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[Wayne]

Hooray!! Got my car fixed! the pinking and poor running was the coil dis pack, also replaced the HT leads and put new spark plugs in

my mechanic bloke from my old village done it

Total bill was £349 all with parts and labour
I can honestly say its never run so smooth, on inspection, the dis pack was cracked and had water in it, how's that happen???!!

[Darth Loo-knee]

Sounds rather expensive ... But at least your sorted now

[Wayne]

im not sure about prices, but my usual mechanics mate who owns a garage wouldn't rip me off, he gets a lot of work from my family and friends....  apparently it was 2 hours labour at £60 an hour and then the parts, HT Leads, Spark Plugs and Coil Dis Pack....  total £349

[dbug]

£349 - thats excessive mate - recently done same on mine to cure misfire - dis pack, leads and plugs - cost nearer to £75 and 2 hours labour is about ok 

[MaxV6]

check your heater bypass valve.....     that's the usual way to get water in the dispack.   common fault.

[Wayne]

it's already had a new one last year

[Wayne]

Plus I'm not very good with cars, so had to pay lol

[omega3000]

Hooray!! Got my car fixed! the pinking and poor running was the coil dis pack, also replaced the HT leads and put new spark plugs in

my mechanic bloke from my old village done it

Total bill was £349 all with parts and labour
I can honestly say its never run so smooth, on inspection, the dis pack was cracked and had water in it, how's that happen???!!

Arhhh ....!! the dredded coil pack  glad you got it sorted , i replaced the same on mine 

[symes]

I agree-check plugs and leads-had missfire on mine one lead was corroded inside cap!!!??? If u want knock sensors and can take them off yaself come around here mate got 2.5 94 salloon here that am taking bits off before scrapping.

[Wayne]

Guys -  is this Normal?
picked up my car from mechanic tonight, got in and drove it 2 miles down the road... and then....Orange Engine management light came on!!!! i knew it was too good to be true!
it stayed on for 10 minutes and didn't go off, car was a bit lethargic and then the EML light went off and it drove like shit off a shovel, 120mph with no stress at all 

so...  could this be a one off EML light thingy? does this happen when you put a new coil dis pack, HT leads and spark plugs on the Omega?
i haven't paid the full bill of £349 yet, and im not gonna UNTIL this problem is sorted...

thoughts?

[Kevin Wood]

Check the engine codes again.

[Darth Loo-knee]

No it is not normal for the engine management light to come on after having dispack, leads and plug. Infact you dont get a fault code for a HT problems on 2.5 or 3.0's.
Like Kevin says check the fault codes now and see what they say.
The other thing you mechanic although he does all your family cars and you dont think he would rip you off I still think you have paid out far to much, unless he has fitted genuine parts.
Dispack £165
Leads £200
Plugs £25
Plus £120 for his labour

If you follow me

[Wayne]

He has indeed fitted genuine parts, I've got the receipt

[Darth Loo-knee]

It just sounds expensive Wayne when you can get probably the same quality parts for half the price.
We on here have seen it far to often and do try to help people not to over spend.

Hope you understand what I am trying to say

[albitz]

For example - you can get a perfectly good set of plug leads for around £35.
Some parts need to be genuine parts,others dont.Always best to seek advice from the forum first imo.