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Omega General Help / Re: Wishbone front bush removal tool

« on: 21 March 2018, 10:38:08 »

Hammer out bush with big socket/drift then hacksaw the collar

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Omega General Help / Re: Breather Bridge Seals and Cam Gaskets

« on: 21 March 2018, 10:36:25 »

Got a breather bridge seal from autovaux

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Omega General Help / Re: stalled

« on: 20 March 2018, 19:59:07 »

Presumably the fuel pressure regulator vacuum line is still connected to the bottom of the throttle body?

That is the pipe that comes along the middle of the banks and plugs up the way into the body, if so yes I've checked all the vac lines all around there and on the multi-ram bits as well.

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Omega General Help / Re: stalled

« on: 20 March 2018, 18:11:19 »

I don't mean to be rude, but if you don't know what a MAF looks like or where it is, I'd probably get some help.

Anyway, as well as the above suggestions, look for split pipes (air to plenum) and split vacuum pipe end. Also, it is worth checking the throttle body to see if it's gunked up.

It's no prblem i know where it is. I just put that all back together last year after doing timing belt. Everything looks fine but will check agsin. If i dont see anything obvious what is next step with maf?

if you had the tech, tools and experience you could examine how well it is functioning.


As you don't have those, disconnect the electrical connector on the MAF, and drive the car. This will put the EML on, but if the actual problem is no longer present then buying a quality new MAF is your next step.


But you're already breaking the first rule of diagnosis by not going back over the work you did before the fault.

If you mean the timing belt work, that was done about a year ago and have checked this area multiple times, and once more tonight.

Going by this advice I unplugged the maf multi plug (the one under the left air intake bagpipe thing right?) and the car struggled to start and when it did the gearbox seemed to lock into a high gear and it wouldn't move. So I guess that didn't work either. I then plugged it back in and the car ran fine.

I have a friendly contact in the AA who has said that he can check it. I don't know if this will give a diagnosis or just codes, but it won't hurt, my 2nd option is a guy who does tech2 near Glasgow. I will take it there and see what if anything they can find as this is doing my brain in now.

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Omega General Help / Re: stalled

« on: 20 March 2018, 10:48:21 »

I don't mean to be rude, but if you don't know what a MAF looks like or where it is, I'd probably get some help.

Anyway, as well as the above suggestions, look for split pipes (air to plenum) and split vacuum pipe end. Also, it is worth checking the throttle body to see if it's gunked up.

It's no prblem i know where it is. I just put that all back together last year after doing timing belt. Everything looks fine but will check agsin. If i dont see anything obvious what is next step with maf?

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Omega General Help / Re: Failed MOT advice (Emissions)

« on: 20 March 2018, 07:05:44 »

New MOT document comes into force on 2th May:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mot-inspection-manual-for-class-3-4-5-and-7-vehicles

Currently the draft shows an EML lit as a major fail.

There is nothing in the MOT manual that requires or allows connection to an OBD port so I'd be having a word if they tried that on my car. It's possible that emissions testers designed for the european market have the interface fitted but it's not used in a UK MOT test.

This has been a fail point for a while. People used to take the bulb out to get through mot.

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Omega General Help / Re: stalled

« on: 20 March 2018, 06:45:58 »

If by a guide you mean, "unplug it and see if anything changes..." then yes, there's a guide

No, how to actually change it lol ! I found it anyway but cheers

Got to take scuttle off again bummer, is there anything on this car that doesn't require that bloody scuttle removed?

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Omega General Help / Re: stalled

« on: 19 March 2018, 20:14:41 »

If Fuse 19 is advising MAF, then I would be looking there before anywhere else. Unplug the MAF and see if the symptoms change.

Is there a guide for doing this?

Can you read the live values for air flow and the learnt values for mixture?

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Omega General Help / Re: stalled

« on: 19 March 2018, 13:24:28 »

In my experience the crank sensor DTC rarely gets raised  on a 2.6 or 3.2. Never seen it on any of mine and had two crank sensor failures.

What is dtc?

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Omega General Help / Re: stalled

« on: 18 March 2018, 19:28:52 »

2.6/3.2 should all be the same... Plug is easy enough to check, being at the top and all.

Is it not buried down in the bay somewhere? Not seeing it after having a look top down there. A bit concerned it's not showing crank sensor code as mentioned by user fuse 19 above. I tried starting it there, not been run for about 3 weeks, and it ran for 2 secs then just stopped dead with flashing spanner light. Started up and ran ok afterwards tho.

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Omega General Help / Re: stalled

« on: 18 March 2018, 17:49:19 »

Would anyone know the part number for the crank sensor as there is apparently a number of different versions? Could I tell from chassis number or something like?

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General Discussion Area / Re: Can you do this other role too?

« on: 12 March 2018, 10:43:19 »

Who would do your current work? If it is you then you clearly have a good case for increased money. Maybe you could ask your director in a roundabout way if that would be the case. Dont forget he/she is saving the whole salary of the person who left.

If you are going to be expected to do both then you may want to lay down what it is that you wont be able to do going forward e.g monthly returns just once a quarter. Drop this project.

As far as i can tell no one, just taken up by existing team members. My manager said you could bargain for stil doing say 2 days at my old role and 3 at new one, as i like what i am doing, but i cant see how that would be practical as of something needed finished the next day i couldn't very well drop it till the next week.

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General Discussion Area / Can you do this other role too?

« on: 12 March 2018, 07:46:14 »

Had the director of our department approach me and in a roundabout waffly way, ask me if i can fill a role that someone just left, because i already have experience in that team. Claims it will mean that they wont have to advertise and train someone up (cheapskates) and that their budget is "challenging".

Im happy in the role i do and this role is more a information analyst building reports, my current role is more techy, which i like. Apparently i wont have a say in it because contract hasn't changed, and it says any other work deemed necessary for the organisation (public sector, healthcare) guess who?

Anyone been in a similar situation and how to approach this? My manager said they found it a bit of a shock as they never knew until last minute but said they got to work with resources they got. Boss said you probably notice when someone retires or leaves they dont replace, as they got cack all money left.

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General Car Chat / Re: Vauxhall owned Omega's

« on: 08 March 2018, 10:46:15 »

Mine's registered in luton prefix is KE. Not sure if first registereby vx

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General Car Chat / Omega morphed into a monza!

« on: 28 February 2018, 15:32:59 »

With the snow lol, check it out.



Starting to get a spoiler on the bootlid now too!