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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Using a gps to play mp3s

« on: 27 January 2009, 23:31:19 »

I have a garmin nuvi GPS unit which has a headphone audio out jack on it along with a sd card slot to load mp3s.

Does anyone know of a way to connect that to my Bose stereo and play songs from the GPS ?

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Omega General Help / Re: back breaks

« on: 14 December 2009, 18:46:59 »

Ok I didnt know that, I guess ill just jack it up and see what I can find.
Thanks!

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Omega General Help / Re: back breaks

« on: 14 December 2009, 17:02:56 »

Sorry I meant Back BRAKES =)

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Omega General Help / back breaks

« on: 14 December 2009, 16:28:06 »

my 2001 catera has no back brakes but my emergency brake works fine. Just wondering if anyone has encountered this problem before.

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Omega General Help / Re: 3.0 24v Behaving badly

« on: 10 December 2009, 12:21:15 »

I would also check what happens when you unhook the plug to the maf sensor see if it runs better

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Omega General Help / Re: 1997 maf sensor and 2001

« on: 10 December 2009, 02:40:39 »

Well I got the new MAF sensor and it is the exact same thing on a 2005 saturn l300 as it is on a 2001 catera. paid 80$ after turning in mine for a core charge.
plugged it in and reset my codes the car is running fine now. THANK GOD! and thank you guys for helping.

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Omega General Help / Re: 1997 maf sensor and 2001

« on: 08 December 2009, 02:08:13 »

Well i found out that if you buy a maf sensor its like 175 bucks for a new one, however if you goto autozone and buy a maf for a 2005 l300 saturn its the exact same thing with same part numbers and from same manufacturer for 75$. Im just going to buy one of those and try it out instead of testing the other one out.

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Omega General Help / 1997 maf sensor and 2001

« on: 08 December 2009, 01:00:16 »

Can i use the 1997 maf sensor on my 2001 v6 catera?

I have recent found my car running very bad sounded like a vacuum leak but after going through it very well and taking the plenum off and all i just cant see that being the problem.

However I did find that by removing the plug to the Maf sensor it runs better, I dont know if this proves that it is defective or not but i do have another one off a 1997, just want to make sure that it wont harm anything, the plugs look the same, and the sensor looks awefully similar too, just not exact.
 
Any thoughts?

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Omega General Help / Re: I have a 2001 and a 1997

« on: 07 December 2009, 09:00:01 »

No I havnt maybe thats what I should do!

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Omega General Help / Re: I have a 2001 and a 1997

« on: 07 December 2009, 06:16:51 »

I have my own actron obd II autoscanner thats giving me the codes, do i still need to do the paper clip test?

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Omega General Help / Re: I have a 2001 and a 1997

« on: 07 December 2009, 05:51:51 »

3.0 v6, however i did read somewhere else that i might have problems swapping different years because they changed alot of sensors and the orientation that the positive and negative are on the plugs

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Omega General Help / Re: I have a 2001 and a 1997

« on: 07 December 2009, 05:46:02 »

Ok I dont know what the problem is however this is where it all started.

I had to change the valve cover gaskets because it was leaking oil on the exhaust manifold. After doing that the car ran ok however it surged rpms while at idle from like 800 to 2200 rpm.

I thought it was a vac leak but went though it several times and sprayed everything down several times with wd40 and starter fluid. I could not get the engine to idle any differently while doing this and cant find a vac line off or broke. I still dont know if its this because it sure seems like it but i cant find it!

Now my battery needed replaced so i got a new one put it in and it reset my codes.
Well the car is idling very bad now and it takes a good 20 minutes of turning it back on after it stalls to finally get it to stay running. It will stay running but idles at around 400 rpm.

I did put a tester on it and one time it showed my maf sensor on it. But after clearing the codes again and trying to find a vacuum leak the maf sensor code hasnt come back. However I am getting codes for random multiple cylinder misfires on 1,2,3,5.

I cant figure out what to do I dont have the money to replace till i get it right.

maf sensor?
throttle position sensor?
idle position sensor?
and whatever else it could be.


Any ideas?

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Omega General Help / I have a 2001 and a 1997

« on: 07 December 2009, 04:09:12 »

the 1997 motor runs fine but the tranny is bad, the 2001 motor is having all kinds of trouble but the tranny is good. I was wondering if it would be easier for me to just swap the motors. would I have any big problems doing that if i also swapped the computers in them?
I just cannot find the vac leak or whatever it is causing me so much grief for the last 2 years and its just getting worse.

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Omega General Help / Re: Idle problems

« on: 27 August 2009, 17:43:57 »

Sounds a little scary however maybe I can find some diagram that shows all the vacuum lines. That would be awesome if thats all it was!

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Omega General Help / Re: Idle problems

« on: 27 August 2009, 17:09:45 »

I already tried the carb cleaner around the plenum and didnt find anything there, its really fustrating, I appreciate you guys trying to help.

I tried the pedal trick and mine doest do that, and I guess the paperclip test doesnt work however. I did use a code scanner and got these codes.

P0174 (system too lean(bank 2)
P0171 (system too lean(bank 1)
P1120 (manufacturer control fuel air metering)
P1220 (manufacturer control fuel air metering)
P0507 (Idle control system RPM High)


I guess I can try to see if I can find a used throttle position sensor and put it on and see if that does anything.