removing the centre air vents

[Bo Bo]

How to is here

[doughall]

Thanks guys!
Also, if it helps, The strange fan thats starts up when the engine is first started is making a strange "struggling" noise too.. sometimes goes on for ages..

[Craig_R]

That Fan will be the secondary Air Injector dont worry about that, even if its knacked you dont need it, its to inject air into the manifold at start up to help reduce emissions before the lambda sensor is upto temp.

You need to replace that bulb and paper clip it, I had the same thing some bugger had removed the bulb lucky for me the errors it was hiding were easierly fixed with acouple of sensors.

Craig

[STMO123]

If the secondary air injection pump is annoying you, disconnect it.



and....



what do you mean, running like a metro....




whats wrong with metros?

[Danny]

whats wrong with metros? they're the most unsafe car on the road!! you'd probably suffer less injury by peddling a BMX at 30mph into a brick wall with no protective clothing!

[STMO123]

I was joking Danny, keep yer wig on mate

[doughall]

Ok. Got Speedo pod out.. No dam EM Light.. (thanks guys for the pointers!!)
Here's the codes...

13 - O2 Sensor - Open circuit
135 "check Engine" Lamp - Low Voltage - (Fixed that! :-) )
129 Came up 3 times. Dunno what it is..
71 - Air Temp Sensor - High Voltage
89 - O2 Sensor Heater - Low Voltage
136 - ECU
33 - Inlet Manifold Pressure Sensor - Voltage too High
31 Engine RPM Sensor - No signal

Scrap her? Do I go back to my Sterling? (Joke!!!!!!)

[doughall]

Is it possible to reset it completely, and start again? As I think I might have unplugged some of these things and plugged them back in again..

[STMO123]

Ok. Got Speedo pod out.. No dam EM Light.. (thanks guys for the pointers!!)
Here's the codes...

13 - O2 Sensor - Open circuit
135 "check Engine" Lamp - Low Voltage - (Fixed that! :-) )
129 Came up 3 times. Dunno what it is..
71 - Air Temp Sensor - High Voltage
89 - O2 Sensor Heater - Low Voltage
136 - ECU
33 - Inlet Manifold Pressure Sensor - Voltage too High
31 Engine RPM Sensor - No signal

Scrap her? Do I go back to my Sterling? (Joke!!!!!!)

Jeez. No wonder the bulb had been removed.

[Craig_R]

Jesus now that is a long list of codes

If you can take it back to where you bought it and complain that the EML bulb was missing and get your money back.

if thats not possible a good old trip down to a scrapper for the bits as some of these bits flashing up are not cheap.

The air temp sensor new is £27
An O2 Sensor New from VX is over £120 and yours has more than one
Other Bits I cant remember off the top of my Head

The ECU one scares me but the guys will be along in two tick to help out as mine is a 4 Pot and i dont know much on the V6's

Its about 20 clean starts to clear the EML of stored codes

How much did you pay for your meega ?

Craig