The grumpy thread

[New POD]

4 hours ago, MikeR said:

gone from having no spare shite and everything clear and clean  in the garage , 

to having .

17 inch monitor

19 inch combi tv

23 inch combi tv

54 inch smart tv ......

should I start a telly renting company ?

23 inch for a monitor and 19 inch for the spare room please. 

[New POD]

I am grumpy and flumuxed. 

Omega won't start.  There is fuel. There is jump leads to a running astra, there is new spark plugs (the old ones were ready for replacement) 

The thing turns over.  Not a wiff of firing. 

 

[omegod]

3 hours ago, Heidel_Kakao said:

At least you can't see the cords so it could be worse.

How did you know I was wearing cords ?  

[paulplom]

1 hour ago, New POD said:

I am grumpy and flumuxed. 

Omega won't start.  There is fuel. There is jump leads to a running astra, there is new spark plugs (the old ones were ready for replacement) 

The thing turns over.  Not a wiff of firing. 

 

Imobiliser related? It might cut the spark. Can you take an ht lead off and check.

Put your finger in the end of it and crank it over. If you feel a slight tingle, you know you have spark.

[paulplom]

Joke btw. Watch that heart of yours!

[New POD]

20 minutes ago, paulplom said:

Imobiliser related? It might cut the spark. Can you take an ht lead off and check.

Put your finger in the end of it and crank it over. If you feel a slight tingle, you know you have spark.

Changing the spark plugs took over an hour.  There is no plug leads only coil packs, held on by torch bolts, hidden by high pressure fuel lines on one side, and all sorts of pipe and cables on the other. 

I didn't want to risk powering it up with fuel line disconnected. 

[MikeR]

2 hours ago, New POD said:

I am grumpy and flumuxed. 

Omega won't start.  There is fuel. There is jump leads to a running astra, there is new spark plugs (the old ones were ready for replacement) 

The thing turns over.  Not a wiff of firing. 

 

need my timing light to look for the sparks , should be dark soon and it can be used

[New POD]

Not today. Can I borrow your code reader ? 

[paulplom]

20 minutes ago, New POD said:

There is no plug leads only coil packs, held on by torch bolts

Do you have a socket set for torch bolts?

At least they'll be easy to see.

[New POD]

Just now, paulplom said:

Do you have a socket set for torch bolts?

At least they'll be easy to see.

Torx.  Sputid spill chucked. 

[ruffgeezer]

Hope it's not a v6, they were a shit to change the coil pack on. Iirc. 

[omegod]

Sounds like Crank Sensor New Pod , I have one here if needed 

[New POD]

1 hour ago, ruffgeezer said:

Hope it's not a v6, they were a shit to change the coil pack on. Iirc. 

It had new coil packs about 2 years ago. 

The first few times I removed them it took over 3 hours. I'm pretty good at it now.  6 Spark plugs changed in just over an hour. 

[New POD]

6 minutes ago, omegod said:

Sounds like Crank Sensor New Pod , I have one here if needed 

Can you come and fit it ? I'm not even sure where it sits? Is it for a 3.2 ? I may well take you up on the offer. 

[omegod]

7 minutes ago, New POD said:

Can you come and fit it ? I'm not even sure where it sits? Is it for a 3.2 ? I may well take you up on the offer. 

do a diagnosis as per below, you'd be hoping for a code if it's crank sensor but it doesn't always show up. could possibly sort something later in the week 

https://oldsite.omegaowners.com//forum/YaBB.pl?num=1189022687

[Wack]

FFS

Steals a Caravan, gets caught, won't say who helped him or where he was going, loads of previous but still gets a suspended sentence, "progress he had previously been making" my arse, more like he's been lucky and not got caught

https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/police-were-suspicious-saw-14000-18652048?int_source=taboola&int_medium=display&int_campaign=organic

Mr Barnes said the defendant had 21 previous convictions for 34 offences, including thefts and fraud.

Despite offending regularly in 2018 and 2019, Judge Parry said he bore in mind the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on prisoners, and whether an immediate sentence needed to be imposed.

He said he would give Carey a chance to continue the progress he had recently been making.

 

[MikeR]

yes

but dont forget you can run opelscan with a phone and your obd dongle

[MikeR]

your obd dongle appears to be fubared , I have installed opel dtc reader to use with mine ...

[MikeR]

the shopping channel to day with electric bikes ..

"this model comes with mudguards and brakes "      , did wonder if the base model had any stopping power .....

[New POD]

8 minutes ago, MikeR said:

your obd dongle appears to be fubared , I have installed opel dtc reader to use with mine ...

Cheers. 

Omega owners forum suggests crank sensor, fuel pump relay, or fuel pump most likely causes.  

[New POD]

2 hours ago, omegod said:

do a diagnosis as per below, you'd be hoping for a code 19 if it's crank sensor but it doesn't always show up. could possibly sort something later in the week 

https://oldsite.omegaowners.com//forum/YaBB.pl?num=1189022687

MikeR came around with his generic code reader, and there are no codes showing.  Which is weird. 

[Mr Pastry]

9 minutes ago, New POD said:

Cheers. 

Omega owners forum suggests crank sensor, fuel pump relay, or fuel pump most likely causes.  

FWIW - totally different vehicle but must be a similar system - I sometimes get this with my Kangoo, but it always responds to wiggling the plug on the crank sensor, clearly a bad connection.    If the fuel pump is working you should be able to hear it when you turn the ignition on.

[sheffcortinacentre]

Nothing new re the tyres on baby carriage we got this all the time at least 10 years ago.

More important things to spend money on (I fones,makeup,splifs,etc) & they check them on mot don't they same wiv oil & water init!

[Zelandeth]

Right, I'll just quickly throw this video clip onto YouTube so I can include it in the post and get that done before I head to bed.

"Uploading...Estimated 3 hours 47 minutes remaining..."

Oh FFS.  Guess I'll be posting that tomorrow then.

[djoptix]

On 8/2/2020 at 2:18 PM, vulgalour said:

I wish!  Other self employed friends have got the cheque, but because I work from home and don't have to rent out a premises, I don't qualify, so I've just been plodding along as best I can for the duration and putting up with the drop in income.

Regarding the self employment grant, premises has nothing to do with it. If you are

• Self employed (i.e. you fill in the Self Employment bit of the tax return)
• Have been trading for the last three years and not earned more than £51k (business profits)

it's an open and shut case, you will get 80% of your averaged turnover for the last grant and 70% of your averaged turnover for the next one.

Notable exceptions/things which commonly disqualify people are

• You're not really self employed, you're a company director and pay yourself in dividends
• You earned £51,000.47 last year
• You earn eleventy million pounds but get paid in wads of grubby fivers that Elsie has been keeping under the mattress (see: @paulplom)

[paulplom]

I can't be earning that much then if I qualified for the grant.

[djoptix]

1 minute ago, paulplom said:

I can't be earning that much then if I qualified for the grant.

Don't worry, I was joking. I am self employed too

[paulplom]

My mate filled the online application in for me while I was changing his sink tap. I didn't know anything about it.

I gave him £100 or doing it. I would never have known/be arsed to fill the form in.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 hour ago, paulplom said:

I can't be earning that much then if I qualified for the grant.

Do remember that you have to declare this grant as income in your next tax return. It's not quite "free money".

[Tamworthbay]

Started some new medication yesterday, feel like utter shit. I managed about an hours sleep and was chucking up half the night. I was warned there would be side effects for a while but after years of taking lots of different shit I have got a bit blasé and laughed it off. Not looking forward to the next dose tonight.