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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Cookie Monster on 09 November 2009, 16:34:47

Title: paper clip fault code ?
Post by: Cookie Monster on 09 November 2009, 16:34:47

Hello oh knowledgeable ones !
Just done the paper clip test with engine running and it gave me just one fault code .. no 19 .. Incorrect Rpm .. can anyone tell me what this is.. and what if anything i need to do about it please.   :-/

Title: Re: paper clip fault code ?
Post by: Jimbob on 09 November 2009, 16:44:50

its the old favourite Crank sensor....

replace it or break down  :y

Title: Re: paper clip fault code ?
Post by: TheBoy on 09 November 2009, 18:40:30

Yup, as Jimbob says. Ignore at your peril.


Some people have been known to ignore it, and end up leaving their car in France ::)

Title: Re: paper clip fault code ?
Post by: Andy B on 09 November 2009, 18:42:14

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Some people have been known to ignore it, and end up leaving their car in France ::)

Do tell!!!  ::)  :y  :y  :y

I took a spare on a guided tour of France this year!  ;D

Title: Re: paper clip fault code ?
Post by: TheBoy on 09 November 2009, 18:43:33

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Some people have been known to ignore it, and end up leaving their car in France ::)

Do tell!!!  ::)  :y  :y  :y

I took a spare on a guided tour of France this year!  ;D

In my defence, I didn't know I had a 19 before I went  :-[

Title: Re: paper clip fault code ?
Post by: Andy B on 09 November 2009, 18:45:03

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Some people have been known to ignore it, and end up leaving their car in France ::)

Do tell!!!  ::)  :y  :y  :y

I took a spare on a guided tour of France this year!  ;D

In my defence, I didn't know I had a 19 before I went  :-[

Ooops!  ::)  ::)  ;D  ;D  ;D :y :y

Title: Re: paper clip fault code ?
Post by: TheBoy on 09 November 2009, 18:48:22

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Some people have been known to ignore it, and end up leaving their car in France ::)

Do tell!!!  ::)  :y  :y  :y

I took a spare on a guided tour of France this year!  ;D

In my defence, I didn't know I had a 19 before I went  :-[

Ooops!  ::)  ::)  ;D  ;D  ;D :y :y

Ooops indeed. Had to come home is a crappy Astra-H (France) and a bloody Focus (UK).  Car made it home some 10 days later on a truck.


I ALWAYS carry a spare sensor when going any distance ;D - neither of us want to go through that again (as the breakdown was only a small part of the entire tale!)

Title: Re: paper clip fault code ?
Post by: hotel21 on 09 November 2009, 18:48:24

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Some people have been known to ignore it, and end up leaving their car in France ::)

Do tell!!!  ::)  :y  :y  :y

I took a spare on a guided tour of France this year!  ;D

In my defence, I didn't know I had a 19 before I went  :-[

Ooops!  ::)  ::)  ;D  ;D  ;D :y :y

his sig for a while was something like ' always carry a spare crank sensor, especially in France when on holiday'....

Title: Re: paper clip fault code ?
Post by: Andy B on 09 November 2009, 19:02:00

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Some people have been known to ignore it, and end up leaving their car in France ::)

Do tell!!!  ::)  :y  :y  :y

I took a spare on a guided tour of France this year!  ;D

In my defence, I didn't know I had a 19 before I went  :-[

Ooops!  ::)  ::)  ;D  ;D  ;D :y :y

his sig for a while was something like ' always carry a spare crank sensor, especially in France when on holiday'....

I missed that.  :(  ;)  ;)  :y

Title: Re: paper clip fault code ?
Post by: Cookie Monster on 09 November 2009, 20:15:41

I`m probably gonna regret this due to my limited knowledge but ... what does the sensor do ?.... apart from sensoring .... Derrr

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Title: Re: paper clip fault code ?
Post by: Andy H on 09 November 2009, 20:22:12

Crank position sensor

The tip of it sits very close to a steel wheel with slots cut in it on the back of the crankshaft. It senses variations in magnetic field and is used to calculate where the crankshaft is (and hence the rpm)

Title: Re: paper clip fault code ?
Post by: Andy B on 09 November 2009, 20:30:42

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I`m probably gonna regret this due to my limited knowledge but ... what does the sensor do ?.... apart from sensoring .... Derrr

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It's like a set of points in a dizzy ..... but much better!  :y  :y  :y