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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: bellasmummy on 22 October 2009, 20:49:14

Title: car being a pain
Post by: bellasmummy on 22 October 2009, 20:49:14

my omega is cutting out when i approach junctions, roundabouts any where i have to brake.
have had new idle valve, new cam sensor, air filter and have tried fuel injection fluid as petrol gauge drops.
has anybody any idea what to have done next

regards

Title: Re: car being a pain
Post by: holtender on 22 October 2009, 20:52:44

Try this link.

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1194007453

Title: Re: car being a pain
Post by: Abiton on 22 October 2009, 21:01:43

Which engine does your car have; 2.0, 2.2, 2.5, 2.6, 3.0, 3.2? (did I miss any?  ;D)

Title: Re: car being a pain
Post by: bellasmummy on 22 October 2009, 21:06:17

it has a 1.8 engine

Title: Re: car being a pain
Post by: dbug on 22 October 2009, 21:07:39

Quote

it has a 1.8 engine

You sure??

Title: Re: car being a pain
Post by: holtender on 22 October 2009, 21:09:04

Quote

Which engine does your car have; 2.0, 2.2, 2.5, 2.6, 3.0, 3.2? (did I miss any?  ;D)

Yep

Title: Re: car being a pain
Post by: bellasmummy on 22 October 2009, 21:11:57

could it be
1998cc

Title: Re: car being a pain
Post by: holtender on 22 October 2009, 21:15:07

I'm positive it is.

Title: Re: car being a pain
Post by: Abiton on 22 October 2009, 21:21:57

The link posted by Holtender for sorting out the cutting-out problem is spot-on for this engine. 

When you say the fuel gauge drops, do you mean that it sometimes reads correctly, then drops down to zero, but occasionally recovers to read about right again? 

Title: Re: car being a pain
Post by: holtender on 22 October 2009, 21:25:20

Hi Bellasmum

Even though you have replaced the IAC Valve, the real problem is the breather pipes will be full of crud(old oil) these will need some careful cleaning.

Follow the above link to have a very happy Omega running just like it should!

Title: Re: car being a pain
Post by: bellasmummy on 22 October 2009, 21:25:54

when the car cuts out, it does not do it everytime i brake, but every time it cuts out the fuel gauge is showing much less petrol than is in the tank, then goes up again,  if the fuel gauge goes up to the correct amount the car does not usually cut out again, for a while

Title: Re: car being a pain
Post by: Abiton on 22 October 2009, 21:37:26

Hmm, I'm not sure I can come up with a rational explanation for your fuel gauge's behaviour, but I don't think it will turn out to be connected with the cutting out.

If it was a battery/charging problem, you should have a warning light directly indicating that, as well as the observed problems.

If, having got the cutting-out problem sorted, the fuel gauge is still playing up, I may have an easy fix for it.  I'll dig out an old thread of mine on fuel gauge problems and post the final solution that I have thus far neglected to document.

Title: Re: car being a pain
Post by: bellasmummy on 22 October 2009, 22:00:13

thank you all very much i will get this done and let you know how she runs

regards

Title: Re: car being a pain
Post by: Andy H on 22 October 2009, 22:17:22

From what I have read (and from the evidence of repairs that had been carried out on my previous car before I bought it)

it is quite common for the connectors on the end of the big cables to the battery to come loose (or for the wires to break up where they are crimped in the connectors).

The high resistance caused can have some perplexing symptoms, usually poor starting, but not always.

If either battery terminal gets hot to the touch then they need investigating.

Title: Re: car being a pain
Post by: bellasmummy on 25 October 2009, 17:32:34

did what the link said. been to romney, lakeside, traffic jam on m25 and all seems ok so far
thanks :) :y