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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: shane1000 on 21 December 2010, 15:54:40

Title: knackered ??
Post by: shane1000 on 21 December 2010, 15:54:40
right here goes... within a mile of driving the engine light comes on, the car judders like its running out of petrol and the exhaust shakes and theres a loss of power. theres also a slight water leak from somewhere but doesnt seem to use water as the header tank is always on max mark/ and pressurised...  ive got no more hair to pull out but i have got a sledgehammer.. unless anyones got any ideas??   
03 plate 2.2 glx auto :-?
Title: Re: knackered ??
Post by: Andy B on 21 December 2010, 15:57:38
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right here goes... within a mile of driving the engine light comes on, the car  .....

which one? page 12  ;)
http://images.omegaowners.com/documents/UserGuides/OmegaOct2002.pdf
Title: Re: knackered ??
Post by: shane1000 on 21 December 2010, 16:02:58
right .. its the yellow exhaust emission light and it stays on permanantly 
Title: Re: knackered ??
Post by: trem on 22 December 2010, 10:32:30
not too sure but i would check your lambda sensors and maybe your egr valve for starters.
Title: Re: knackered ??
Post by: millwall on 22 December 2010, 12:47:00
and get codes read :y
Title: Re: knackered ??
Post by: shane1000 on 23 December 2010, 18:07:23
looking for some ice and a cliff edge cos ive had enough of the thing! :(
Title: Re: knackered ??
Post by: VXL V6 on 23 December 2010, 18:22:20
Unplug the MAF and see what it drives like.
Title: Re: knackered ??
Post by: feeutfo on 23 December 2010, 18:41:56
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Unplug the MAF and see what it drives like.
Worth a shot, if it drives better, but still not quite right then good chance it's maf issue. But idealy get the codes read. Ideally see MarkDTM in Nottingham, but if it's undriveable then a local mech with a code reader will have to do I guess...?
Title: Re: knackered ??
Post by: shane1000 on 26 December 2010, 13:02:07
thanks for the tips.. will try it and let you know :y