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General Discussion Area / Absolutely gutted
« on: 08 October 2011, 10:38:24 »
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General Car Chat / Phew!
« on: 04 October 2011, 23:02:41 »
When you think about all the things that could go wrong on a 10-year-old car for the MOT, I think a fail on a worn track rod end isn't too bad eh?
Have to see how to fit one now
Have to see how to fit one now
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Omega General Help / Engine cutting out
« on: 04 April 2010, 21:57:57 »
I took my car on a 10-mile run today and when I was reverse parking in my street it seemed that the car wouldn't rev, despite using full throttle at times. It cut out after about a minute of this and would only run roughly for a few seconds at a time when I kept trying it.
I did the pedal trick and I had the following codes in this order-
0156
0136
0156
0100
0100
0130
0150
I checked this twice, it is correct - any idea what could be going on?
Later on I started the car and it ran normally :-/
Jon
I did the pedal trick and I had the following codes in this order-
0156
0136
0156
0100
0100
0130
0150
I checked this twice, it is correct - any idea what could be going on?
Later on I started the car and it ran normally :-/
Jon
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Omega General Help / Victim of overtightening
« on: 11 March 2010, 16:21:23 »
Did an oil change today for the first time since I had the car. Give you 3 guesses what was tightened so hard I couldn't even turn it, never mind get the cap off 
Had to do the oil change without a filter this time, I think I'l have to get a hefty breaker bar on it if I'm to shift the bloody thing, and a very strong filter wrench.
Any tips on how to do this without damaging it?
Had to do the oil change without a filter this time, I think I'l have to get a hefty breaker bar on it if I'm to shift the bloody thing, and a very strong filter wrench.
Any tips on how to do this without damaging it?
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Omega General Help / Trade prices
« on: 02 March 2010, 19:49:42 »
Had my abs card yesterday and bought a case of semi-synth oil from my local dealer- 20 litres for 38 quid. I've seen retail, trade and trade club prices quoted by members on here, what did I pay? And what's the difference between trade and trade club?
TIA, Jon
TIA, Jon
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Omega General Help / Cold weather
« on: 20 February 2010, 10:25:47 »
Last night, in temperatures of about -4 C, I tried getting in my car. The driver's door wouldn't open, or the front passenger door. I managed to get in through one of the back doors in the end and climbed into the front.
The lock tab on both the front doors had stayed down when I unlocked it on the fob and I couldn't even open the door from the inside - in the end a bit of a tug on the door tab meant I could open the door - but then it wouldn't stay closed!
After a bit of fiddling and locking and unlocking the doors a few times, the door held shut, but I hope I'm not going to have to go through this every time it's cold!
May be climbing in the boot tonight - anyone else have these problems in the cold?
The lock tab on both the front doors had stayed down when I unlocked it on the fob and I couldn't even open the door from the inside - in the end a bit of a tug on the door tab meant I could open the door - but then it wouldn't stay closed!
After a bit of fiddling and locking and unlocking the doors a few times, the door held shut, but I hope I'm not going to have to go through this every time it's cold!
May be climbing in the boot tonight - anyone else have these problems in the cold?
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Omega General Help / Car crisis
« on: 18 January 2010, 11:41:40 »
It's crunch time for my car. It hasn't started since well before Christmas - nothing untoward showed itself, no strange noises, nothing, it just wouldn't start one morning. I changed the crank sensor just to eliminate it
To cut a long story short, a garage have sent a mechanic to look at it (in my absence) and declared that it has 'no compression'. Now to me that indicates that the timing belt has either slipped badly or snapped completely. I pulled back the top of the timing belt cover to see if a) the timing belt was 'there' and b) if it was tensioned at all
The belt is definitely on, in good condition and tensioned. Having said that, I could only see the top bit of it. Could the garage (who I've never used before) be just bulls**ting me to get a bit of money?
As I said, there are no untoward noises when trying to start it, I'd expect at least a bit of metal mashing if the belt had gone. Do I book a trip to the scrappy yet?
