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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: bampson on 18 December 2010, 19:49:44

Title: Service indicator
Post by: bampson on 18 December 2010, 19:49:44

hi , im new around these parts .,
i have just bought an Omega b and have done an oil change but i need to know haw to reset the service indicator.

i have done a search on here but cant seem to find anything on this .

any help would be great

thanks in advance  ;D
Bamp

Title: Re: Service indicator
Post by: hotel21 on 18 December 2010, 19:50:51

Service indicator?  Please explain.....   :y

Title: Re: Service indicator
Post by: tunnie on 18 December 2010, 19:52:36

think he means the spanner light? If so this is not a service light, it means there is a fault! (usually sensor related)

Title: Re: Service indicator
Post by: RobG on 18 December 2010, 20:02:31

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hi , im new around these parts .,
i have just bought an Omega b and have done an oil change but i need to know haw to reset the service indicator.

i have done a search on here but cant seem to find anything on this .

any help would be great

thanks in advance  ;D
Bamp

What engine, describe symbol on light please

Title: Re: Service indicator
Post by: feeutfo on 18 December 2010, 20:26:25

Need to fill in your profile with car details, helps us to give correct info.

Title: Re: Service indicator
Post by: bampson on 19 December 2010, 12:18:49

the light is the car with the spanner through it ..  a mate of mine put it on a snapon scanner and it come up with service interval.

Title: Re: Service indicator
Post by: Andy B on 19 December 2010, 12:42:02

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the light is the car with the spanner through it ..  a mate of mine put it on a snapon scanner and it come up with service interval.

Need a cleverer mate or scanner!  ;D ;D

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.reynolds983/Manuals/Omega2002Manual.pdf page 12 :y

Title: Re: Service indicator
Post by: RobG on 19 December 2010, 13:04:59

Was the code P1700 :question

Title: Re: Service indicator
Post by: TheBoy on 19 December 2010, 15:15:59

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the light is the car with the spanner through it ..  a mate of mine put it on a snapon scanner and it come up with service interval.

Shame your mate doesn't know how to use it ;D

As others have said, let us know the engine, and also your location (people here may be able to assist with reading why it is on).  If you are near me, I will happily read the engine codes for you, for free (assuming you can get near me - my car is stuck on the drive)

The Omega-B does not have a service interval warning.

Title: Re: Service indicator
Post by: bampson on 19 December 2010, 20:54:52

yes the code was P1700.  referencing a service indicator ..

Title: Re: Service indicator
Post by: aaronjb on 19 December 2010, 21:02:20

P1700 Service Vehicle Soon Request from Transmission Control Module

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1220619696

Which means the transmission has said to the ECU "Some stuff happened and I'm none too happy about it, you should probably have the owner go and spend a ton of money at the dealer because I don't really know what it was, but it was bad"

You need to have it plugged into a real GM Tech2 to have the actual code read from the Transmission Control Module.

Title: Re: Service indicator
Post by: TheBoy on 20 December 2010, 19:16:01

Pretty much what aaronb says - the TCM detected a fault, and in order to protect the gearbox, asked the engine ecu to go to reduced power.

A decent code reader on the TCM is what is required :y