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Omega General Help / Re: where to get my omega worked on...!!!
« on: 03 January 2007, 17:05:13 »
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Omega General Help / Re: where to get my omega worked on...!!!
« on: 03 January 2007, 10:15:00 »Quote
QuoteThe boy, were there any missfire codes stored...?Sorry, I've slept and drank since I last saw it...
I seem to recall not, I think all the misfires I saw at the time (October-ish?) on Silver facelifts were on Rock's car...
Hopefully, should see Effone this week and see whats stored, if anything.
Its got a manual box, so that won't have any effect, but will look in ABS for DTCs as well.
hi folks, sorry for the late reply but i'm so busy at work i don't have my normal amount of surfing time available..!!
thanks to everyone for the info - interesting stuff about the coil packs being for the 2.5 / 3.0 engines... and not the 2.6 / 3.2 -- just goes to show you shouldn't always trust the 'experts' - thanks marks for the prices, it'll let me know what i might be up against... and thanks theboy for the offer of the TC card... may well make use of that...
sounds... the misfire is pretty much the same (if it is indeed, a misfire), from idle throughout the rev range... although i don't really rev much more than 4.5-5k...
haven't had a chance to look at the breather system although the garage assured me all was ok... the way things are right now it's difficult to even find time to open the bonnet...!!!
anyway, i'll keep y'all posted with any news i get...
cheers,
ian b
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Omega General Help / Re: where to get my omega worked on...!!!
« on: 02 January 2007, 12:58:58 »Quote
QuoteClean the throttle body as well - fairly easy to do, just methodical unbolting of bits... ...Auto Addict has done a guide for 2.2, obviously v6 is very different, but should still give you some clues...
May also be worth doing fuel filter (around £7 - £8 and 5mins work) just for the sake of completeness...
No EML light comes on, does it?
It is a lovely car BTW, but I think I've already mentioned that to you
no EML light so far... did the fuel filter around september time so that should be ok...
will take the things you have said on board and ring around a few places... just don't want to take it to a vauxhall dealer...!!!
quick one... how would blocked breathers effect the running of the car...although i must say that under hard acceleration and high revs there is a noticable 'whistle' from the car... maybe that is pointing to a blocked breather or a broken pipe somewhere sucking in air when it shouldn't be...
i really want to get the old girl running good because i love driving it... does remind me of my old carlton gsi 24v valve days...
thanks for all of your help,
ian
update...
had the car looked at... they couldn't find anything wrong with it... although did agree it wasn't running correctly... still they didn't charge me for the work so mustn't grumble...
they suggested i took it to vauxhall as they suspect a coil pack... obviously i won't be doing that...
gonna get theboy to look at fault codes for me some time this week...
anyway... i have briefly looked into new coil packs... however i'm led to understand that there is 3 different types for my car and the vauxhall system won't help even with the chassis number entered... the only way of telling is removing them to look at the part numbers which is a pain...
has anybody else on here had or heard of this problem...
as always, thanks for your help...
ian
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Omega General Help / Re: where to get my omega worked on...!!!
« on: 17 December 2006, 17:30:56 »Quote
Clean the throttle body as well - fairly easy to do, just methodical unbolting of bits... ...Auto Addict has done a guide for 2.2, obviously v6 is very different, but should still give you some clues...
May also be worth doing fuel filter (around £7 - £8 and 5mins work) just for the sake of completeness...
No EML light comes on, does it?
It is a lovely car BTW, but I think I've already mentioned that to you
no EML light so far... did the fuel filter around september time so that should be ok...
will take the things you have said on board and ring around a few places... just don't want to take it to a vauxhall dealer...!!!
quick one... how would blocked breathers effect the running of the car...
although i must say that under hard acceleration and high revs there is a noticable 'whistle' from the car... maybe that is pointing to a blocked breather or a broken pipe somewhere sucking in air when it shouldn't be...i really want to get the old girl running good because i love driving it... does remind me of my old carlton gsi 24v valve days...
thanks for all of your help,
ian
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Omega General Help / Re: where to get my omega worked on...!!!
« on: 16 December 2006, 21:26:33 »
i've already spoken to theboy... and his tech 2 sorted my cruise out very nicely!!
he's given me the advice to get the breather system checked out...
but i'm in the middle of a house move and work is driving me mad... so i'm thinking about letting somebody else get their hands dirty!!
thanks,
ian
he's given me the advice to get the breather system checked out...
but i'm in the middle of a house move and work is driving me mad... so i'm thinking about letting somebody else get their hands dirty!!
thanks,
ian
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Omega General Help / Re: where to get my omega worked on...!!!
« on: 16 December 2006, 21:15:24 »
cheers for the reply, but mine's a 2.6 and i don't think it uses an ICV??
