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[Lizzie Zoom]

2 pages to this thread so far ,all good advice but unless Lizzie actually looks at the sensor to see what's wrong 
pretty sure the forum posts and software can't do that for her 

Indeed Dave, and today, now all the heavy rain has stopped falling, I can indeed go for that inspection

[Lizzie Zoom]

Until it gets smacked by the wishbone when you hit a pothole.

Yes, I have managed to hit two bad ones recently due to the awful state of our local roads DG.  Fxxking potholes everywhere!!

[Andy B]

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Yes, I have managed to hit two bad ones recently due to the awful state of our local roads DG.  Fxxking potholes everywhere!!

That's not like you Lizzie! 

[Lizzie Zoom]

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Yes, I have managed to hit two bad ones recently due to the awful state of our local roads DG.  Fxxking potholes everywhere!!

That's not like you Lizzie! 

Oh yes Andy, sometimes even I can see red, and the issues of potholes around Ashford is now scandalous and makes me utter four letter words!!

[Lizzie Zoom]

Well now I am confused................maybe not unusual now given my increasing age!!......but yes I am!

I have removed all four wheels and inspected the area surrounding the suspension struts and arms.  But all I found was as in the following picture (after I had soaked the device with WD40), which was on the suspension arm of the rear offside.  It is nothing like the device I used to find, and once replaced, on previous Omega's.


The arms and joints of this device were all intact and are an improvement on the ones previously seen, although it is still so exposed.

So, what does this change with a 2003 3.2 miggy mean?  What am I missing. Is this one device the issue that must be resolved, or is there another device hidden elsewhere please?

[VXL V6]

Well now I am confused................maybe not unusual now given my increasing age!!......but yes I am!

I have removed all four wheels and inspected the area surrounding the suspension struts and arms.  But all I found was as in the following picture (after I had soaked the device with WD40), which was on the suspension arm of the rear offside.  It is nothing like the device I used to find, and once replaced, on previous Omega's.


The arms and joints of this device were all intact and are an improvement on the ones previously seen, although it is still so exposed.

So, what does this change with a 2003 3.2 miggy mean?  What am I missing. Is this one device the issue that must be resolved, or is there another device hidden elsewhere please?

99% of the time it's the front sensor on the wishbone, no the rear one pictured

[Lizzie Zoom]

Well now I am confused................maybe not unusual now given my increasing age!!......but yes I am!

I have removed all four wheels and inspected the area surrounding the suspension struts and arms.  But all I found was as in the following picture (after I had soaked the device with WD40), which was on the suspension arm of the rear offside.  It is nothing like the device I used to find, and once replaced, on previous Omega's.


The arms and joints of this device were all intact and are an improvement on the ones previously seen, although it is still so exposed.

So, what does this change with a 2003 3.2 miggy mean?  What am I missing. Is this one device the issue that must be resolved, or is there another device hidden elsewhere please?

99% of the time it's the front sensor on the wishbone, no the rear one pictured

Thanks, but I could not find one on the front or rear wishbones.

I do not know what to do now.  Has anyone got a picture of one on a 2003 3.2 please?

[Nick W]

The headlight sensor is on the front, near-side wishbone, close to the rear bush. It looks like the one in your pic, but with a shorter lever arm. If the droplink between the arm and the wishbone is missing, it's much harder to see. And that would definitely create the warning you have.

[Lizzie Zoom]

The headlight sensor is on the front, near-side wishbone, close to the rear bush. It looks like the one in your pic, but with a shorter lever arm. If the droplink between the arm and the wishbone is missing, it's much harder to see. And that would definitely create the warning you have.

Thanks Nick!

I did look there, but I will go outside again now, before the rain comes again, and reinspect.  It is where the previous Omega's had the device, so I must try harder to see it!!

[Lizzie Zoom]

Yes, YES!!!  Thanks again Nick!!

Found it, but not in the place it was on previous Omega's.  It was set well back behind the suspensions strut and partially mounted on the chassis with the link on the wishbone.  There it was, the bottom of the lever floating in the air, separated from the wishbone fixing.

This is how it is now, although I have since removed the ends of the cable ties, after taking the advice of DG and Dave, with cable ties that I have always a stock of due to my electrical work:



Should work.  It certainly has got rid of the advisory message!

[Doctor Gollum]

That first picture is the rear suspension level sensor/ecu

[Lizzie Zoom]

That first picture is the rear suspension level sensor/ecu

Thanks DG, that explains a lot.  Never noticed that sensor before.

[VXL V6]

Yes, YES!!!  Thanks again Nick!!

Found it, but not in the place it was on previous Omega's.  It was set well back behind the suspensions strut and partially mounted on the chassis with the link on the wishbone.  There it was, the bottom of the lever floating in the air, separated from the wishbone fixing.

This is how it is now, although I have since removed the ends of the cable ties, after taking the advice of DG and Dave, with cable ties that I have always a stock of due to my electrical work:



Should work.  It certainly has got rid of the advisory message!

Reason the arm had popped out is obvious - the ball joint is bone dry - needed some grease on it, because it is dry it will have worn the joint so will always need tie wraps to keep it on.

[cam.in.head]

if the ball is intact and the hole / edges are intact a sheet of plastic over the ball is usually enough to restore rigidity. greased up obviously.
worked on a mates vectra taxi where the wiper linkage regularly fell off !

[TheBoy]

2 pages to this thread so far ,all good advice but unless Lizzie actually looks at the sensor to see what's wrong 
pretty sure the forum posts and software can't do that for her 

Yeah, common Love, pull yer finger out!