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Omega General Help / Re: Intermittent spanner light.

« on: 19 September 2024, 17:21:52 »

Car is/was driveable, until I did the pedal test, sort of blessing in disguise, as I was going to take it up North....and thinking 200+ miles up the M6 and back again without brake lights oooer!

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Omega General Help / Re: Intermittent spanner light.

« on: 19 September 2024, 16:12:30 »

Unfortunately....no click from the selector, whether that will change with a new brake light switch fitted. Also there's a hint of an electrical gremlin in the hazard lights which will need  attention from my rubber hammer.    

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Omega General Help / Re: Intermittent spanner light.

« on: 19 September 2024, 12:51:54 »

Pedal trick shows PO571, Cruise control/brake switch ''A'' malfunction, hence having no brake lights upon checking. So now the question...is this a standard brake  switch, or being linked to the cruise control is it different to a non cruise switch?

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Omega General Help / Re: Intermittent spanner light.

« on: 18 September 2024, 07:52:07 »

Actually it wasn't the 3.0,it was an early 2.0 that wasn't OBD compatible, I stand corrected.

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Omega General Help / Re: Intermittent spanner light.

« on: 17 September 2024, 13:51:39 »

Can you do the pedal trick on a 3.2? did it on the 3.0 which worked OK.

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Omega General Help / Intermittent spanner light.

« on: 17 September 2024, 12:08:25 »

I'm getting the spanner warning light coming on now and again, code reader says 1 DTC found, but never a code. I've tried it a few times but nothing, and car the is running perfectly. I know this is one of those 'how long is a piece of string?'' questions, but I've got a 500mile rounder to do next week and don't want to push my luck with a possible developing fault......if there is one??

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Possible immobiliser fault?

« on: 13 September 2024, 08:31:10 »

Would that be behind the kick panel? as I took a look at the diagrams for it in the obvious places, and no luck

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Possible immobiliser fault?

« on: 13 September 2024, 07:34:31 »

 Worth investigation, I guess there must be access to the relay.....but as I say electrickery is not a strong point, so didn't fancy chasing my tail. I'm guessing the relay location is in the under bonnet fuse box?

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Possible immobiliser fault?

« on: 12 September 2024, 06:29:20 »

Thanks, I've fitted battery isolators to all three now, just because of the lack of use and the coming winter weather. Also all  the batteries  are now fitted with  C-Tek connectors which makes keeping them charged that much easier.

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Possible immobiliser fault?

« on: 10 September 2024, 14:08:46 »

 Ahh! you mean hitting it with the biggest hammer in the box but did the next thing....fitted a battery isolator, that'll do for the winter as the cars don't get used much. Thanks for the explanation Al

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Possible immobiliser fault?

« on: 10 September 2024, 08:54:26 »

Is there any way to completely disconnect the immobiliser on the Elite.....got a strange feeling that it's draining the battery down, power sounder was removed a few years back.....BTW electrickery is not high on my skill set.

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Omega General Help / Re: Is it time?

« on: 31 August 2024, 09:29:53 »

Comments much appreciated, dunno why I talk to people who know either nothing or very little about the Omega, 

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Omega General Help / Is it time?

« on: 30 August 2024, 18:53:04 »

Looking at the mileage on one of the 3.2's now showing at 251,000 miles I was wondering whether the time has come to change to a different grade of oil. This car has had documented oil changes every 3 thousand miles from new, and for the last ten years probably that period has come down to a thousand or a bit less. I'm only asking as a couple of people have suggested using a thicker grade, would appreciate your thoughts TIA

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Omega General Help / Re: Plastic door bushes.

« on: 28 August 2024, 09:32:08 »

Looks good.

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Omega General Help / Re: Plastic door bushes.

« on: 27 August 2024, 13:30:25 »

Nick W, the man at VX he say''no'' and various searches haven't turned up anything so far. Possibly somewhere there may be a small amount of new old stock which may eventually surface, so in the meantime I guess it's watch and wait.