Please play nicely. No one wants to listen/read a keyboard warriors rants....
Thanks my Hubby will start that tomorrow, Hope that fixes the problem if not scrap heap here we come.what is ICV?
Idle Control Valve, see here: http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=90633.0
Guide here:
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=90586.0
Could be something as simple as a fuel filter change.
I'd say the smoke was either from the instrument cluster, the fuse box, or possibly (because of the timing of the smoke) the auto transmission module which lives in the same sort of area.
You'll only know when you start to investigate behind the dash...
QuoteCannot access power sounder by removing dash....QuoteHave you checked all the fuses are intact?
Whilst the power sounder can cause a fire and, unless recently replaced, is certainly better off out of the car than installed in it, if you had smoke from under the dash, then something under the dash was burning. This may or may not have been related to the power sounder (the wiring from it may have overheated) but it certainly merits an inspection of the wiring under the dash.
If a fuse has gone it's a good indication what circuit might have been at fault.
In any case, disconnecting the battery doesn't "reset" an Omega ECU in any sense. They have non-volatile memory.
Kevin
Well in the meantime we have disconnected the battary mainly to cut the circuit of power incase it sparks off another fire. We have decided to pull that power sounder off the car we are going to do the dash tomorrow. I am starting to wish i had never bought the car :-/
Have you checked all the fuses are intact?
Whilst the power sounder can cause a fire and, unless recently replaced, is certainly better off out of the car than installed in it, if you had smoke from under the dash, then something under the dash was burning. This may or may not have been related to the power sounder (the wiring from it may have overheated) but it certainly merits an inspection of the wiring under the dash.
If a fuse has gone it's a good indication what circuit might have been at fault.
In any case, disconnecting the battery doesn't "reset" an Omega ECU in any sense. They have non-volatile memory.
Kevin
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ok do i have to take the dash apart to get to the 'power sounder' or can i just remove the instrument panel?
Sorry for asking so many questions but i have only had this car three weeks.
The power sounder lives here..... http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1220198611 and if you feel you want to have a go at replacing the internal batteries then that guide is here ..... http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1240077701
QuoteQuoteQuote.... then on the right hand side of the dash there was smoke and a burning smell of rubber or plastic. ......
The 'power sounder' ie the battery back up alarm siren, lives under the plastic scuttle on the driver's side of the car. It's not unheard of for them to set on fire. It does sound like yours has burnt out, perhaps taking something else out with it.
This being the case wouldn't the alarm be silent when disconnected from the battary? Because it isn't it still sounds when we disconnect the battary :-/
Any other ideas what it could be? I will rip the dash out if i have to be i would rather not
The clue was in the description ....... battery & back up
Quote.... then on the right hand side of the dash there was smoke and a burning smell of rubber or plastic. ......
The 'power sounder' ie the battery back up alarm siren, lives under the plastic scuttle on the driver's side of the car. It's not unheard of for them to set on fire. It does sound like yours has burnt out, perhaps taking something else out with it.
