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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: carpediem82 on 16 March 2013, 14:06:53

Title: powerless, hard to start or no start
Post by: carpediem82 on 16 March 2013, 14:06:53

Hej !

for about 3 weeks was worse, less power, needed to accelerate harder and slow. Started to sound like a tractor.
one week ago i made a 100 miles trip hooping that is gonna be better, but was worse. 3 days ago i needed to return home. Was so powerless, tractor sound specially on  low rev. eated twice as much gas (usually on that road takes 7.5-8l/100km, now it was 14l/100km).
Yesterday i tried in the morning to start the car, no chance. emptied twice the battery, after that couplet to the battery of my Merc. In the end managed to start. similar sound as before. Checked the spark-plugs, second from right side (i think it is cylinder 4) was wet, the rest of them was white and 1 was lite black.
When i try to start, it starts the engine and shouts off instantly, like gas is not coming or something similar.
Problems i have for longer time:
1. losing water - but i'm losing around the motor warming, i was hooping the winter is ending to fix that, but probably i will fix now and see if i'm losing water on other places to. Amount of water lost- about 1l/week.
2. losing oil -about 500 ml/month or less. the right side of engine is oily, also lite oil on top of spark plugs, second and third right side.  (i'm not mentioning driver or passager, because for me driver side is in England passager side )

Error code: 143,144,145, 129 (for long time)  and 21 (this is new) .

Oil was changed, but i need to take lite out, is over limit.

What i can try? some ideas? what is the main problem?

Thanks!

Mvh,
/Francisc

Title: Re: powerless, hard to start or no start
Post by: carpediem82 on 16 March 2013, 23:01:08

should i mention that it was  between -20 and -35 outside? :( and started after a trip on ethanol?

Any ideas are welcome.  I tried to start now, it starts sometimes, but is dead very fast, before engine mange to rise till 1000rpm.

Title: Re: powerless, hard to start or no start
Post by: carpediem82 on 17 March 2013, 10:58:12

update and another question:
I checked fusebox, removed my fuse nr 8 and puled out almost every fuse and checked. all seemed ok, just one, nr 3, was lite weird, changed, put keys in contact and.... started from first try. 

My question: can a fuse be doing all this problems? thinking that fuse 18 was not doing proper contact?

I know, i still have to fix the other engine problems, hope that temp will rise lite, today was warm, -10 :)

Thanks, any ideas are still welcome.

/Francisc