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dragon33 Newbie Offline Posts: 30 swansea Gender:	ifomega cut out 13. Jan 2007 at 15:04 hi to all ,i wonder if anyone can help me.just spent 2 hours in the wind and rain checking my plugs ,put everything back together ,car staerted fine ,i went under the bonnet to rev the engine there to check my exhhaust manifold,then the car just cut out and now will not start,ive got an omega 2.5v6 m reg regards stuart
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kjon51 Junior Member Offline Posts: 86 Oldsville - East Sussex Gender:	Re: ifomega cut out Reply #1 - 13. Jan 2007 at 15:18 Maybe the wind & rain has got in somewhere it shouldn't have? As someone elses signature says, have you checked the fuses? Assuming it's turning over & not firing - petrol? OR - Have you moved some wires around/loosened a connector?
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dragon33 Newbie Offline Posts: 30 swansea Gender:	Re: ifomega cut out Reply #2 - 13. Jan 2007 at 15:31 its just strange as it ran for about 40 seconds then just stopped,so it fired up ok,it seems like a fuel problem ,but got fuel ,any ideas on how to check fuel is pumping,is itpossible immobiliser,the only wires disconnected were in the loom above the spark plugs on passenger side of engine
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TheBoy Administrator Offline TBE has an MOT! Posts: 64817 Brackley, Northants Gender: Drives: 98 MV6, 03 Elite, 00 25, 89 ZX10	Re: ifomega cut out Reply #3 - 13. Jan 2007 at 18:35 Do a paperclip test...
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Re: ifomega cut out
Reply #4 - 13. Jan 2007 at 20:53

kjon51 wrote on 13. Jan 2007 at 15:18:

Maybe the wind & rain has got in somewhere it shouldn't have?
As someone elses signature says, have you checked the fuses?
Assuming it's turning over & not firing - petrol? OR - Have you moved some wires around/loosened a connector?

Fuse for fuel is 20a - this guide will show you its location http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1161602008 - , but takes a lot to blow, but car would just die as you've described so it's possible. Worth a try - 20 sec job. Thumbs Up!

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dragon33 Newbie Offline Posts: 30 swansea Gender:	Re: ifomega cut out Reply #5 - 13. Jan 2007 at 21:26 checked all fuses everything ok .any advice on the electrics i disconnected in above the plugs on passenger side of engine 3 plugs all together ,1 is connected to a bosch cylindrical unit dont know what that is though it is mounted in a rubber holder.
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Re: ifomega cut out
Reply #6 - 13. Jan 2007 at 21:38

dragon33 wrote on 13. Jan 2007 at 21:26:

checked all fuses everything ok .any advice on the electrics i disconnected in above the plugs on passenger side of engine 3 plugs all together ,1 is connected to a bosch cylindrical unit dont know what that is though it is mounted in a rubber holder.

That's the idle control valve (IVC). Check that the plug is fully in because if not the engine will die and not start unless you give it a tiny bit on the accelerator.

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dragon33 Newbie Offline Posts: 30 swansea Gender:	Re: ifomega cut out Reply #7 - 13. Jan 2007 at 21:42 thanks buddy will check it out tomorrow
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dragon33 Newbie Offline Posts: 30 swansea Gender:	Re: ifomega cut out Reply #8 - 13. Jan 2007 at 23:11 cleaned idle conrol valve still the same problem.checked wires in loom and now she is firing but still wont fire up,think i got a connection problem to icv but what symptoms would this cause any ideas???????
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TheBoy Administrator Offline TBE has an MOT! Posts: 64817 Brackley, Northants Gender: Drives: 98 MV6, 03 Elite, 00 25, 89 ZX10	Re: ifomega cut out Reply #9 - 14. Jan 2007 at 10:57 Did you do the paperclip test, if so what were the results?
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dragon33 Newbie Offline Posts: 30 swansea Gender:	Re: ifomega cut out Reply #10 - 14. Jan 2007 at 18:34 havent done paperclip test yet,got up this morning ,checked all wires i disturbed for open circuit all ok,then car started fine ,so i still dont know why,only had this car for two weeks and now i got an exhaust noise ,i think exhaust pipes from engine are blowing any ideas on cost
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Re: ifomega cut out
Reply #11 - 14. Jan 2007 at 21:32

Sounds like you have a dodgy connection waiting for the next dark wet cold night.
Do a paper clip check and post the results, there should be fault codes stored to point you to which device or sensor was at fault.

Where is the exhaust noise coming from?
If its in the engine bay its most likely to be exhaust manifold gaskets or possibly a warped or cracked manifold, otherwise work back along the system. The mid boxes can sound noisy if the internal baffles have rotted out, there wont be any external blow but may rattle if thumped by hand.

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dragon33 Newbie Offline Posts: 30 swansea Gender:	Re: ifomega cut out Reply #12 - 14. Jan 2007 at 21:43 definitely engine bay just sounds rough
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MaxV6 Omega Knight Offline Give me 6 cylinders and i'm happy... Posts: 1422 Oxford UK Gender: Drives: 99 3.0 V6 Elite Estate, 2001 3.2 MV6 estate.	Re: ifomega cut out Reply #13 - 14. Jan 2007 at 21:45 exhaust noise form engine bay.... might it be EGR related?? it's precisely what I've just had fixed..... all of a sudden the engine ran lumpy and threatened to stall at tick over.... and the exhaust sounded bad at the front.... turned out the EGR had "failed dramatically" .... replaced, and all sorted.....
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dragon33 Newbie Offline Posts: 30 swansea Gender:	Re: ifomega cut out Reply #14 - 14. Jan 2007 at 23:05 that sounds like it ,how much did that dent your funds?
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