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[sophos9]

Receipt says servotronic control module... £105 ex VAT

Rest was diagnostic labour, checked over all front / rear components, self levelling suspension operation, tech 2 diagnostic etc

Not good then mate?

[Marks DTM Calib]

Not great no.....so all they have done is replace the bloody relay module......Wonder if they checked the coding first.....is the steering now heavier or lighter?

[sophos9]

Nice  

Do not know if it was programmed or not, does say tech1 work on receipt. Steering does not feel any heavier or lighter....

Is it a big problem if its not programmed?

[sophos9]

oh and part number is 24410986

[alexandjen]

oh and part number is 24410986

I hope this guy has the wrong part number   :-/

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_trksid=m38&_nkw=24410986+

[Marks DTM Calib]

Thast the bugger....its more than a relay as it has a micro controller in it....got a few in the garage.

They did of course mean TECH2 work I trust!

[sophos9]

omfg.... please NO  :-/

[Marks DTM Calib]

There are a few variant options basd on the steering box and age of car.....so they should have checked that was correct first

[sophos9]

Mark, are you saying that the eBay item is the same as the £105 part they put in today?

[Marks DTM Calib]

Mark, are you saying that the eBay item is the same as the £105 part they put in today?

Yes.....although that item on ebay I suspect is second hand and the seller just thinks its a relay.

I am AMAZED they had one in stock!

[sophos9]

The bloke did say that he was totally amazed as they dont ever see any Omega's in the workshop anymore.

Man, I feel well done over knowing what I know now  

On the flip side, I took the car there as I was at my wits end and could not fix the problem, had no idea what it was, was about to get rid of the car and Vauxhall did fix the problem

My arse is sooooo sore  

[feeutfo]

Mark, are you saying that the eBay item is the same as the £105 part they put in today?

Yes.....although that item on ebay I suspect is second hand and the seller just thinks its a relay.

I am AMAZED they had one in stock!

maybe had one in stock and wanted to get rid... i had servo tronic relay go on me before on old mig, purely changed the strength of resistance felt at the wheel ie intermitantly alot stiffer.

it was suspected and could only be confirmed by tech 2 ,which it confirmed,
i just bought a new one and plugged it in behind glove box, cured. still handled crap as geometry was all to cock at the time.

[sophos9]

Mark, in your opinion - with this failing, would it cause the issues that were cured today?

[Marks DTM Calib]

Mark, in your opinion - with this failing, would it cause the issues that were cured today?

Difficult to see how, you state that the TECH2 showed nothing up but, if it was failed I would expect it to not talk....or at least the live data to be errored.

The ideal would be to have the old part for diag.

[sophos9]

The Vx Tech said the Tech2 does not cover the diagnostic of Servotronic on the 1997. I used my Vauxhall Diagnostic Scanner (bought from UK ODB) to check, Servotronic came back as no fault codes.

The receipt say that the Vx Tech had to refer to TIS to diagnose and just says tech1

The problem is resolved for sure. I pretty much done everything - what could it have been outside of the what they *fixed*?

This is what I checked/replaced
Full Geometry Setup
New wishbones
New droplinks
New tie rods
New front/rear suspension (inc. suspension bearings/stops/seals etc)
New steering idler arm
Checked over all rear suspension
Checked ball joints
Checked tyre pressures / wear pattern
Checked PS leaks/fluid
Removed excess play from the steering box
Everything done to Vx spec torque

You can see why I lost the will.... Is there any programming that can be done to 'calibrate' the servotronic?