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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: EMD on 26 September 2015, 22:23:43

Title: It went dugga dugga dugga
Post by: EMD on 26 September 2015, 22:23:43: Started the car up this morning pretty early , it was cold and misty outside but the car sounded like it was firing on 3-4 cylinders ??? But cleared after a few seconds , hope thats not a sign of coil pack failure :(
Coils are dry and plug wells dry .
Title: Re: It went dugga dugga dugga
Post by: 05omegav6 on 27 September 2015, 06:42:23: This thread is useless without codes... ::)
Title: Re: It went dugga dugga dugga
Post by: terry paget on 27 September 2015, 10:55:19: Are codes stored if EML has not displayed? I imagined not.
Title: Re: It went dugga dugga dugga
Post by: EMD on 27 September 2015, 11:30:47: No codes no eml . Hasn't done it today , will re check for any loose
connections . Are supposed to get a code for coil pack /s :-\
Title: Re: It went dugga dugga dugga
Post by: henryd on 27 September 2015, 12:30:33: Quote from: EMD on 27 September 2015, 11:30:47
No codes no eml . Hasn't done it today , will re check for any loose
connections . Are supposed to get a code for coil pack /s :-\
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Yes,you should get misfire codes,0301 through to 0306 depending on cylinders detected
Title: Re: It went dugga dugga dugga
Post by: 05omegav6 on 27 September 2015, 14:48:12: No Eml can also point to no bulb, which itself raises a code... ::)
Title: Re: It went dugga dugga dugga
Post by: Steve B on 27 September 2015, 15:58:38: Get a code reader from the bay There in your price bracket ;D ;D ;D

Pedal trick does the job for getting codes But wont clear any. :y
Title: Re: It went dugga dugga dugga
Post by: T.m.f on 28 September 2015, 21:19:31: Emd has a code reader ,bet he has forgotten he has 1 ;D
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Post by: STEMO on 28 September 2015, 21:25:44: In my day, on damp mornings with older cars, it was simply a squirt of WD40 and off you went.
Title: Re: It went dugga dugga dugga
Post by: Rods2 on 28 September 2015, 21:32:12: Quote from: STEMO on 28 September 2015, 21:25:44
In my day, on damp mornings with older cars, it was simply a squirt of WD40 and off you went.

Did the WD40 make the hot tubes glow a bit more so they ignited the fuel? :P :P ;D ;D
Title: Re: It went dugga dugga dugga
Post by: EMD on 28 September 2015, 22:42:20: What with one thing and another ive not had time to do any more checks :-[ The car has not misfired again and used every day since . Will check at the weekend in more depth after my own body mot :(