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blackviper90210 Senior Member Offline Posts: 836 Bromsgrove, West Midlands Gender: Drives: 1999 Omega Elite Estate 3.0 LPG	Intermittant starting 22. Aug 2011 at 11:04 Morning all, The last few weeks my mig has been failing to start. She turns over but fails to fire up It doesn't happen all the time but enough to bother me now. Checked for codes - nothing showing. Trying to remember other OOfer's with this problem, was the answer a crank sensor? TIA
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kcl Senior Member Offline Posts: 696 Finland Gender: Drives: 2002 Opel Omega 2,6 Caravan Auto	Re: Intermittant starting Reply #1 - 22. Aug 2011 at 11:49 Crank sensor would be my bet... Easy and cheap enough to start with and does not always give codes when starting to fail...
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tunnie Over Active Poster Offline Posts: 22520 London, W3 Gender: Drives: 2.2 CD (LPG'd) & BMW R1200 GS	Re: Intermittant starting Reply #2 - 22. Aug 2011 at 11:50 Yup paperclip test and read codes, bet you get a 19
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blackviper90210 Senior Member Offline Posts: 836 Bromsgrove, West Midlands Gender: Drives: 1999 Omega Elite Estate 3.0 LPG	Re: Intermittant starting Reply #3 - 22. Aug 2011 at 12:02 tunnie wrote on 22. Aug 2011 at 11:50: Yup paperclip test and read codes, bet you get a 19 I did, but only because the engine was not running, if I start it up, it doesn't show.
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Jimbob Global Moderator Admin Team Offline Third nipple removal completed succesfuly Posts: 20462 Chester / Flintshire Gender: Drives: 52 3.2 MV6 Estate & 98 3.0 MV6 Manual Estate	Re: Intermittant starting Reply #4 - 22. Aug 2011 at 12:08 Any 19 is cause for concern....engine not running should be 31
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blackviper90210 Senior Member Offline Posts: 836 Bromsgrove, West Midlands Gender: Drives: 1999 Omega Elite Estate 3.0 LPG	Re: Intermittant starting Reply #5 - 22. Aug 2011 at 12:17 Jimbob wrote on 22. Aug 2011 at 12:08: Any 19 is cause for concern....engine not running should be 31 My mistake Jimbob, I mis understood that code So does that mean that it IS the crank sensor or something more sinister?
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Jimbob Global Moderator Admin Team Offline Third nipple removal completed succesfuly Posts: 20462 Chester / Flintshire Gender: Drives: 52 3.2 MV6 Estate & 98 3.0 MV6 Manual Estate	Re: Intermittant starting Reply #6 - 22. Aug 2011 at 12:47 If you ever see 19....crank sensor is the 1st port of call
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blackviper90210 Senior Member Offline Posts: 836 Bromsgrove, West Midlands Gender: Drives: 1999 Omega Elite Estate 3.0 LPG	Re: Intermittant starting Reply #7 - 22. Aug 2011 at 13:00 Thanks Jimbob, will try and see which connector I have to make sure I get the right replacement!!
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JamesV6CDX Omega Baron Offline Posts: 3202 Gloucestershire Gender: Drives: 2002 (02) 3.2 Retail MV6 in Star Silver with Leather	Re: Intermittant starting Reply #8 - 23. Aug 2011 at 14:02 Are you laid up after the op yet mate? Need me to do it for you? FOC, just pop down
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dbug Omega Lord Offline Dont knock Linux! Posts: 7822 Northants Gender: Drives: 98 V6 Elite auto	Re: Intermittant starting Reply #9 - 23. Aug 2011 at 14:05 blackviper90210 wrote on 22. Aug 2011 at 13:00: Thanks Jimbob, will try and see which connector I have to make sure I get the right replacement!! It'll be the "oval" one mate HTH
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blackviper90210

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Re: Intermittant starting
Reply #10 - 23. Aug 2011 at 14:39

dbug wrote on 23. Aug 2011 at 14:05:

blackviper90210 wrote on 22. Aug 2011 at 13:00:

Thanks Jimbob, will try and see which connector I have to make sure I get the right replacement!! Thumbs Up!

It'll be the "oval" one mate HTH

Just out of curiousity, how do you know that? Is that because of the engine & year of the car?
Only reason I ask is I've seen on here that there are 2 different connectors, iirc.
Apologies if I've offended you with questioning your knowledge Roll Eyes

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Re: Intermittant starting
Reply #11 - 23. Aug 2011 at 14:43

JamesV6CDX wrote on 23. Aug 2011 at 14:02:

Are you laid up after the op yet mate? Need me to do it for you? FOC, just pop down Thumbs Up!

Hi James,

Yeah, I'm laid up at the moment. I can hobble about and bend my knee about 45 deg, so getting there!!
Thanks for the offer of sorting it for me, thats great mate. I need to save for one first before I can do anything, but when I get it, I'll take you up on the offer if it's still open!

If there is anything I can do for you any time, let me know. May take me a while to hobble there though, lol.

Cheers mate! Thumbs Up!

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