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[neil.gale]

hi all,
i recently purchased a vauxhall omega 2.0l 16v auto after alot of minor problems i thought i was in the clear till last week i was sitting in traffic for about 30 minutes when the engine management light came on about 5 minutes after this it went out along with the radio,electric windows,mirrors,sunroof,interior lights, speedo, rev counter, fuel gauge and temperature gauge along with the fan on the radiator then 5 minutes after that she overheated and left me my wife and 3 kids at the side of the road not happy to say the least after calling the rac and being hooked up to a diagnostics machine i was told there is an open circuit and the man said that a plug has PROBABLY come off the back of the clocks has anyone ever heard of such a thing? and is this easy to resolve?
Neil.

[rustym95]

have not herd that one before but, is the fuse box fuse's blow'n one in car and one with the engine ecu ? if so tell us what fuse they are and may be able to help, you not the one that brocken down on road works in rotherham to day are you?

[neil.gale]

No it wasnt me in rotherham!
He did remove a relay  under the bonnet and short a circuit to get the fan working so i could drive home.
All the fuses are intact i checked and so did mr rac
he seemed to be convinced it was a loose plug as he kept bashing the clocks and dash with his fist and did say he would try and stick his arm up behind the dash to see if he could locate it but didint i have tried this but not had any luck
How hard is it to remove the clocks?
is it something i could do myself? dont really want to pay someone to put a plug back in if it is as simple as it sounds.

[rustym95]

if the windows and sun roof went with it would not think it was the cloocks, more like a main volt wire before it gets to the fuse box, dose the display still work?? is there any thing working?

[Andy H]

How hard is it to remove the clocks?

Quite straightforward if you have a tilting steering column. Instructions here http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1152618876

[Entwood]

Methinks Andy got his code wrong ...

you want this thread ..

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1192573381

[neil.gale]

all the back lights on the dash work fine just the actual clocks and warning lights that dont  :-/

[Ghost]

Its easy to remove the clocks, I belive only 4 screws and the only plugs i can think of are on the computer display. here is a link for the How to do it
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1192573381

I would also say do the paperclip test and see if it gives you any codes, if it does post them up and we can help with them Here is the link for that.
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1189022687

Have a look and see if you get anything.

[neil.gale]

the steering isnt ajustable

[rustym95]

dose the speedo drop when you start the engine, should drop down a bit, if it dose then there is power to it.

[PhilRich]

the steering isnt ajustable

Update your Profile so we can see where you are, someone close to you could offer 'hands on' help.

[neil.gale]

no speedo movement at all! 

[Andy H]

the steering isnt ajustable

With the tilting column it is (apparently) quite easy.

My last car didn't have a tilting column so I had to remove the plastic cowl on the column before I could get to the bottom retaining screw on the clocks. Once I had the clocks unplugged I couldn't get them out from behind the wheel. 

If re-seating the clocks fixes the problem then 

I ended up
- disconnecting the battery (within 15 seconds of switching ign off)
- removing airbag using long torx bit (a short one won't reach the screws)(allow at least 1 minute {some say 1 hour} after disconnecting battery before unplugging airbag)
- undid centre nut and then used steering wheel puller to remove steering wheel (and forgot about the big spring behind it so it hit me on the nose {again} )

Having said all that I think your problem is going to be caused by poor electrical connections or a faulty alternator or battery NOT the instrument cluster.

[Ghost]

you shouldnt need to remove the steering wheel.
Just take the colm cover off thats 2 / 3 screws from the bottom and 2 screws from the front then you can get the top part off no problem. no need to disconect battery.

[rustym95]

there is power then to the display lights, do you have head lights working? what relay did the rac take out? colour?