Omega Owners Forum
Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: kris9128 on 21 September 2008, 18:01:14
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hi all. need to pick your brains for a little while. have a slightly annoying fault on the abs ecu. the fault only happens once the engine gets upto running temp then comes and goes at will. have dis/re-conected ecu but faults is still there. any body got any ideas.
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Do you mean ABS & TC lights come on? Is speedo still working at the time they're on?
Suggest this is a knackered ABS ECU - it won't get any better only worse! Search for ABS ECU - there's lots of help/comment on here.
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Do you mean ABS & TC lights come on? Is speedo still working at the time they're on?
Suggest this is a knackered ABS ECU - it won't get any better only worse! Search for ABS ECU - there's lots of help/comment on here.
lose speedo, cruise, tc,abs and power steering at same time. it only started recently when i fitted new alternator. vx think i disturbed somthing whilst disconnecting battery but want to charge fortunes to fix it. always like to get a second opinion where vx dealers are concerned tho.
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Hi Kris,
That happened to mine when I used jump leads once. Vx will charge a fortune for a new ABS ECU.
However there's a company in Kent that will rebuild them for around £130 if my memory serves me right. The downside is that it takes the car off the road for a few days as you have to take it out and post it off to them, but thats better than the ££££££££££'s that Vx will happily charge......
Can't remember what the company is called offhand, but a search on here should uncover it, if you have no joy get back to me and I'll go through my receipts.
Good Luck
Steve ;)
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Other option is to buy second hand one (I paid about £40 for one). Best to get one off exactly same year & model as yours else will require reprogging with Tech2.
Confirm you will lose anything "speed related" - thats power steering + cruise.
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Have a look at this post - may help - http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1221411004
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Give bba-reman a ring .. they sorted mine out.. couriered the knackered one to them on Monday, they rang with the test results and a price for fixing Wednesday, after giving the go-ahead the unit arrived back on the Friday
01634 687222
That was 15 months ago, cost was £130 ... well impressed :y :y
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i have problem with my omega also,x20xev.
abs light come on ,but speedo and cruise is working.All working but light is on.Today i will go to opel service :(
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i have problem with my omega also,x20xev.
abs light come on ,but speedo and cruise is working.All working but light is on.Today i will go to opel service :(
The common ABS fault only seems to affect 1998 and later cars. As yours is a 1997, I would get a tester plugged in and go from there.
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i have problem with my omega also,x20xev.
abs light come on ,but speedo and cruise is working.All working but light is on.Today i will go to opel service :(
Most likely to be a front wheel sensor at a guess.
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As a general thing, having now taken one of these faulty modules apart, I can not see much that could be serviced on them as the main PCB is a true hybrid so pretty much un-touchable!.
There are two relays that might be an issue plus a load of welded type contacts which have also been known to be problematic.
So, if anybody has a failed unit I would like to try a repair on one of these (the original one I have has been sacrificed to get this far!)
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As a general thing, having now taken one of these faulty modules apart, I can not see much that could be serviced on them as the main PCB is a true hybrid so pretty much un-touchable!.
There are two relays that might be an issue plus a load of welded type contacts which have also been known to be problematic.
So, if anybody has a failed unit I would like to try a repair on one of these (the original one I have has been sacrificed to get this far!)
On a 1996 2.0l which tech2 said ECU failed, I managed to get it working (as a temp fix) by taping relays with screwdriver handle. As far as I know, it lasted some time, probably still is OK. So sticky relays does sound a possibility.
From memory, think it was Nixoro's car, so if he is still around to comment?