Good evening all, I havent had need to ask for help for a while but my new Omega is doing my head in!!
Ok, i will start from the begining and be as honest as I can.
My old silver Omega has been dropping to bits for a while now but I realy love her so I decided to buy another one to use while I fix all the problems on the silver one over the winter. I wanted a diesel again and saw a black 2.2DTi for sale with a suspected blown turbo, it was cheap and had recently had new brakes a new clutch and new tyres so I thought id give it a go as used turbos aren't expensive and to be honest i doubted it was the turbo. The previous owner said the battery was almost flat and that he couldnt get it started, so when we put a jump pack on it we were suprised when it fired up and seemed ok. Driving home the engine was quiet and quite lively compared to my silver one but then it started to go flat and the engine management light came on and the oil light started flickering so we stopped and got the breakdown to bring us home. When we got back the car started again and no warning lights were on so I drove it round the block and home on to the drive. The next morning I had a good look under the bonet and there was a lot of oil around the injector area and the EGR valve so I gave the area a good spray with gunk and removed and cleaned the EGR valve. I checked the oil levels and found that it was well
over filled with oil! I wondered if the oil light was flickering because it was warning of over fill? (dont know if they do that?) anyway, I changed the oil filter and dropped and changed the oil. The area round the oil filter was covered in old oil so in my wisdom I decied to use the power washer on a low setting to clean the block. I realise this was probably a bad idea but with the gunk it cleaned up a treat. The car started after ok and i took it for a spin round the block but again the engine light came on and it went flat again so I though maybe the turbo is on its way. I decided to get a friend who has a garage business to put tech 2 on the car just to be sure the fault didnt lie elsewhere. He couldnt come for 5 days and so on the moring before he came I tried to start the car. It wouldn't start for ages then when it did it sounded like it was running on 2 cylinders -Great! when my friend arrived at dinner time it woulnt start at all, and Tech 2 showed dozens of faults so he had to clear them all and get the car started for a fresh set of results. Eventualy we got it to start but it was shaking and clattering and yet didnt show any faults on Tech 2!!!! My mate said the fuel smelt wrong and was contaminated so i drained the tank and put fresh fuel in and charged the battery. A few hours later it started easily so I thought the fuel was the problem but on reving the engine it sounded like it was knocking and there is loads of blue/light grey smoke from the exhaust. It feels like its running on 3 cylinders and i dont know if its a big/little end or an injector or if I've damaged the diesel pumps ECU with the water and upset the timing or what has happened but its not the turbo and when I drove it at purchase it was quiet and normal. I have posted 2 videos on YouTube if anyone can view them and help I would appreciate it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE81e472gf0http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8Joe3dZRRIThanks Guys
