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General Discussion Area / Re: Is anyone watching Homeland?
« on: 02 April 2012, 20:20:22 »
Seen the whole series, very good, can't wait to see what happens in series 2
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 25 March 2012, 13:11:57 »
Glad someone else is as OCD as me. Was out with toothbrush, nail brush and a wallpaper brush yesterday cleaning all the green crap of my car. You could have put seeds in the roof gutters and have had two lovely window boxes of flowers growing with all the crap that was in there.
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Omega General Help / Re: No Throttle Respense
« on: 18 February 2012, 23:40:37 »
Thanks for the quick replies guys, I'll be contacting the dealer first thing on Monday.
Just a few other details that might help diagnose the problem. When the fault occurs the engine idles higher than normal at around 1200 RPM and there is a very slight drop when the accelerator pedal is pushed to the floor which would imply that the pedal is sending a signal. The other thing I have noticed is when you turn the key in the ignition until the dash lights come on but before you start the engine there is a low whining sound like a fuel pump noise. If I wait until this noise stops before attempting to start the car the throttle works, is it something daft I'm doing when I'm starting the car?
Just a few other details that might help diagnose the problem. When the fault occurs the engine idles higher than normal at around 1200 RPM and there is a very slight drop when the accelerator pedal is pushed to the floor which would imply that the pedal is sending a signal. The other thing I have noticed is when you turn the key in the ignition until the dash lights come on but before you start the engine there is a low whining sound like a fuel pump noise. If I wait until this noise stops before attempting to start the car the throttle works, is it something daft I'm doing when I'm starting the car?
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Omega General Help / No Throttle Respense
« on: 18 February 2012, 22:58:06 »
HI Folks, Newbie here with a problem.
I've been lurking for the last couple of weeks since taking ownership of a 2002 2.2 CD Auto and have picked up a lot of useful information. Car is a minter but has an irritating intermittent fault, it starts fine but I've absolutely no response when pressing down the accelerator pedal.
I've tried searching but to be honest there seems to be so many possible reasons that I'm confused.
Shortly after I picked up the car from the dealer the car with the spanner light came on and would disappear when the car was stopped and restarted. Went back to the dealer and arranged to have it looked at, in the meantime continued to drive the car and noticed the light would come on usually when cruising at around 1,500 RPM at 30 MPH. Sometimes it would come on within 5 minutes of setting off and other times it would be 25-30 minutes before coming on. Some journeys would be fine with no light but this was rare, most times the light would come on. Then the problem with no throttle appeared.
Dealer took the car and had codes read, said it was the Throttle Body was the problem. He didn't tell me the exact codes and after a lengthy wait eventually sourced a replacement Throttle Body. Picked up the car on Friday and everything seemed fine, car starts fine and no light coming on. However just been out tonight and the no throttle problem has returned.
Hoping some of you helpful knowledgeable people will know what's causing this and can offer some advise on a fix. Really love the car and would hate to have to ask for my money back and go looking for something else as there's not many nice Omegas found where I live.
Maurice
I've been lurking for the last couple of weeks since taking ownership of a 2002 2.2 CD Auto and have picked up a lot of useful information. Car is a minter but has an irritating intermittent fault, it starts fine but I've absolutely no response when pressing down the accelerator pedal.
I've tried searching but to be honest there seems to be so many possible reasons that I'm confused.
Shortly after I picked up the car from the dealer the car with the spanner light came on and would disappear when the car was stopped and restarted. Went back to the dealer and arranged to have it looked at, in the meantime continued to drive the car and noticed the light would come on usually when cruising at around 1,500 RPM at 30 MPH. Sometimes it would come on within 5 minutes of setting off and other times it would be 25-30 minutes before coming on. Some journeys would be fine with no light but this was rare, most times the light would come on. Then the problem with no throttle appeared.
Dealer took the car and had codes read, said it was the Throttle Body was the problem. He didn't tell me the exact codes and after a lengthy wait eventually sourced a replacement Throttle Body. Picked up the car on Friday and everything seemed fine, car starts fine and no light coming on. However just been out tonight and the no throttle problem has returned.
Hoping some of you helpful knowledgeable people will know what's causing this and can offer some advise on a fix. Really love the car and would hate to have to ask for my money back and go looking for something else as there's not many nice Omegas found where I live.
Maurice