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Re: Orange light comes on in my car and then goes off
« Reply #45 on: 28 December 2010, 12:41:35 »
Check the piccy on the following link.  Shows the cabling and the alternator, albeit with some of the bits at the front of the engine removed.  But you will get the gist of what TB suggests though.  Hopefully...   ;D

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1293463605
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Re: Orange light comes on in my car and then goes off
« Reply #46 on: 28 December 2010, 12:52:47 »
nice one! so its the long thick cable with different coloured wires i can see in that pic?
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Re: Orange light comes on in my car and then goes off
« Reply #47 on: 28 December 2010, 12:58:11 »
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Check the piccy on the following link.  Shows the cabling and the alternator, albeit with some of the bits at the front of the engine removed.  But you will get the gist of what TB suggests though.  Hopefully...   ;D

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1293463605
Shows the alternator well, but not the knock sensor cabling
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Re: Orange light comes on in my car and then goes off
« Reply #48 on: 28 December 2010, 13:00:50 »
if i could get a picture of that - it would be ACE a mundo :y
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Re: Orange light comes on in my car and then goes off
« Reply #49 on: 28 December 2010, 13:06:18 »
Wayne - 2nd pic

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1189893357

(I know yours isn;t DBW, but that pic shows the wiring clearer that the 1st pic).

See the 2 large black rubber intakes going into large silver plenum on top of engine? Just to left is a red outline? Bottom left of that is a connector, and a wire comes out left, and up ove the cam cover?

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Re: Orange light comes on in my car and then goes off
« Reply #50 on: 28 December 2010, 14:15:41 »
RIGHT, im off out now to put the bonnet up

what do i do when i find it, thats the knock sensor giving error code 16 i take it? ?  lol

it looks accessible on there
i`ll have a fiddle, oooo er ::)
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Re: Orange light comes on in my car and then goes off
« Reply #51 on: 28 December 2010, 14:18:57 »
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RIGHT, im off out now to put the bonnet up

what do i do when i find it,  .....

It's the big panel right at the front of the car .... you can't miss it!  ;) :y :y
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Re: Orange light comes on in my car and then goes off
« Reply #52 on: 28 December 2010, 14:25:21 »
ha ha ha ha, you bunch of pee takers!

right, apart from the orange EML light coming on, what other symptoms does this knock sensor or its wiring cause please?
just wanna check with you if ive had the other probs

« Last Edit: 28 December 2010, 14:25:53 by Wayne »
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Re: Orange light comes on in my car and then goes off
« Reply #53 on: 28 December 2010, 14:57:21 »
bit of light reading for you.

http://www.topbuzz.co.uk/info/knock_sensor/knock_sensor.htm

see the link for testing.

no1 on the list is as kneepad suggests..
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« Reply #54 on: 28 December 2010, 15:09:07 »
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Re: Orange light comes on in my car and then goes off
« Reply #55 on: 28 December 2010, 15:20:05 »
i cant see any fraying or damage whatsoever to that cable or its connector, is it advisable to squirt some WD40 into the male and female ends? apart from that, im not sure what to do now, and NO i wont be taking the cam cover off :(
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Re: Orange light comes on in my car and then goes off
« Reply #56 on: 28 December 2010, 16:02:19 »
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I was wondering if compacted snow and general rubbish on roads has caused wiring issues with mine.

Code "89" does seem to point to n/s sensor with open circuit so I am thinking lamba is playing up.

On a bit of a tangent from the OP but mine has been doing this for ages, even after changing both lambdas, been advised it could be gasket blow or wiring issue.   :(
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Re: Orange light comes on in my car and then goes off
« Reply #57 on: 28 December 2010, 16:08:53 »
Head Gasket?? Aaarrgghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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Re: Orange light comes on in my car and then goes off
« Reply #58 on: 28 December 2010, 16:20:07 »
how in gods name do you go from a fault code to a sodding head gasket   :y
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Re: Orange light comes on in my car and then goes off
« Reply #59 on: 28 December 2010, 16:24:53 »
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I was wondering if compacted snow and general rubbish on roads has caused wiring issues with mine.

Code "89" does seem to point to n/s sensor with open circuit so I am thinking lamba is playing up.

On a bit of a tangent from the OP but mine has been doing this for ages, even after changing both lambdas, been advised it could be gasket blow or wiring issue.   :(

What moron of a monkey you are using to give you that diagnosis, sack him now.  >:(

How can a 'wiring issue' cause gasket blow & coolant loss (which is a common sympton in HG failure)
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