Devil_n_Disquiz
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Hello,
I am appealing to the collective knowledge and wisdom of the forum
Last year we bought a one owner 2010 Omega. Of late we have been getting an intermittent 'Check Engine' fault and also a 'Stability Control' fault. The check engine, however, is more frequent. It would usually come on if we started the engine before the 'status check' was completed. I'm not aware if its a bad thing to start the car before the status check is done??
Usually if we stop the car and restart then the check engine goes away. However, on a recent trip to NZ the check engine came on in Sydney at the motel and wouldn't go away. Even coming down from the room at various stages of the night and starting the car the warning was still there. Come back from NZ after 5 days and its STILL there. Stopped in at airport Maccas, come back out and start the car and the warning goes away.
Occasionally whilst stopped at lights the car will 'feel' like it drops a cylinder and the car sets up a real wobble, but after 10 seconds or so seems to right itself. Sometimes we will know if the check engine is about to come on as the car starts funny and wobbles around when starting from cold.
The car is out of warranty at the end of the month and has been into Holden to find the fault. They can't seem to find anything wrong with it. No codes in the system. They suggested we bring it in when the check engine comes on. Problem is that by the time we get it to Holden it seems to have sorted itself out. They did have a suggestion not to run E10 but to only use 95 or 98. We hadn't been running E10 anyway and was usually running 91. We don't know what the previous owner used though. Quite possibly he ran E10 always..I just dunno.
I am hoping that this version of events is ringing a bell with someone that has had a similar problem and got it sorted. What should we be looking for? Is there anything I can suggest to the Holden techs to be having a closer look at? The car has just gone 75000k
Much appreciate any assistance.
Cheers
Rod
I am appealing to the collective knowledge and wisdom of the forum
Last year we bought a one owner 2010 Omega. Of late we have been getting an intermittent 'Check Engine' fault and also a 'Stability Control' fault. The check engine, however, is more frequent. It would usually come on if we started the engine before the 'status check' was completed. I'm not aware if its a bad thing to start the car before the status check is done??
Usually if we stop the car and restart then the check engine goes away. However, on a recent trip to NZ the check engine came on in Sydney at the motel and wouldn't go away. Even coming down from the room at various stages of the night and starting the car the warning was still there. Come back from NZ after 5 days and its STILL there. Stopped in at airport Maccas, come back out and start the car and the warning goes away.
Occasionally whilst stopped at lights the car will 'feel' like it drops a cylinder and the car sets up a real wobble, but after 10 seconds or so seems to right itself. Sometimes we will know if the check engine is about to come on as the car starts funny and wobbles around when starting from cold.
The car is out of warranty at the end of the month and has been into Holden to find the fault. They can't seem to find anything wrong with it. No codes in the system. They suggested we bring it in when the check engine comes on. Problem is that by the time we get it to Holden it seems to have sorted itself out. They did have a suggestion not to run E10 but to only use 95 or 98. We hadn't been running E10 anyway and was usually running 91. We don't know what the previous owner used though. Quite possibly he ran E10 always..I just dunno.
I am hoping that this version of events is ringing a bell with someone that has had a similar problem and got it sorted. What should we be looking for? Is there anything I can suggest to the Holden techs to be having a closer look at? The car has just gone 75000k
Much appreciate any assistance.
Cheers
Rod
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