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[lenny]

yep i let you know. but i must be fair to tell you. with the spare engine and all . it wont be going for a song.it has a recent mot and tax. as i have said i have spent well over £1500 on it to keep it. but i am losing interested in it.

[Kevin Wood]

i think it was the 2nd one in from the front of car. anyway

i have got a gearbox selector switch

.and it will be fitted tomorrow i hope.if this is fitted and no improvement . then im afraid it will have to go in the sky or somebody buy it off me with a spare engine.engine has all the stuff on it ie the fuel pump the alternator its all there just have to put it in . i also have a fairley new starter and also a turbo unit. plus other stuff i have collected. this will be the last omega i will have of which i have had five.

IMHO, you need to stop replacing parts at random and start trying to diagnose the problem in a logical sequence.

Clearly there is a wiring problem in the loom if the supply to the gearbox selector lights is staying live. I'm sure this is probably why the 80A fuse blew and there was smoke from the loom. I can't see how the gearbox selector switch can have caused this; yes, it's loosely related to the lights but not proven faulty yet, so why change it? Ditto the ECU.

If we know what fuse failed we can start working through the wiring suggesting things to check.

If you intend continue to throw money at new parts until the problem goes away, you might as well just cut your losses and sell the car, because a problem like this won't get solved that way.

[lenny]

well here we have update on the omega td.there was a brown wire that ran by the engine ecu that was melted and melting other wires in its path. wire is now repaired. the lights on the centre  consul on the gearbox are now working ok. but and there is a big but.in 1 and 2 gear on the automatic seems to i dont no but when you put it in these gears or put it in drive and let it do itself it sort of rebuff ie it wants like stop .its ok in 3rd and now drive. of which im not sure its working in drive. not driving it that far since its been repaired. so people please tell me what it is.

[TheBoy]

well here we have update on the omega td.there was a brown wire that ran by the engine ecu that was melted and melting other wires in its path. wire is now repaired. the lights on the centre  consul on the gearbox are now working ok. but and there is a big but.in 1 and 2 gear on the automatic seems to i dont no but when you put it in these gears or put it in drive and let it do itself it sort of rebuff ie it wants like stop .its ok in 3rd and now drive. of which im not sure its working in drive. not driving it that far since its been repaired. so people please tell me what it is.

Sorry, can you explain that clearer and more concisely - no matter how many times I read it, I couldn't understand it, sorry 

[lenny]

right ok.the brown wire that runs from around the engine e c u was chared.this was also melting the other wires aswell. i have now got all this repaired.now the problem i have got is the engine is running fine.when you engage in gear from drive mode and its in first gear and 2nd gear it wants to like pull back.or engine is going to stall.all other gears are fine.except i dont feel its going into drive mode. but i havn't driven it very far to find out properly.any ideas please.could it be torgue converter. i dont know.as it has been said. ive bought this and i bought this.i just need abit of help to remedy all this please.

[lenny]

today i took the old beast out .still have the problem with 1 and 2 gear doing silly buggers.please read previous post.the kick down do not work. sometimes it wont change down unless i do it manually.the drive mode did work after going after 50mph.which is normal i have found out since having the car.on the computer board i get automatic gearbox after running about 15mins.so any ideas please.

[lenny]

any ideas mr the boy

[TheBoy]

any ideas mr the boy

Really sorry, I cannot understand what the symptoms are 

In 1st gear, the car won't pull away? Or will pull away, but really slowly?

Any fault lights or warning messages on the dash?

Any codes stored in engine ECU?

[lenny]

hello there
               yes car do pull away in 1st 2nd and the 3rd.thats where it stays. when it should go up enother gear ie 4th gear i suppose then auto gearbox lights up on dash.then i have to use it like a manaul.but hey ho . i have decided to convert to a manual. of which i have all what i need i believe except the centre walnut bit thats sits around the gear stick. would you have one . or would you know if anybody has one or can i buy it somewhere else where you might know.its a 94 99 model. thankyou for your help .