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[Kneepad]

ok i disconnected bonnet catch yesterday and it didnt go off all night but today it went off again

Are you sure it was the bonnet switch you disconnected?

[rob69]

yeppers im sure lol, i used the word "catch" but i meant switch lol the push switch sticking up near the oil filler with a rubber gaitor round it, which i have now reconnected in the hope that it was just the power sounder causing the problem.
I have a small list of things id like to do to the car now that i may need advise on 1.oil flush and change 2. coolant flush and change 3. i have noticed that the nearside front wheel appears to have a little to much + camber it leans in a little more than the others at the top only slightly but im sure it does, also in the history i see the car has had new track rod ends and the steering wheel is about an inch off of centre when going straight! so i would like to get a full alignment done somewhere that i can be sure they know what they are doing and wont pull my pants down id hate to have to go back and start breaking heads after being ripped off!!!
there is no real apparant tyre wear and drives ok maybe a little wonder sometimes when going over uneaven road not major but its there slighlty if that makes sense.

[rob69]

im in lincoln, a good friend tells me he knows a good place near middlesex kinda north london just wondering what i should pay for this sort of thing and if any oofers know anywhere closer?

[Andy B]

im in lincoln, a good friend tells me he knows a good place near middlesex kinda north london just wondering what i should pay for this sort of thing and if any oofers know anywhere closer?

Tony here ...... http://www.blackboots.co.uk/blackboots-location.php is apparently the man that knows these things, obviously not local to all of us.

[Brucie1946]

Powersounder only goes off either through water getting into the plug, (rediculously its sits directly under scuttle drain!), or batteries playing up.

Been down this long road recently, replaced with new powersounder, still went off with no hazard warning lights flashing, so not bonnet switch or alarm system, could only then be one thing, water getting into plug, even though its got silicon type serated seals to supposedly stop water getting in.  Went off when car was washed, especially when cleaning scuttle, or went it snowed last.

Eureka, spoke to my vaux dealer, who told me if they replace the powersounder they also put new wiring loom and plug on.  Not a vaux part number, you have to ask especially for it, comes over from germany as a make your own loom kit, solder all joints and use shrink wrap to insulate the joints.  I then used black silicon sealant to seal up around the scuttle seal grommet, then fitted large shrink wrap to the underside of the grommet tube to create an extended drain away pipe to do away with the water to the side of the suspension turret, instead of the water cascading onto the plug, now its bone dry, and siren not gone off since after heavy rain and melting snow.

Another essential omega mod.

Could also be confused with dodgey batteries, which maybe it isnt, definately worth looking at or considering.

If no hazard flash, its either siren batteries or water ingress in plug!!