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Author Topic: 3.2 V6 Won't Start  (Read 4644 times)

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Re: 3.2 V6 Won't Start
« Reply #15 on: 01 February 2012, 09:16:38 »

Make sure the sensor is exactly the same,there are different types for the v6 and they may have supplied you with the wrong one.It wouldnt be the first time.
Having said that,I would have thought they would both fit into the block easily enough,just might not work once in there. :-\

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Re: 3.2 V6 Won't Start
« Reply #16 on: 01 February 2012, 09:35:27 »

They are a tight fit. Try cleaning the hole they push into and put a smear of oil around the O ring
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Re: 3.2 V6 Won't Start
« Reply #17 on: 01 February 2012, 10:33:15 »

It is exactly the same - a Bosch one.  I'll have another go at it when I get home this evening.  I will win, just hope it cures the problem or it's back to square one.

I see what the problem is with the oringinal routeing, and the sensor wire doesn't have a lot of spare to reroute it far from the downpipes.  I guess the best place to tiewrap it to is the nearside brake lines or the larger (aircon?) pipe on the inside of engine bay.
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Re: 3.2 V6 Won't Start
« Reply #18 on: 01 February 2012, 11:52:26 »

It is exactly the same - a Bosch one.  I'll have another go at it when I get home this evening.  I will win, just hope it cures the problem or it's back to square one.

I see what the problem is with the oringinal routeing, and the sensor wire doesn't have a lot of spare to reroute it far from the downpipes.  I guess the best place to tiewrap it to is the nearside brake lines or the larger (aircon?) pipe on the inside of engine bay.

Yep. It also helps to dig the other end of the wiring in the loom out and run it a little way up the cable tray that sits on the nearside head so the socket is closer to where the wiring runs up the inner wing.

EDIT: ..and if the wiring took the original routing, that's the original crank sensor, so it will certainly be due a change by now. If it isn't the problem this time it soon would have been. :y
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Re: 3.2 V6 Won't Start
« Reply #19 on: 02 February 2012, 11:43:02 »

They are a tight fit. Try cleaning the hole they push into and put a smear of oil around the O ring

You aren't kidding!

I resorted to removing the orange seal just to ensure the sensor would actually fit in the hole and to see if it cured the fault.  Bingo, it coughed a bit and started , a couple of flickers of the spanner and all was well.  Put the old on eback in and no start so that confirmed the fault.  I put the seal off the old sensor on the new one but even that was a very tight fit and in the end I had to resort to a couple of gentle taps with a rubber mallet. Next time I might use siloicone gasket sealant.

Anyway, job done and a nice warm trip to work at -5 deg this morning.  Thanks for all the advice.
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Re: 3.2 V6 Won't Start
« Reply #20 on: 02 February 2012, 11:46:56 »

result.  :y
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Re: 3.2 V6 Won't Start
« Reply #21 on: 02 February 2012, 12:13:56 »

Good stuff :y

Its typical that a breakdown occurs in the coldest of weather :(
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Re: 3.2 V6 Won't Start
« Reply #22 on: 02 February 2012, 12:23:58 »

Good stuff :y

Its typical that a breakdown occurs in the coldest of weather :(
uurrmmm yeh.
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Re: 3.2 V6 Won't Start
« Reply #23 on: 02 February 2012, 12:36:04 »

Having done my coil pack outside at -9 I can vouch for that :o
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Re: 3.2 V6 Won't Start
« Reply #24 on: 02 February 2012, 18:56:04 »

Good stuff :y

Its typical that a breakdown occurs in the coldest of weather :(

I had to resort to the heated gloves on the motorbike  :y
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Re: 3.2 V6 Won't Start
« Reply #25 on: 02 February 2012, 19:00:49 »



I had to resort to the heated gloves on the motorbike  :y
your spoilt  ;)
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