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General Car Chat / Re: Wet belts

« on: 20 April 2024, 20:40:53 »

Still got to be better than that modern shite.

Although Ford only build shit cars, and only ever have. Purely a ploy to sell more finance/cars.

Buy a cheap car that lasts three years... first major issue you trade it in for a new one because "it's worth more as a deposit" than the cost to fix it.

Repeat until the customer stops driving.

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Irmscher fog light bulbs.

« on: 20 April 2024, 19:24:26 »

Think H1s are the wrong bulb for the Irmscher lamps

I know I had to cut off the original plugs when I fitted mine but they were replaced with a different plug, but damned if I can recall the bulbs it came with.

It was bought new from Irmscher, so not previously interfered with, which second hand may have been.

The lamp casings were used on something else, Mundeo ST200 iirc... In which case H11 was quite probably what was fitted originally.

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Omega General Help / Re: After Cruise control no throttle response

« on: 20 April 2024, 18:58:09 »

A "P1600" doesn't confirm the ECU is dead or faulty
it could be a damaged loom, connector pin, blown fuse .poor earth ,trapped wire or similar
even a sensor plugged in the wrong part of the loom or moisture ingress 
proper inspection and methodical diagnostics are required 

But it has been chipped, so much more likely the issue 

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General Car Chat / Re: Wet belts

« on: 20 April 2024, 14:03:12 »

Does the Ecoboom last long enough to actually require a new belt?

Any mileage in retrofitting a 1.0 pinto in it's place

Or just avoiding the ecoboom in the first place.

That's the one


What the hell is a 1.0l Pinto? And don't forget, the normal 1.6 or 2.0l Pintos are long, tall and heavy when compared to similar capacity 4 cylinder engines. Not to mention expensive now that the cars they came in are well over thirty years old.

Wasn't that the original 1.0/1.1/1.3 Fester lump

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Omega General Help / Re: AR35 / Autobox Sensor

« on: 20 April 2024, 12:01:31 »

Same as the oil level sensor?

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Omega General Help / Re: After Cruise control no throttle response

« on: 20 April 2024, 12:00:40 »

There's your answer then.

You'll need the ECU, (2.6 or 3.2 will work fine, but it will need to be told it's not an auto), plus the chip from the key and the transponder ring. Ideally also the car pass from the donor car.

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 20 April 2024, 10:56:43 »

Yes they are, thanks for comment, engine and garage floor absolutely dry. Hope smell dissappear step by step.

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General Car Chat / Re: Wet belts

« on: 20 April 2024, 10:34:54 »

Does the Ecoboom last long enough to actually require a new belt?

Any mileage in retrofitting a 1.0 pinto in it's place

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 20 April 2024, 10:32:54 »

Are the half moon seals correctly seated at the back of each head?

If not they can allow oil to literally pour onto the gearbox and exhaust.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Democratic European free speech

« on: 19 April 2024, 23:59:22 »

I doubt it very much they seem to be invincible

I did say 'should'

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General Discussion Area / Re: Democratic European free speech

« on: 19 April 2024, 21:20:59 »

Shit like that should be enough to tarnish the SNP out of existence.

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Omega General Help / Re: After Cruise control no throttle response

« on: 19 April 2024, 21:17:54 »

Any fault codes?

Could well be a tuning issue.

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Omega General Help / Re: Brakes

« on: 19 April 2024, 21:16:30 »

There's a picture in the guides/faq highlighting the difference between vented and non vented.

Yours should be non vented so pins should be freely available.

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General Car Chat / Re: Cadilac Catera 3.0 V6 is it worth to buy for fun or collection ?

« on: 19 April 2024, 21:10:17 »

Just because something was previously changed,. doesn't mean that a) it's not faulty or b) not correctly fitted.

Fuel filter may not have made a difference, but I would wager that it was overdue.

The gear selector issue is yet another, separate, issue rather than part of everything else.

Have you replaced the MAF yet?

Have you reseated the cluster yet?

Also what other parts have been replaced recently?

Get the codes read, either with the pedal trick or an actual code reader and report back.

Crank sensor produces the rpm signal.

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General Car Chat / Re: Front suspension mk 7 golf

« on: 19 April 2024, 21:01:20 »

Camber, toe, height?

As for the dealer quoting for all those parts, only an idiot would replace factory original shocks on an older used car with some miles on it without replacing all those bits.

Springs can be subjective, but it's not a new, low mileage car.