Omega Owners Forum
Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: ada-v on 16 January 2007, 21:38:59
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is there a definitive chane over age for omega engines?????
i ask because i think my dispack is on its way out (pinking to hell and have already had the plugs n leads done) but not sre which one to get.
was told, the way to check them is the early ones have a electric plug with a metal clip on, but the later ones have a cerated rubber shroud around the electric plug, but i have pulled the wiper shroud off to see if i can see down the back of the engine and cant see a fappin thing.
so, can i tell iff mine would be the later type (rubber plug) or the early type (metal clip type holder) just by the fact its a '97 model??
cheers anyone
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For DIS packs, I don't believe there is. It is most likely one of the 2 vertically mounted ones, but afaik, you will have to remove to check :(
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Any dash lights? Could be a knock sensor failing. Are you suffering from power loss? Pinking is a spark timing issue rather than no / poor spark
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yes captain,loss of power and pinking.
but no dash lights.
reckon it might be a sensor problem then and not the p[ack?
where is the knock sensor located?
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yes captain,loss of power and pinking.
but no dash lights.
reckon it might be a sensor problem then and not the p[ack?
where is the knock sensor located?
Does the EML come on when you turn on ignition? (car is new to you iirc, wondering if previous owner removed bulb)
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yes matey.
lights come on as normal when the ignition is first turned on, but doesnt stay on
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Hmm, HT side, or air leak on intake would be where I would check first....
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cheers dood.
got a guy coming round to work tomorrow to take a look at it.
only time i get this week is after 6p and its bloody dark by then.lol
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cheers dood.
got a guy coming round to work tomorrow to take a look at it.
only time i get this week is after 6p and its bloody dark by then.lol
lol, and cold...
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and wet.lol
like last night when i was trying to get a look at the dispac to tryto see which i have and i slipped n went head first into the engine bay. lol
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and wet.lol
like last night when i was trying to get a look at the dispac to tryto see which i have and i slipped n went head first into the engine bay. lol
LOL, wish I'd seen that!
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ok.
had the guy come out to look at the old girl and the prognosis isnt great.
firtsly, dispac is fekked (this was resoundingly confirmed when i came out of work and could hardly get enough drive to move, even tho it started alright)
but, and this is the worst part, he also reckons theres a chance a valve has gone too.
i am not a very happy chappy. :(
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ok.
had the guy come out to look at the old girl and the prognosis isnt great.
firtsly, dispac is fekked (this was resoundingly confirmed when i came out of work and could hardly get enough drive to move, even tho it started alright)
but, and this is the worst part, he also reckons theres a chance a valve has gone too.
i am not a very happy chappy. :(
A valve? As in inlet/exhaust valve? Get a compression test done before beleiving that...
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gutted and p1553d off.
thought i would get it checked out before i spent money on the dispac, so called the guy who checked it yesterday and he happily came round this morning to do a compression test (said he would if i stripped it ready for him, which was nice, and for free) andhe confirmed a valve has gone in the left head.
only had the fekking thng for a week.
this is really testing my love affair with vauxhalls.
think i might go back to my 406. :o(
so nayway, its being striped and bits available in the parts section.
thanks for all your advice THEBOY! and everyone else.