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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Fazeel on 23 November 2011, 07:45:52
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okay so my car's engine sounds like a truck's engine. It's really loud and it does this little missing aswel, I mean it keep shaking the car while the RPM needle keeps moving up and down a little. Maybe thats called idling ?
anyway, I got it checked and they said they will need to adjust the timing of the car.
can anyone tell me what that is and how to fix it ?
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what engine size is it may help..
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Guessing a 3.2 from other posts, however if its miss-firing & running rough its more likey to be coil pack or cam cover issue. Could also be an air leak, I would look at these first before checking cam timing.
Pop out the coil packs & check for oil :y
Also do the pedal trick and flash the codes (details in maintenance guides)
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Ignition timing cannot be adjusted,its decided by the ECU many times per second.Valve timing isnt really adjustable either,apart from when minor adjustments are carried out to line everything up during cambelt changes.Cant imagine what they mean tbh.
I would take Tunnies advice for a start and see how you get on from there. :y
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Are they talking about cam timing?
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I got the cam shaft sensor error from the pedal trick, but would just replacing it with a new cam shaft sensor help eliminate all that noise coming from the engine ? :-\
I mean, the sound is really like a truck engine
I have the cam shaft sensor but I dont want to replace it yet as I'm worried if this one stop working aswell from watever the problem is in the car since they are quite expensive here :-\
I was wondering if I could open and see or probably mess around with this " timing " stuff to see if it would help ?
How would I know if any cylinder is not functioning probably for as that was another probability of what could be causing the sound.
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follow what tunnie and albs have said :y and go down the route of camgaskets (take coilpacks off and see if oil in plugwell) check for airleaks around the engine(spray carb cleaner over joints and pipes if engine note increases you have found your leak) post your codes on here from the result of the pedal trick :y
sounds to me if garage doesnt know its ass from its elbow >:(
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I got the cam shaft sensor error from the pedal trick, but would just replacing it with a new cam shaft sensor help eliminate all that noise coming from the engine ? :-\
I mean, the sound is really like a truck engine
I have the cam shaft sensor but I dont want to replace it yet as I'm worried if this one stop working aswell from watever the problem is in the car since they are quite expensive here :-\
I was wondering if I could open and see or probably mess around with this " timing " stuff to see if it would help ?
How would I know if any cylinder is not functioning probably for as that was another probability of what could be causing the sound.
As said earlier, before we start looking at timing, start with basics.
Check plugs for oil :y
Can you also confirm the engine as its been asked a couple of times, 3.2 i think? But you need to confirm...
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Just spotted you added it to your profile ::) :)
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Just spotted you added it to your profile ::) :)
yeah :P
it was there before but it got removed when they changed into the new site
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Had any rain lately or washed your car? Could be water in the spark plug wells, it can drip on the coilpack from the windscreen scuttle