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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: katiecuppa on 19 September 2009, 18:29:00
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Hi all. I am a woman in distress, I am in Devon. No that is not the problem, the problem is my '97 Omega estate 2.5 v6. It is unwell. It has the common problem of dying once the engine is hot. It restarts after the engine has cooled, but prior to stalling the temp guage drops to 0 and the rev counter bounces all over the place. The engine will restart once cold. The previous owner changed the crank and cam sensors, the HT leads. The RAC plugged it in and the fault code was 31. Any ideas!!! I dearly want to drive the car for more than 10 minutes. I await your help with great anticipation. ;)
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A bit of a long shot here, but I've come across this before, and it was purely down to a duff main earth lead.
To eliminate/confirm, just get a jump-lead and connect one end firmly to, say, a manifold stud/nut, then firmly connect the other end to the negative terminal on the battery. See what happens.
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I'm no expert on the V6, but isn't code 31 crank sensor?
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I'm no expert on the V6, but isn't code 31 crank sensor?
Nope thats code 19
code 31 is no rpm, normal without engine running.
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I'm no expert on the V6, but isn't code 31 crank sensor?
No, 19 is.
31 is normal, means no RPM signal (codes were run with engine off)
First things first, clean the ICV!
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;D ;D ;D Myself and Rob posted that at exactly the same second
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;D ;D ;D Myself and Rob posted that at exactly the same second
Deleted mine :D :D :D
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;D ;D ;D Myself and Rob posted that at exactly the same second
Deleted mine :D :D :D
Ah ok, I was scrolling back through this thinking i had gone mad!! ;D
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Hi sounds like a ecu fault, is it the ecu with the heat switch on top says 85c-95c, now to be honest i dont know were u can get these from but u can remove it, but allso the crank sensor makes this fault turns off the engine dead, and when its cool'd down its back to being ok try paper clip test, :y
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Hi sounds like a ecu fault, is it the ecu with the heat switch on top says 85c-95c, now to be honest i dont know were u can get these from but u can remove it, but allso the crank sensor makes this fault turns off the engine dead, and when its cool'd down its back to being ok try paper clip test, :y
???? Shes quoted a fault code of 31 above.
Try the common fix first - clean, lube and reseat ICV.
Also check MAF connector for tightness.
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first things first, clean the ICV!
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Hi Guys, I have tried the paper clip test and the codes are now 19,73 and 74. Bloody RAC my cancellation of membership is in the post haha. Firstly I think the crankshaft sensor has to go. I replaced the MAF, it is either a dud or wiring problem. Here we go again. Thanks all for your advice so far. :)
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Hi Guys, I have tried the paper clip test and the codes are now 19,73 and 74. Bloody RAC my cancellation of membership is in the post haha. Firstly I think the crankshaft sensor has to go. I replaced the MAF, it is either a dud or wiring problem. Here we go again. Thanks all for your advice so far. :)
Code 19 is the crank sensor so I would replace that first with a genuine Vauxhall one. I bet the other codes clear when you've replaced the crank sensor ;)
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Hi Guys, I have tried the paper clip test and the codes are now 19,73 and 74. Bloody RAC my cancellation of membership is in the post haha. Firstly I think the crankshaft sensor has to go. I replaced the MAF, it is either a dud or wiring problem. Here we go again. Thanks all for your advice so far. :)
Code 19 is the crank sensor so I would replace that first with a genuine Vauxhall one. I bet the other codes clear when you've replaced the crank sensor ;)
As above ^^^^^^^^^^ code 19 crank sensor - replace with genuine Vx :y
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Re code 19 crank sensor ,is the way to go .Dont cancell RAC yet ,never know you may need a wheel changed . : :y
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...... never know you may need a wheel changed . : :y
You surely wouldn't call out a recovery service to change a wheel? :-/ :-/ :-/ I know people do, but I just couldn't be waiting for the sake of the 5/10 mins it takes to do it yourself. ;)
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...... never know you may need a wheel changed . : :y
You surely wouldn't call out a recovery service to change a wheel? :-/ :-/ :-/ I know people do, but I just couldn't be waiting for the sake of the 5/10 mins it takes to do it yourself. ;)
I would.
I would not like to change an offside wheel on the M40 at night.
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The RAC will get you home a laptop cannot, 1 it ain't got wheels and a wench, RAC do lol.
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...... never know you may need a wheel changed . : :y
You surely wouldn't call out a recovery service to change a wheel? :-/ :-/ :-/ I know people do, but I just couldn't be waiting for the sake of the 5/10 mins it takes to do it yourself. ;)
I would.
I would not like to change an offside wheel on the M40 at night.
Wuss!!
Get the car as far over from lane 1 as you can & get it changed yourself!!! Been there & done it a few times over the years.
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Never had a blow out allways check tyers all time when i go out, as had a lot of car to drive and bet to check them as its not good to blow out in the middel o nowere.
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Never had a blow out allways check tyers all time when i go out, as had a lot of car to drive and bet to check them as its not good to blow out in the middel o nowere.
Last one was definitely my fault as I needed to collect the kids & I'd just discovered a nail in my tyre ..... but set off any way. :-[ Hard shoulder of the M61 isn't a nice place. The only other was many may years ago ..... probably a crap, barely legal tyre as a consequence of being a poor apprentice. :-/
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Never had a blow out allways check tyers all time when i go out, as had a lot of car to drive and bet to check them as its not good to blow out in the middel o nowere.
Last one was definitely my fault as I needed to collect the kids & I'd just discovered a nail in my tyre ..... but set off any way. :-[ Hard shoulder of the M61 isn't a nice place. The only other was many may years ago ..... probably a crap, barely legal tyre as a consequence of being a poor apprentice. :-/
I carry that tyerfix in a can thats good,says on tin to get the tyer fixed but i forgot and was still good a year on, really good stuff and a a 5er carn't go wrong, up and gone 2mins :y :y
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I carry that tyerfix in a can thats good,says on tin to get the tyer fixed but i forgot and was still good a year on, really good stuff and a a 5er carn't go wrong, up and gone 2mins :y :y
Tyre sealent wouldn't have been much good on the M61, there was next to no wall left. :-? :-? :y
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Nice when u let it go u let it go lol, was behind a lorry when it had a blow out not that scares you 17ton lorry all over the place and it was his front wheel, had to dry seat after, bet he had to to.
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The RAC will get you home a laptop cannot, 1 it ain't got wheels and a wench, RAC do lol.
Excellent typo ;D ;D
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The RAC will get you home a laptop cannot, 1 it ain't got wheels and a wench, RAC do lol.
Excellent typo ;D ;D
dint notice wife was talking lol
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Code 19 to changing a wheel on the M41, you lot should run for parliament. Talk about avoiding the issue and going off at a tangent!!!!!
Thanks for all your advice ;D
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Code 19 to changing a wheel on the M41, you lot should run for parliament. Talk about avoiding the issue and going off at a tangent!!!!!
Thanks for all your advice ;D
we get side traked, whould think your crank or cam sensor is going best to change them both, cam sensors dont like to be hot. :D
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Never had a blow out allways check tyers all time when i go out, as had a lot of car to drive and bet to check them as its not good to blow out in the middel o nowere.
I had 2 brand new Goodyears F1 less than 150 miles, blow out on the N1 to Paris.Turned out to be a tyre fault.After 3 months and a court summons Goodyear paid for 2 tyres and 2 new 17" alloy wheels plus a 50% off voucher my next set(no way sold it on Ebay)
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Nice that u got new stuff, :)