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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: blackviper90210 on 22 August 2011, 11:04:10

Title: Intermittant starting
Post by: blackviper90210 on 22 August 2011, 11:04:10

Morning all,

The last few weeks my mig has been failing to start. She turns over but fails to fire up :-/

It doesn't happen all the time but enough to bother me now. Checked for codes - nothing showing.

Trying to remember other OOfer's with this problem, was the answer a crank sensor?

TIA  :y

Title: Re: Intermittant starting
Post by: kcl on 22 August 2011, 11:49:08

Crank sensor would be my bet...  :y Easy and cheap enough to start with and does not always give codes when starting to fail...

Title: Re: Intermittant starting
Post by: tunnie on 22 August 2011, 11:50:55

Yup paperclip test and read codes, bet you get a 19  :y

Title: Re: Intermittant starting
Post by: blackviper90210 on 22 August 2011, 12:02:00

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Yup paperclip test and read codes, bet you get a 19  :y

I did, but only because the engine was not running, if I start it up, it doesn't show.

Title: Re: Intermittant starting
Post by: Jimbob on 22 August 2011, 12:08:01

Any 19 is cause for concern....engine not running should be 31  :y

Title: Re: Intermittant starting
Post by: blackviper90210 on 22 August 2011, 12:17:58

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Any 19 is cause for concern....engine not running should be 31  :y

My mistake Jimbob, I mis understood that code  ::)

So does that mean that it IS the crank sensor or something more sinister? :-/

Title: Re: Intermittant starting
Post by: Jimbob on 22 August 2011, 12:47:35

If you ever see 19....crank sensor is the 1st port of call  :y

Title: Re: Intermittant starting
Post by: blackviper90210 on 22 August 2011, 13:00:11

Thanks Jimbob, will try and see which connector I have to make sure I get the right replacement!!  :y

Title: Re: Intermittant starting
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 23 August 2011, 14:02:50

Are you laid up after the op yet mate? Need me to do it for you? FOC, just pop down :y

Title: Re: Intermittant starting
Post by: dbug on 23 August 2011, 14:05:25

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Thanks Jimbob, will try and see which connector I have to make sure I get the right replacement!!  :y

It'll be the "oval" one mate HTH

Title: Re: Intermittant starting
Post by: blackviper90210 on 23 August 2011, 14:39:02

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Thanks Jimbob, will try and see which connector I have to make sure I get the right replacement!!  :y

It'll be the "oval" one mate HTH

Just out of curiousity, how do you know that? Is that because of the engine & year of the car?
Only reason I ask is I've seen on here that there are 2 different connectors, iirc.
Apologies if I've offended you with questioning your knowledge   ::)

Title: Re: Intermittant starting
Post by: blackviper90210 on 23 August 2011, 14:43:04

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Are you laid up after the op yet mate? Need me to do it for you? FOC, just pop down :y

Hi James,

Yeah, I'm laid up at the moment. I can hobble about and bend my knee about 45 deg, so getting there!!
Thanks for the offer of sorting it for me, thats great mate. I need to save for one first before I can do anything, but when I get it, I'll take you up on the offer if it's still open!

If there is anything I can do for you any time, let me know. May take me a while to hobble there though, lol.

Cheers mate!  :y