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[Marks DTM Calib]

Ignore the charging, its not likely.

Get the codes read.

[megaomega123]

The ABS sounds like a wheel sensor. As it does a full rotation of the toothed wheel the light will come on if faulty sensor.

[KillerWatt]

I still think it's daft that the MOT doesn't require the road test anymore.

Why?

[sev]

Phat, that's what i'm hoping it is, the only wheel sensors I haven't chaged are the rears, the two front one's i've replaced... what fun that was!

KillerWatt, I suppose the driving of the vehicle also might identify other problems or higlight other issues that might not be readily apparent on the static tests.

[sev]

OK, so i've just got a call from the MOT centre, and they've read the faultcodes on the abs.

It turned out that the ABS motor in the modulator had seized, and with some jiggery pokery with the tech 2 they freed it.  Apparently lots of black s**t came out, but it's working now, so i'm really pleased about that.  Somehow it got contaminated in the past.

The fuel line is sorted, and the noise which I thought was a lifter is apparently a manifold stud snapped on the driver side cylinder bank 

THe biggest pain though is the headlamps, you see, the projector ones which I bought have turned out to have one (driver side) euro lamp as the beams kick to the offside.  So I cleaned up my OEM lamps, polished them up and popped them in, and guess what, the adjusters are all broken and snapped 

Well, that was a quality spend when I could have just got a set of decent pattern projectors - still didn't have a crystal ball back then.

So the mission is, to get a decent working UK set of lamps with functional  adjusters - all that's neded to get the thing through the MOT.

After that, i'll decide if I can actually be arsed to keep the thing any more.  With all the work i'v done, and the 3.0L cams i've got for it, it'll probably make a top project for someone to finish off... we'll see.

anyway... headlamps...

AGcars247 on fleabay has said 100 for a pair of pattern lamps

Eurocarparts 160 for the pair

Camberley autofactors 200 each!!

Vauxhall 198 each.

[Zuffenhausen]

Andy has a complete set of Xenons for £50 here

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1244378222/all

[sev]

thanks Zuffenhausen, but this time around I'd rather have a crappy set of chocolate pattern parts that I know works to get through the MOt than chance another set of duffers from a car that's being broken.

[tigers_gonads]

The light behaves until you start to roll over 5mph then there seems to be a heavy power draw on the battery and both abs/tc lights come on.

Symptom of Altenator charging fault if I recall from other posts on here!

i'll second that 

my abs/tc light used to come on when the engine was at low revs / coasting .

tried all sorts to fix it ....... abs sensors ...... even tyre pressures.

alternator melted last month............ changed it and fault never seen again 

[tigers_gonads]

oops ........... must type faster 

[Elite Pete]

Have you checked the lever on the back of the headlights isn't set for Europe

[eddie]

What Elite Pete said....even the top end headlights are adjustable for continental driving.

As far as the ABS is concerned, try disconnecting the pig-tails (the connecting plugs) and give them a good clean-this has worked for me on  one occasion.

eddie

[sev]

Elite Pete, the headlamp european lever only flattens the beam, rather than change the actual kick on them, we tried with both, up and down, as it was the adjusters on the original and projector lamps were both trollied.

Eddie, the problem was actually the actuator motor which was stuck fast with contamination in the ABS modulator itself, the TECH2 highlighted the fault and the motor was actuated throught the computer until it freed up, loads of black poo came out!, but now it's right as rain.

I've just got back with it, and the only headache now is the snapped rear lower Exhaust manifold stud on the driver side cylinder bank, that's what the noise is and not the hydraulic lifters as I first thought, which also explains the power loss and sluggish acceleration.

I've got a set of pattern headlamps from (AGcars247 - 100 for a new pattern pair) on fleanbay arriving tommorrow so i'll fit those and then relevel and retest on those monday am.

My question to myself is this,  do I do the manifold stud or just change the head, or alternatively do I just say sod it, and sell the car with that one fault (after i've put the new aircon condenser I have for it and regas).

[sev]

Don't touch DEPO headlamps they're shite.