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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Webby the Bear on 01 April 2013, 19:18:27
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Hi gays, I mean guys...
Well had to replace the disspac today as part of the narrowing down of the fuel consumption issue (been a while I know but been sooo busy).
Anyway, I removed it and decided to relocate it. I don't care what anyone says... this is difficult to remove. I'm cut to shreds and lost my swivel socket twice. I did intend to put it back but though f..k that i'll simply relocate. a bit of thought went in to the location and the routing of the leads an I think ive got it to a point where none of them are touching anything hot and are protected where needed with wire protector sleeve thingys.....
(http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/ee402/webbybear1/disreplace_zpse664f140.jpg)
And the bonnet shuts well too so winner all round I reckon :y
Anyhow on relocation of the diss pac I decided to pop out the HT leads and since my compression test which was only a few weeks ago there is a little bit of oil on pass side 2 and 4 ht lead. now its only a little bit and there was no oil in the wells (like when mine went before and filled every well with oil ::)) but is this an indication the pass side's on its way out and should be replaced?
cheers :y
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On the "posher" Omega, we have something called a coil pack. ;D ;)
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On the "posher" Omega, we have something called a coil pack. ;D ;)
::) ;D
well either way that's where its farkin' well staying! ;D ;D ;D
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oh the other thing I had to do to make space was remove the filler neck and have the cap directly on the cc cover. the ''coil pack'' lol now sits nicely where this used to be :y
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Have you fabricated some mounting bracket for it ? as imagine it does have the tendancy to move around abit otherwise
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Have you fabricated some mounting bracket for it ? as imagine it does have the tendancy to move around abit otherwise
no mate. i'm going to drive it about a bit, see if theres any movement but for now its cable tied in place :y
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I'd advise putting it back where it came from, as its then out of the way, and secure.
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Over the life time (generally) you only need to change it once, afters it's been swapped its very unlikely in the ownership of the car you will be back there.
Its tucked out of the way, secure & won't move it's original position.
Where you have it, it's going to move around a lot, get in the way during oil changed and subject to much more road muck and grime.
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I relocated mine too.
It now sits just below the airbox.
(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b9/daymurphy/20120514_204535.jpg)
The HT leads can be routed below the top plenum to keep it tidy too.
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cheers boys. Ill see how it goes. So far no noise. And i can easily get to the cam cover for oil change :-) does anyone know if i need to do the pass. Side cam cover gasket? As mentioned its just a tiny bit of oil on the leads. :)
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nice one Murph. I remember that pic you posted showing it below the air box. I'd like to do that and fabricate a securing plate or something. But how did you extend the connector going to the coil pack? :-)
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I used four lengths of wire of different colours with small spade connectors, male one end and female the other end.
Bound up with electrical tape then routed out of the way so it doesn't cause any problems then plugged in, being careful to connect the right wire to the right pin.
A computer hard drive power plug (molex type) can be used at the dispack end.
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I used four lengths of wire of different colours with small spade connectors, male one end and female the other end.
Bound up with electrical tape then routed out of the way so it doesn't cause any problems then plugged in, being careful to connect the right wire to the right pin.
A computer hard drive power plug (molex type) can be used at the dispack end.
any chance of a photo murph? :y
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Put it back and seal the scuttle , it wont break again even if it was a pattern part ;D They dont like to take a shower very often :P
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//Kiss of death to the Silver Bullet
My MV6 is on its original DIS at 199k. And thats LPG, thus needs good HT
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I will get a pic in the morning for you fella.
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nice one Murph :-) to be honest its not to do with the replacement every one hundred thousand miles. It was more to do with if i wired it up wrong then I'd have to strip down and do it all again. This way when i need to clean breathers i disconnect and flop to one side and proceed as normal
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Aaah well that bit is easy.
Say you use 4 wires: you probably won't have the same colours as the original wiring but thats OK as long as you have a black one. Maybe you have red green blue and black.
Gently peel back the insulation on the dispack plug and note the wire colours. at one end or the other there will be a black wire.
Plug them in to the wiring at the bulkhead making sure to note the order, starting with the black which is your key.
You now go the dispack and plug them in in the same order with the black in its correct position.
You will be able to see by the shape of the plug which way round to do this, e.g when the curve of the plug is at the top the black is the first wire.
As long as you stick to the same order of colours one of two things will happen - either the car will start or it won't.
If it does then congrats - you're done.
If not, unplug the wires from the dispack and reverse the order - it's easier than you think to get it the wrong way round. Once done, the car will start.
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surely if going this way why not cut/extend wires that way you got the plug too :y
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For my part, I wanted to leave the wiring unmolested so I could go back to the standard configuration later if I want to.
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well if you not bothered to leave it in stock position and going through all that work to move it -you might as well make it permanent-I cant do that with mine as where you place your coil pack is were my vaporiser sits
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Can't fault your reasoning there, although in my case the mod was necessary.
My coil pack had failed and the only spare I had was from a cavalier and that didn't fit on the OE bracket, so I had to come up with an alternative.
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Can't fault your reasoning there, although in my case the mod was necessary.
My coil pack had failed and the only spare I had was from a cavalier and that didn't fit on the OE bracket, so I had to come up with an alternative.
The Cav/early Omega V6 bracket simply bolts to the rear of the head. :y
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True, but when I scrapped the Cav (long before I bought the Mega) I didnt keep the bracket.