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Omega General Help / where to get my omega worked on...!!!
« on: 16 December 2006, 20:59:06 »
hi guys,
can anybody here recommend anybody in the beds / herts area that would be worth taking my omega to be looked at?
i really want to get to the root of my cars lumpy idle / possible misfire but right now just don't have the time to get my hands dirty!!
cheers,
ian b
can anybody here recommend anybody in the beds / herts area that would be worth taking my omega to be looked at?
i really want to get to the root of my cars lumpy idle / possible misfire but right now just don't have the time to get my hands dirty!!
cheers,
ian b
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Omega General Help / Re: lumpy idle / misfire??
« on: 15 October 2006, 18:26:49 »
seems to be getting slowly worse... hasn't changed due to the replacement of anything...
car has 102k miles on it...
won't be plug leads as it doesn't have any... the coil packs sit directly on top of the plugs...
as i say, the car is lumpy on tickover and through the rev range (on part or full throttle)... maybe not so much at high revs but i don't really rev it all that much (i.e over 4.5k...)
cheers,
ian b
car has 102k miles on it...
won't be plug leads as it doesn't have any... the coil packs sit directly on top of the plugs...
as i say, the car is lumpy on tickover and through the rev range (on part or full throttle)... maybe not so much at high revs but i don't really rev it all that much (i.e over 4.5k...)
cheers,
ian b
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Omega General Help / lumpy idle / misfire??
« on: 15 October 2006, 16:32:39 »
chaps...
my car is suffering with a lumpy idle... its tick over speed is fine and doesn't move around... but it is lumpy... feels more like a diesel motor than a nice 2.6 v6...
on acceleration the car again seems a bit on the lumpy side... not a really obvious misfire but not as sweet as i thought...
i've cleaned all of the breathers on the engine, and the car has had new plugs, oil, air and fuel filters recently... and i've run some decent injector cleaner through it to no avail...
so...
any ideas... i'm scared to mention the word 'coil pack' but could this be it...?? if so any idea what the damage is (bearing in mind in need 2...)
thanks for any help...
ian b
my car is suffering with a lumpy idle... its tick over speed is fine and doesn't move around... but it is lumpy... feels more like a diesel motor than a nice 2.6 v6...
on acceleration the car again seems a bit on the lumpy side... not a really obvious misfire but not as sweet as i thought...
i've cleaned all of the breathers on the engine, and the car has had new plugs, oil, air and fuel filters recently... and i've run some decent injector cleaner through it to no avail...
so...
any ideas...
i'm scared to mention the word 'coil pack' but could this be it...?? if so any idea what the damage is (bearing in mind in need 2...)thanks for any help...
ian b
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Omega General Help / car manuals
« on: 02 October 2006, 16:52:58 »
for those of you that don't know, you can download the owners manual for your car and also the audio manual free of charge via the vauxhall website - very handy if like me you bought a car without any manuals...!!
if you look at what some of them sell for on ebay you'd be amazed!!
cheers,
ian b
if you look at what some of them sell for on ebay you'd be amazed!!
cheers,
ian b
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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: good morning!!
« on: 02 October 2006, 14:38:30 »
did all of the races @ honda, now doing the testing thing with red bull...
the job's awesome but there's a lot of pressure and a lot of time away so it isn't for everyone...
however i've had some awesome times, seen some amazing things(
) and met some great people along the way...
again, thanks for the warm welcome, things like this forum make ownership of my car (aka the shark) all the more enjoyable...
ian
the job's awesome but there's a lot of pressure and a lot of time away so it isn't for everyone...
however i've had some awesome times, seen some amazing things(
) and met some great people along the way...again, thanks for the warm welcome, things like this forum make ownership of my car (aka the shark) all the more enjoyable...
ian
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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: good morning!!
« on: 02 October 2006, 11:43:57 »
work as an electronics engineer... look after data, code and all that kind of thing...
consider myself very lucky... but it's hard work!!!
consider myself very lucky... but it's hard work!!!
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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: good morning!!
« on: 02 October 2006, 11:03:42 »
thanks for the warm welcome guys...
i work for red bull f1 team... before that honda f1, before that mitsubishi WRC, before that MG BTCC...
and before that... worked for vauxhall luton plant...!!!
cheers,
ian b
i work for red bull f1 team... before that honda f1, before that mitsubishi WRC, before that MG BTCC...
and before that... worked for vauxhall luton plant...!!!
cheers,
ian b
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Newbie Welcome Area / good morning!!
« on: 02 October 2006, 09:27:24 »
just thought i'd say hi as i've just registered with this forum - it looks very helpful to me, so am glad i found it..!!
cheers,
ian b
2002 mv6 2.6v6
cheers,
ian b
2002 mv6 2.6v6
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