Hi everybody, I'm a new Omega owner and really need some help!
I bought a 1998 2.5 V6 Auto just over a week ago. On the short test drive that I took, everything seemed absolutely fine, but then as soon as I had to do any real distance (driving the thirty five miles home from work) everything went to pot.
For a start, it turns out both cats had collapsed and were causing the exhaust to overheat and sending burning material out from the rear end. This I'm not too worried about. I've temporarily removed the cats completely and installed straight pipes. Obviously I'll replace them before the MOT.
What is more worrying is the fact that when driving, after the first couple of miles (or less if up hill and the engine is under load), the car seems to go into some kind of limp mode and loses all its power. There's a lot under the bonnet, and as a newcomer to these cars I'm not in a great position to start making potentially expensive assumptions about what the problem is.
I've checked the ECU for error codes and there are none at all, which was a bit of a surprise to say the least.
I really need to get this car up and running as soon as possible because I have a seventy mile a day round trip to work and back! Also, I've spent as much as I can afford on the car in the first place, so I'm at a point where I have no choice but to see it through. Apart from this loss of power, the rest of the car is great, but the way it is at the moment it's undrivable!
Any help or advice would be very gratefully received.
Cheers.
Marc