Only one fault code, 0100 - Maf sensor. I've tried starting it with the MAF unplugged with no success
To cut a long story short, a garage have sent a mechanic to look at it (in my absence) and declared that it has 'no compression'. Now to me that indicates that the timing belt has either slipped badly or snapped completely. I pulled back the top of the timing belt cover to see if a) the timing belt was 'there' and b) if it was tensioned at all
The belt is definitely on, in good condition and tensioned. Having said that, I could only see the top bit of it. Could the garage (who I've never used before) be just bulls**ting me to get a bit of money?
As I said, there are no untoward noises when trying to start it, I'd expect at least a bit of metal mashing if the belt had gone. Do I book a trip to the scrappy yet?
Only one fault code, 0100 - Maf sensor. I've tried starting it with the MAF unplugged with no success
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Omega General Help / Part No for MAF
« on: 17 January 2010, 21:59:51 »
Does anyone have the part no for a MAF for the 2.6 please?
Ta, Jon
Ta, Jon
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Omega General Help / Car won't start, code 100
« on: 28 November 2009, 10:08:26 »
Went to start my car this morning, it fired up for just one or two revs, then died and wouldn't start again. It spins and quickens as if it'll catch, but doesn't quite fire up. I pedal tested it and on top of my normal old stored codes, a P0100 came up, a MAF code. Would this prevent my car starting? The MAF on it is a cheapo but only a couple of months old..
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Omega General Help / Pinking
« on: 09 August 2009, 21:16:29 »
My car is pinking badly under anything more than medium load, I know modern engines are not supposed to but mine definitely is. Also very sluggish and misfiring badly intermittently. Beginning to think I'll have to get rid of this car if much else goes wrong
Any suggestions as to what could be wrong?
Any suggestions as to what could be wrong?
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Omega General Help / MAF sensor
« on: 28 July 2009, 17:50:17 »
Hi everyone,
Where exactly is the MAF sensor, I'm getting a new one but don't know where it connects!
Where exactly is the MAF sensor, I'm getting a new one but don't know where it connects!
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Omega General Help / Complete sudden power loss
« on: 12 July 2009, 18:52:20 »
Hello to everybody again, I changed my crank sensor for a genuine GM one today and the car ran sweetly for about 8 hours before suffering a complete loss of power with the engine management light flashing. I managed to get home (just) with almost no power and the car runs very badly on idle and then stalls. I'm getting the following codes:-
0170 fuel trim malfunction bank 1
0173 fuel trim malfunction bank 2
I had these anyway and I'm pretty sure I need a new MAF sensor, not too worried about that, but since today, I've also got these:-
0335 crank position A cicuit malfunction
0300 multiple misfire detected
0306 cyl 6 misfire detected
0302 cyl 2 misfire detected
0304 cyl 4 misfire detected
0155 O2 sensor heater circuit low voltage (bank 2 sensor 1)
It's obviously one bank of cylinders causing a problem ( coil pack?) but why would I get a crank position error with a new sensor and what does 0155 mean?
0170 fuel trim malfunction bank 1
0173 fuel trim malfunction bank 2
I had these anyway and I'm pretty sure I need a new MAF sensor, not too worried about that, but since today, I've also got these:-
0335 crank position A cicuit malfunction
0300 multiple misfire detected
0306 cyl 6 misfire detected
0302 cyl 2 misfire detected
0304 cyl 4 misfire detected
0155 O2 sensor heater circuit low voltage (bank 2 sensor 1)
It's obviously one bank of cylinders causing a problem ( coil pack?) but why would I get a crank position error with a new sensor and what does 0155 mean?
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Omega General Help / Torx bolts
« on: 12 July 2009, 09:03:57 »
I'm just changing the crank sensor on my car and discovered I haven't got anything to fit the T8 torx bolt on the sensor. I had a look in Halfords the other day out of interest but couldn't see any female torx sockets, just male ones. So what fits? And whose idea was it to use bloody torx bolts anyway??
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Omega General Help / Crank sensor replacement
« on: 09 July 2009, 11:36:57 »
I've just got a new crank sensor for my car, a 2001 2.6 estate. I've looked at the crank sensor replacement section on maintenance and the plug end is supposed to be at the back of the engine near the big 8-pin connector as per the photo, but I can't see it. I can see the 8-pin but not the smaller 3-pin one for the crank sensor. Is it in the same place on the 2.6's or is it slightly different to the V6 on the maintenance photo?