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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Stu.C on 10 October 2021, 23:17:04
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For a while now, I'd noticed that there was a death rattle kinda noise coming from somewhere at the front of the car after I'd started it up. Only lasted a few seconds each time and I had it on my mental list, but you know how life just passes you by. ::) Anyhoo, I was out on my first long work drive in months this week, hit traffic on the M6 and when I rolled the window down I realised I could hear it constantly. Tracked it down to the OSF when I stopped, and on removing the wheel arch liner today I was greeted with this...
(https://www.cuyahoga.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/omegasuspensioncompressor.png)
For anyone at the back who didn't recognise it instantly, it's the self-levelling suspension compressor. Not sure if it combusted or there was something really corrosive in there that wanted to get out, but that bit circled used to be a metal casing with an air line attached. Unsurprisingly it wasn't doing much compressing any more :o
Thankfully I've got a spare from the 3.0 I gutted last year...
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Do you still have the self levelling shocks fitted?
Also, I would be having a very close look at the pump loom all the way back to the relay and fuse box... To get that hot, it would have been pulling a fair current.
BTW, running at start up is normal, but prolonged running is indicative of an issue ;)
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Yep, and when I quickly connected up the spare compressor, dropped the linkage off the level sensor at the back and fired up - the rear started to slowly rise, just like it says so in the maintenance guide :y
It went dark and cold though, so I'll actually swap it out and tidy everything up tomorrow...