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Omega General Help / Re: ABS light still on after ECU change
« on: 25 April 2013, 23:03:40 »
Thanks for your advice.

Both ECUs were from 2 litre petrol manual Omegas, one a T reg, one a V reg. The V reg was working OK when scrapped. The numbers were not identical, but similar. On fitting each worked normally initially (ABS light on on turning on ignition, then going after 4 seconds, staying off on engine start, staying off on turning car in drive, then on driving out of drive and turning left down the hill light came on. On neither occasion did I see the light come on, but both events were amazingly similar.

How would I obtain an ECU with a more similar part number? Which part of the number is critical? Most of the numbers were the same. Both pump units were DF models.

I have been here before! IN 2007 my 3.2 ex police Omega behaved similarly. I bought a used ECU for a V6 manual from Steve Brown for £200, fitted it, and the fault remained. I took Steve's ECU off, sent it back for refund. and sent my ECU to ecutesting for repair. They said it was all right, sent it back, charged me a fee. I then replaced my old ECU, concluding fault lay elsewhere.

Swopped all the wheel sensors, no change. Then I checked the cogged wheels. The rear o/s cogged wheel was loose on the half shaft end and was sliding in and out of line with the sensor. I glued it in place with Araldite. Fault cured.

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Omega General Help / ABS light still on after ECU change
« on: 25 April 2013, 20:31:30 »
1999 T reg 2 litre petrol manual saloon
Having changed the ABS ECU to cure the ABS light on fault, muddled up my ECUs so changed it again, the fault is still there. I conclude the fault is elsewhere. Sensors? Cogged wheels? Cables? Please advise most likely.

Incidentally, changing the ABS ECU was not the heroic endeavour described in the maintenance guide. I am sure the experts on this forum do it a better way. I did it on a 2 litre this time, but the same technique works on the V6.

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Omega General Help / Re: ABS ECU faults and numbers
« on: 25 April 2013, 13:36:41 »
I checked with another spare ABS unit from a scrapped car (a T reg 3 litre), it too has the prongs on it, and they hold the wires from ECU to motor.

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Omega General Help / Re: ABS ECU faults and numbers
« on: 24 April 2013, 20:20:19 »
I have just noticed  a difference between the two ECUs. With them sitting with the labels on top and the 8 tubes facing me, 871113 has four prongs top left hand corner, possibly to hold a cable; 965560 lacks this feature.

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Omega General Help / ABS ECU faults and numbers
« on: 24 April 2013, 20:08:09 »
T reg 2 litre petrol manual saloon
This car had ABS light coming on, so today I changed the ABS ECU for one off a similar car I scrapped last year. I had put the new ECU on the pump block when I thought it would be good to get a photograph, so I removed it again. I took a photograph, then realised that I had two identical ECUs sitting on the bench. I did not know which was which. I gambled that the ECU with a little power steering fluid on it was the one I had removed, so I installed the other one.

Went for a test drive, and the ABS light came on. Bother.

I removed the ECU again. The spare ECU had come off a V reg car so presumably was the younger. The labels read as follows: The one I had installed read BOSCH and a bar code; on right 04527
on bottom 965560  0 273 205
The other (left on the bench) read BOSCH and a bar code, 43330 on right
and 871113  0  273  285

I suppose the fault could lie elsewhere, a sensor, cable or a cogged wheel.

Can someone tell me which of these ECUs is the older? Any ideas where the fault might lie? I have known sensors fail, cables fray (on front wheels) and the cogged wheels move about (back only). Would a Tech2 reading help?


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Omega General Help / Re: slight play in steering idler
« on: 24 April 2013, 08:47:56 »
Many thanks, Seth. That is what i will do.

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Omega General Help / slight play in steering idler
« on: 23 April 2013, 22:55:39 »
1999 manual 2 litre petrol saloon
This car is due for MOT and has 3mm play in the steering idler. Will it fail its MOT? What is the best way to rectify this fault? Pattern part, Vx part, used part?

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Omega General Help / Re: Waterproofing the scuttle
« on: 22 April 2013, 21:19:04 »
Have bought new washers, 81p each TC, and replaced. The centre washer was where the leak took place, so I sealed that with cam cover black sealant. Leak cured!

Thanks for all the good advice.

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Omega General Help / Re: Handbrake cable gaiters.
« on: 22 April 2013, 21:08:45 »
I should slacken off the cable adjuster, pull the inner cables out the wheel end, clean them, grease them, and readjust. Should last years more.
 If they do seize up, then change them. I always have spare pull off springs handy, they can be hard to get out, if they are I cut them off.
MOT testers love issuing advisory notes, it impresses Swansea. They always advise me 'sill covers fitted'. Seems hardly worth saying, but there you go. On another occasion he advised 'toe bar not fitted'. Quite true, I thought. I could list other things not fitted, but so what?

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Omega General Help / Re: camber angle adjustment
« on: 22 April 2013, 20:43:52 »
Thanks for the advice, ex taxi al. My nearest Wheels in Motion is at High Wycombe, 100 miles away. My local tyre dealer only does toe in, and that only if he can turn the track rod adjusters; mine seem to rust solid.

Apologies to OOF. When I posted I had not read the maintenance guide. I have now. Setting camber seems tedious, a trial and error job, and Haynes says requires a full tank of fuel and 70 kilos in each front seat. Do Wheels in Motion really do all that?

My rear track rods are rusted solid. Do they free them off, or just measure the rear track and report it?

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Omega General Help / camber angle adjustment
« on: 21 April 2013, 14:15:23 »
Over  many years I have found my Senator/Omega front tyres wearing unevenly, mainly on the inside; not necessarily both front tyres the same, and not either always left or right. I conclude the camber angle must vary.

As the suspension is lower wishbone and Mcpherson strut, the camber must vary with suspension movement. So I expect it to wear out both front tyres on both sides.

On my son Jonny's 2 litre petrol manual Omega it wears out o/s front tyres on the inside. Today I found the adjustment between the Mcpherson strut and the knuckle, and after a struggle managed to loosen the nuts and move the knuckle slightly, to lean the wheel outwards at the top. Time will tell if the tyre wear pattern has been changed.

I wonder what the laser alignment shops do. Haynes just says -1degree40' + or -45', maximum deviation left to right wheel 1degree. I'll think about that.

Please advise.

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Omega General Help / Re: Exhaust question
« on: 20 April 2013, 22:36:27 »
Changed exhaust on a 2 litre today. I have a MAPP gas torch which I used to heat the cat section to mid section screws to red heat; then I allowed to cool, sprayed with oil, and carefully unscrewed the screws. This gets them out intact; the nuts are 8mm I think, 13mm heads, 20mm long stainless steel. I use Loctite 5920 high temperature silicone from Halfords to seal the joint, and apply Copper Ease to the screws to facilitate removal next time.

If the screws do break off - very boring - I drill them out and use a nut and bolt to reassemble, like the Senators were from new.

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Thanks for advice. I have bought genuine Vx blade, fault cured.
I wish I had asked earlier.

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Omega General Help / Re: Q:Fuel flap hinge repair, Omega FL?
« on: 18 April 2013, 22:50:15 »
Plenty on e-bay, if you are lucky one in your colour, otherwise you may have to spray it. Beware, saloons and estate filler flaps are not interchangeable.

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I have a 1998 2 litre estate on which the rear screen wiper works perfectly. On my 2001 2.5 estate I cannot persuade the rear wiper blade to remain in contact with the screen  The spring at the base of the blade seems OK, and the rubber seems free in the holder, but the top of the blade does not remain in contact with the screen as it wipes. What is wrong with it?

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