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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: taitinson on 20 November 2014, 13:47:04

Title: Indicator help please
Post by: taitinson on 20 November 2014, 13:47:04
Hi,
Wife has just phoned to say indicator lights are on on the dashboard but not flashing and when looked outside all the indicators are lit but also not flashing,
Car starts and drives fine with no other lights illuminated on dash
Any thoughts would be most appreciated :y :y :y
Title: Re: Indicator help please
Post by: Jimbob on 20 November 2014, 13:49:40
Start with 20 odd pushes on the hazzard switch.

May be the sort of issue caused by that sticking a little.
Title: Re: Indicator help please
Post by: taitinson on 20 November 2014, 13:51:38
Start with 20 odd pushes on the hazzard switch.

May be the sort of issue caused by that sticking a little.
Cheers Jimbob, that was my first thought too, once she gets home i will get her to try :y
Title: Re: Indicator help please
Post by: taitinson on 20 November 2014, 14:39:46
Start with 20 odd pushes on the hazzard switch.

May be the sort of issue caused by that sticking a little.
Cheers Jimbob, that was my first thought too, once she gets home i will get her to try :y

Nope.. That's not worked, oh well so much for day off tomorrow ::)
Title: Re: Indicator help please
Post by: TheBoy on 20 November 2014, 19:18:06
Next to try is the flasher unit. Robust enough to use 2nd hand
Title: Re: Indicator help please
Post by: taitinson on 20 November 2014, 20:18:16
Next to try is the flasher unit. Robust enough to use 2nd hand
Cheers. I will try that first thing tomorrow, still at work at the moment, is that above the glovebox?  Haven't got handbook til I get home
Title: Re: Indicator help please
Post by: Andy B on 20 November 2014, 23:00:56
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Cheers. I will try that first thing tomorrow, still at work at the moment, is that above the glovebox?  Haven't got handbook til I get home

In the fuse box under the steering column  ;)
Title: Re: Indicator help please
Post by: dbug on 21 November 2014, 00:27:29
Its the big black one in the fuse box under the steering wheel ;)
Title: Re: Indicator help please
Post by: taitinson on 21 November 2014, 07:29:37
Cheers AndyB and debug.  :y That makes it easier to do in the lovely Cornish rain,
Hopefully that's the problem, although nearest scrappy is 15 miles and stealers is 25 miles,  :(
Title: Re: Indicator help please
Post by: taitinson on 21 November 2014, 08:36:00
Well. Pulled the flasher unit and still on, pulled fuse 2 still on. Pulled fuse 12 as both are listed as flasher fuse. Fuse 12 has turned them off, but when you use indicator stalk with fuse out both indicators flash at the same time and also dash (radio/temp)screen flashes on and off in time with the indicator?  :-[
After speaking with swmbo it transpires alarm was going off when she got back to car and this is when trouble started. Could it possibly be the alarm ecu?
Title: Re: Indicator help please
Post by: 05omegav6 on 21 November 2014, 09:09:27
Could try resetting it :-\ Not sure how though...

Also vaguely recall having to change a yellow relay behind the glovebox, but can't remember if it was my current estate or my first one :-[ it was indicator related though...
Title: Re: Indicator help please
Post by: taitinson on 21 November 2014, 09:40:52
Frickin bingo :y :y :y
Alarm relay (grey one) behind glovebox, pulled that and the rest is all back to normal.
Big thanks to everyone and fantastic how to guides.
Just got to repair several plastic parts from my ham fisted removal  techniques  :D
Title: Re: Indicator help please
Post by: Webby the Bear on 21 November 2014, 09:50:54
Frickin bingo :y :y :y
Alarm relay (grey one) behind glovebox, pulled that and the rest is all back to normal.
Big thanks to everyone and fantastic how to guides.
Just got to repair several plastic parts from my ham fisted removal  techniques  :D

I always worry about removing relays....they need a lot of force to be removed but the thing that holds them is made of cheese.
Title: Re: Indicator help please
Post by: taitinson on 21 November 2014, 10:29:22
Frickin bingo :y :y :y
Alarm relay (grey one) behind glovebox, pulled that and the rest is all back to normal.
Big thanks to everyone and fantastic how to guides.
Just got to repair several plastic parts from my ham fisted removal  techniques  :D

I always worry about removing relays....they need a lot of force to be removed but the thing that holds them is made of cheese.
Yeah, it needed a "little persuasion" to part from it's holder :-X