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[skinwiz]

hi all , as most of us probably did i am starting myhello's with a 'can you help ? ' lol , i have an 1998 omega elite auto and as i approached a set of lights it decided to stall on me whilst in gear , when i put it into park and threw the key it started but wouldn't idle and immediately cut out , i managed to limp round the cornere and went under the bonnet , i had a play with the throttle wire and linkage (the wire seemed very slack) and when i threw the key it idled perfectly , does anyone have any experience of this or is it time to get stung by the man with the fancy reader ? any help would be greatly appreciated before i have to open my wallet lol , thanks guys .

[Entwood]

Before opening wallet and causing Her Majesty to blink .. have a read here ..... 

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1189022687

This is the "poor mans" way of checking engine fault codes. 

Post up any results and we'll go from there .. 

Welcome to the forum BTW ..

[alank46]

Hi
Paper clip it for fault codes, probably find a 19 which is crank sensor.  Check under "Maintenance Guides" for how to do the paper clip test.
Alan

Must type faster!!

hi all , as most of us probably did i am starting myhello's with a 'can you help ? ' lol , i have an 1998 omega elite auto and as i approached a set of lights it decided to stall on me whilst in gear , when i put it into park and threw the key it started but wouldn't idle and immediately cut out , i managed to limp round the cornere and went under the bonnet , i had a play with the throttle wire and linkage (the wire seemed very slack) and when i threw the key it idled perfectly , does anyone have any experience of this or is it time to get stung by the man with the fancy reader ? any help would be greatly appreciated before i have to open my wallet lol , thanks guys .

[skinwiz]

Thanks Entwood  gonna have a look now at the link , i'll let you know what i find .

[skinwiz]

thanks alank  just phoned a mate and he's got a code reader i can use FOC so i'm gonna keep my fingers crossed and see what happens , i'll post any results on here for all to see , hopefully it will be nice and simple but i doubt it lol 

[Brikhead]

thanks alank  just phoned a mate and he's got a code reader i can use FOC...

Is the e.m.l. on then?

[skinwiz]

hi brickhead , nope no lights nothin at all to suggest there is a problem , it has done it once or twice before , if i think about it it could be allsorts of stuff , i had just give it some welly in sports and ive been runnin the tank quite low lately so it could be s@!t thats been sucked through causing blockage , when i started it after pulling over it didnt really want to rev below 1500rpm for a few secs then it seemed to clear , thirty seconds later i was back driving down the road no problem , still going to stick it on the code reader though as i have only had her about two months so i should get her serviced etc so i know where i'm upto  :-?

[dbug]

Remove and clean ICV well with carb cleaner.  You may have to do this a couple of times.

[Brikhead]

I.c.v. or fuel starvation were my first thoughts...

[skinwiz]

hi again , just a quick report on the fsult , i cant find one !!! lol looks like i have an intermitant fault so i guess i'll just have to test it next time it happens( if there is a next time ) and see whats what .

[The Red Baron]

where in the northwest are you?.

[skinwiz]

i'm in the manchester area fella  yourself ?

[The Red Baron]

i'm in the manchester area fella  yourself ?

was wondering as im off up blackpool next weekend.
i had the same sort of prob with a 3.0l elite, it wouldnt idle/run below about 2500rpm but would rev above that fine. blanked off the egr valve to cure.
just a thought.

[skinwiz]

nice one baron , i'll bear that in mind if it happens any more