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[eliteomegaman]

Good morning all what a glorious day! 

A friend of mine has a problem which i thought i'd share with you, the experts!
He has a 2000 new shape 2.5 omega & the speedo has started to play up. This has only just started & it's intermittent. It suddenly stops & the traction control & abs light comes on BUT the car still drives fine, then the speedo comes on again after a few miles  :-/

Anyone got any ideas & solutions  :-?

[Jimbob]

Sounds very much like the ABS ECU is dying 

[eliteomegaman]

Oops that sounds like an expensive repair job 

Cheers for that 

[Proz]

Yes as above its the ABS ecu .... i belive they can be refurbed though for around £130 if i recall .... cant remember which company that does it though .
Im sure someone will tell us who it is shortly though 

[Entwood]

Yes as above its the ABS ecu .... i belive they can be refurbed though for around £130 if i recall .... cant remember which company that does it though .
Im sure someone will tell us who it is shortly though 

I had mine done through BBA-Reman, very pleased .. MDTM knows of another place as well.

IIRC options are :

1. New from VX £600 ish plus a tech2 session to set up

2. Second hand .. needs to be from same engine type/size/model year or will also need a tech2 to setup

3. Repair.... around £130 ish with a warranty, no tech2 needed as it is "your" ECU

Sent mine monday , got it back friday .. this was on the old car about 3 years back.

HTH

[eliteomegaman]

Thanks for your excellant advise Proz & Entwood. I'll pass this on. Cheers 

[henryd]

Yes as above its the ABS ecu .... i belive they can be refurbed though for around £130 if i recall .... cant remember which company that does it though .
Im sure someone will tell us who it is shortly though 

I had mine done through BBA-Reman, very pleased .. MDTM knows of another place as well.

IIRC options are :

1. New from VX £600 ish plus a tech2 session to set up

2. Second hand .. needs to be from same engine type/size/model year or will also need a tech2 to setup

3. Repair.... around £130 ish with a warranty, no tech2 needed as it is "your" ECU

Sent mine monday , got it back friday .. this was on the old car about 3 years back.

HTH

ecutesting.com    I believe

[tigers_gonads]

i know that this is a comon fault
what is the "repair" that they do to the ecu ?
is it " dry joints " on the circuit board or do they replace componants ?

[Entwood]

Its a "specialist" resolder job I believe ... some while back there was a thread with a picture of the internals that showed the fault. Microscopic wires and not a lot of room + the joints are packed in something if memory serves.... certainly not a job for most home soldering irons !!!

I'll see if I can find the thread

EDIT :

Not the thread I thought of .. but this might suffice ..

Post #5

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1265622074


BTW .. if MDTM says he can't do it (post #10) ... then it needs a miracle worker !!!!   

[albitz]

I might enquire if its possible to do this where I work. I wouldnt be surprised if it is. If so, a possible cheaper alternative for OOFers ??
Will report back when I find out.