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Omega General Help / Re: CO emissions MOT fail

« on: 15 June 2016, 19:00:07 »

Ok thanks all

I would agree regarding the exhaust leaks if the lambda was off 

Is the engine up to temperature ok and stat ok?

Yeah as far as I'm aware.

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Omega General Help / CO emissions MOT fail

« on: 15 June 2016, 17:51:58 »

Hi, so my '96 2.0 X20XEV estate hasn't got through on emissions. The garage have changed spark plugs, cam cover gasket (they said it was leaking) and have put in fuel (Petrol Magic) and oil (Stop Smoke) additives.
Latest results read
1st fast idle test-

CO 0.59% FAIL
HC 161 ppm PASS
Lambda 1.027 PASS

2nd fast idle test-

CO 0.61% FAIL
HC 131 ppm PASS
Lambda 1.026 PASS

Natural Idle test

CO 0.5% PASS

A new cat is probably the brute force method to get it through unless anyone has other suggestions?

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Omega General Help / Paperclip 0130

« on: 07 October 2013, 22:52:30 »

After starting up from reasonably warm I was finishing a text when the idling got a little lumpy and the engine warning light came on.
Turned off and back on again and it didn't appear again and ran ok.
Got home did paper clip got 0130

P0130       02 Sensor Circuit Voltage Higr
P0130       02 Sensor Circuit Voltage Low
P0130       02 Sensor Range/Performance

What could it generally be and am I ok to drive it 44 miles tomorrow?
Had a new cat put in back in June and last year a new MAF I think.
Thanks guys.

Edit: It's a 2.0 16v X20XEV estate

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Omega General Help / Re: MOT fail - not sure what to do

« on: 12 June 2012, 22:04:25 »

The soap opera continues...

Was talking to a garage who were not surprised the big H failed it, and they said to just bring it in so they could have a look at whether they were real issues. Their technician did the exhaust thing and thinks it needs a new oxygen sensor, not a new cat. 

The light bulb in the headlamp unit just needs turning around he said.

The corrosion issue he reckons 'they always put that' and just needs a bit of smoothing, although he didn't inspect this.

Should have a track rod arrive for me tomorrow anyway, from OmegaSpareParts.

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Omega General Help / Re: MOT fail - not sure what to do

« on: 12 June 2012, 15:00:28 »

Busy at work but thanks for the replies and PM.
I spent a lot of money on it last month, for reasons I don't wanna go into right now (me being an idiot the main one), thinking there wasn't anything too wrong with the rest of the car.

The headlamps are the refractor type i.e. not clear see-thru to a projector bulb (mine aren't xenon).
I guess it's not good to have different headlamp units?

This is the CO result. They just said it was the cat, I don't think they did anything to determine it was that on it's own or not.

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Omega General Help / Re: MOT fail - not sure what to do

« on: 12 June 2012, 00:05:02 »

-£17 for wipers             Vx cheaper iirc
-£123 for track rod          Febi bilstein from factors
-£68 for brake hoses.      Rubber? Breakers here
-£240 for a headlamp unit.    Breakers here, or depo copy £80, or fix the adjusters

What engine?
-£250 for a cat                Do not fit pattern cats they are all shite. Breakers on here...although this needs further investigation.

Sorry, they were the small steel pipes towards the rear  - 2.0 16V estate.
What sort of cat would your typical tyre/exhaust place fit?
Where is this breakers you speak of?

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Omega General Help / MOT fail - not sure what to do

« on: 11 June 2012, 23:44:00 »

Took the Omega for a half price MOT at an 'auto centre' of a place beginning with 'Hal' and ending in 'fords' 

They passed it first time last year but with a list of advisories that went to the moon and back.
Anyway, it failed on
-split wiper
-excessive play in RH track rod (was an advisory last year)
-corroded brake pipes (as above)
-LH headlight beam not precise enough
-CO emission fail at 0.8 v. 0.3%

Now I know you all need a laugh so here are the prices they quoted to repair
-£17 for wipers
-£123 for track rod
-£68 for brake hoses
-£240 for a headlamp unit
-£250 for a cat

I hear council run MOTs are better cos they have no vested interest in failing you/selling you s**t.
Could possibly go there tomorrow for a second opinion to see what is actually really a concern. Would that be worth it?

In any case I'm thinking of just getting the main costly parts off the internet and getting them fit on.
Any other thoughts?

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Omega General Help / Re: Coolant issue; gurgling noise, leak

« on: 04 June 2012, 19:01:29 »

Thanks 

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Omega General Help / Coolant issue; gurgling noise, leak

« on: 04 June 2012, 18:53:17 »

Recently had some work done on my X20XEV where the head gasket has been replaced amongst a few other things.
The mechanic guy did say afterwards to keep an eye on the coolant level cos things being moved around might affect it.

Today after a journey I was still sat in the car after having turned the engine off. After about a minute I could hear a gurgling noise from somewhere in the engine bay. I got out the car and had a look around and saw a some liquid dripping from the front right corner of the car. Smelling it, it wasn't ordinary water. Opened the bonnet and there was liquid coming from the cap on the expansion tank. The level was on the line though.

Any ideas as to what's going on?

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Omega General Help / Any warning with cambelts?

« on: 23 May 2011, 15:10:19 »

My last cambelt + tensioners change was at 72,000 miles around spring 2006.  I'm on 102,000 miles at the moment.  Being proper about it I guess I should get it done but I'm trying to conserve £s these days...
Am I ok for a little while?

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Omega General Help / Re: Air con problem

« on: 20 May 2011, 18:34:50 »

I've been thinking about doing a DIY regas, would you still recommend that?

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Omega General Help / Re: Crack before catalyst on 2.0 16v

« on: 20 May 2011, 20:08:38 »

It was Tyreland http://www.tyreland.co.uk/tyreland_southampton.php
Never believed in coincidences myself

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Omega General Help / Crack before catalyst on 2.0 16v

« on: 20 May 2011, 19:06:56 »

Took my car to get a new tyre and alignment done today, and the mechanic guy called me over to look underneath the car to show me how much misaligned it was, then he also pointed out that the exhaust had kinda split before where the catalyst is.
I later got quoted £150 for the whole job which would include the section from the manifold.
Getting in the car afterwards I noticed the exhaust note was a lot noisier than when I drove in, so I went back to get an explanation as to how it only started sounding like that after being in their hands. They said it coulda gone any time as it was cracking over time. Hmmm.
Does the quote and work sound right?

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Omega General Help / Re: Non-starting 2.0 16v

« on: 16 January 2011, 23:52:52 »

Should be about 4.5 litres why go half way up the dipstick?

And how does this sort your current problem?? :-/

Ok, I forget what the amount is in your typical large bottle.

I thought a sump might be identifiable by that. I saw the crank sensors are different depending on the sump:
http://www.vauxcentre.co.uk/index.php?product_id=484928&option=Prod_detail&image_id=189513
http://www.vauxcentre.co.uk/index.php?product_id=484931&option=Prod_detail&image_id=189517

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Omega General Help / Re: Non-starting 2.0 16v

« on: 16 January 2011, 18:53:30 »

Thanks peeps. Put some petrol in and no luck so it's not that.
Apart from getting under there with a magnet is there a quicker way of knowing if it's a steel or aluminium sump? I know it swallows a 5 litre bottle of oil when refilling that takes it halfway up the dipstick.