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Omega General Help / Re: stallingv6

« on: 23 July 2012, 20:43:42 »

I have managed to drop on a bit lucky perhaps, talking to a slight aquaintance today about it[not seen him for yonks]turns out he has a diagnostic/code reader gizmo,which he says he'll bring tomorrow and plug it into car to"interrogate"it.Hopefully this will if not pin point the problem at least it should narrow the field somewhat?

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General Discussion Area / car shows

« on: 23 July 2012, 20:35:41 »

 I'm new to this internet based stuff,so I hope you'll all bear with me here.Do you as a club attend classic[or other] car shows around the country?If so what criteria do you use for eligible cars?I'm asking because Maureen[my partner]and I enjoy attending such things with the Autobahnstormers,whose criteria are that apart from being club eligible the car most be road legal[assuming it's driven there]and clean,and that's it.So as I asked do you have similar?

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Omega General Help / Re: stallingv6

« on: 23 July 2012, 06:06:12 »

No loss  of power/stalling when  it's above idle.While sat on the drive in park/neutral if I keep the revs upp at about 650 or so it'll run all day,plant the throttle and it'll sing to the redline without hesitation.Out on the road it'll fly like a bird,until coming to a road junction/traffic lights etc.,when it'll just die but at least it'll restart instantly si I'm not a mobile road block!To try checking for air leak I've sprayed a load of WD40 at it with the engine running as this usually alters the revs,but in this case it made no difference.

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Omega General Help / Re: stallingv6

« on: 22 July 2012, 12:54:50 »

I'll try the paper clip route and more carb cleaner and see how that goes.If you add the drop of oil after refitting icv where do you put it?I've seen new icv's on e-bay at 27.70[including postage]these are an Alfa Romeo part but the numbers match and are said to be compatible,worth getting?or does anyone know different?

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General Discussion Area / Re: Bradley Wiggins in Yellow

« on: 22 July 2012, 12:11:02 »

While cycling is not a sport I follow,I agree with you on that one,the chances of him winning are good I believe, so hopefully he'll do the deed,and if I've heard correctly he'd be the first Brit to win the tour.

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Omega General Help / Re: stallingv6

« on: 22 July 2012, 12:02:37 »

Again this is a bit of an odd one.most of the time the idle is steady and then the engine just dies,but now and then the idle will drop below its usual indicated500 revs and then pick up to about 650 then drop back to the 500 before stalling.

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General Discussion Area / Re: free f1

« on: 22 July 2012, 09:36:53 »

Yeah,we've got that too.Still going to watch the superbikes on eurosport2 though!

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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: newbie

« on: 22 July 2012, 08:53:49 »

Told you I was a dunce with all this technological wizardry,I see that it comes up that I live in Sidiothorpe,where the heck is that?Is there such a place?It should read SLady bitshorpe[yes that one sunny Scunny the place of so many jokes]but I don't know how to change that bit of info so it'll have to stand.

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Omega General Help / Re: stallingv6

« on: 22 July 2012, 08:35:16 »

This was my thinking,so I've sprayed the biggest part of a can of throttle body cleaner down it with the net result of making no difference!I don't mind buying a new icv but I don't want to keep buying bits only to find it's not solving the problem but heyho I suppose I've got to start somewhere as it's starting to annoy me,and if I get too annoyed the car will have to go!

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Omega General Help / stallingv6

« on: 21 July 2012, 18:16:32 »

Since owning my omega 3.0 it has always idled at an indicated 500 revs,however since having the cam cover gaskets changed it stalls at this engine speed!Using the not very scientific method of watching the dashboard clock the engine will run for a maximum of 4 mins at 500 revs and then stall.The engine will restart instantly and then either stall straight away or  idle for up to the 4 min maximum!Tests? so far are to pinch off the pipe going into the front of the idle control valve,this affects the revs during the time the engine is warming up but once at 500 revs it makes no difference.Pulling the pipe from the front of the icv with the engine running produces an inrush of air[so a vacuum is present when all is connected]and the engine stalling immediately.The electrical plug has been removed from the rear of the icv and shows power is getting to it.So am I looking at an icv which is kaput or am I staring down the barrel of something more serious?If I keep the revs at about 650 or so the engine will run for ever and a day,but of course you can't manually alter the idle speed with a screw or anything.The car is a w reg,year 2000 facelift model[in case it makes a difference] 

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Newbie Welcome Area / newbie

« on: 21 July 2012, 17:44:58 »

Hello to one and all.Being a complete dunce when it comes to this new fangled technology stuff I hope I'm doing this right,no doubt someone will let me know if I'm not!Anyway just joined the OOF,so a little about myself and cars.I bought my Omega 3 Litre Elite about 5 months ago,this is the 2nd Omega Elite I've had.The first was a 1995 example which I scrapped about 3 years ago,the present car is a "w"reg facelift model.I've been a member of the Autobahnstormers since the late '90'sand so have had Senators or Omegas since that time.I also run a 1995 Jaguar XJ6,but my partner prefers to ride in the big Vauxhalls!Luckily with such vehicles to run I only cover about 5,000miles a year all in,this would increase if attendance at more car shows were to be arranged.That I think is all for now I've probably bored enough of you,but if there's anything else anyone wishes to know just ask!