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dead stop
« on: 16 January 2010, 20:20:07 »
right here we go. driving along today without warning the ol 3.0l just stopped. pushed it to a layby waited 10mins and it restarted drove for 200yrds stopped again and just kept doing this. got towed home and it ran on tickover all the way bout 15miles and stopped again waited 10mins and it restarted? any ideas! iam looking at either crank sensor or dispack?  its a 3.0l mv6 auto est. >:(
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Re: dead stop
« Reply #1 on: 16 January 2010, 20:21:29 »
dose it have any fault codes?
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Re: dead stop
« Reply #2 on: 16 January 2010, 20:24:06 »
no fault codes.
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Re: dead stop
« Reply #3 on: 16 January 2010, 20:25:11 »
faulty dis pack then would say.
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Re: dead stop
« Reply #4 on: 16 January 2010, 20:25:29 »
My money's on a crank sensor ...

Paperclip it ...   

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1189022687

and I expect a code 19
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Re: dead stop
« Reply #5 on: 16 January 2010, 20:30:51 »
so looks like i have the choice but as its all on that side will change both got a dispack i thing am ordering sensor on monday from autovaux{dam good people}
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Re: dead stop
« Reply #6 on: 16 January 2010, 20:34:51 »
Blocked fuel filter?
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Re: dead stop
« Reply #7 on: 16 January 2010, 20:36:40 »
got fuel filter to go on as well.
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Re: dead stop
« Reply #8 on: 16 January 2010, 21:02:28 »
Just make sure its a Genuine VX part and not a new for vauxhall pattern part as these tend to fail pretty quickly  :y
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Re: dead stop
« Reply #9 on: 16 January 2010, 21:08:50 »
I'd go with crank sensor, if it was the dis pack it might be down a couple of cylinders :y
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Re: dead stop
« Reply #10 on: 16 January 2010, 21:09:49 »
My money's on crank sensor.
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Re: dead stop
« Reply #11 on: 16 January 2010, 21:12:10 »
thats what i keep steering towards.
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Re: dead stop
« Reply #12 on: 16 January 2010, 21:12:59 »
if dis pack as crack in it they work for a bit then stop takes about ten min for them to work again.
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Re: dead stop
« Reply #13 on: 16 January 2010, 21:14:42 »
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if dis pack as crack in it they work for a bit then stop takes about ten min for them to work again.
All the ones i've ever replaced (and its quite a few) tend to cause a miss fire but the car still runs.
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Re: dead stop
« Reply #14 on: 16 January 2010, 21:15:43 »
will see when scuttle is off tommorow and start to look.
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