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[Sir Tigger KC]

Car started fine last night, went to start today as taking for it's MOT retest and it won't start.! 

It's turning over fine and the battery has plenty of juice.  I disconnected the battery last night to clamp it down properly, reconnected it and put the codes in for the stereo, and it started again fine when I took it out of the garage. Now it won't go this morning..... 

Any ideas?

[symes]

crank sensor

[cem_devecioglu]

any flashing EML for immobiliser ?

[Sir Tigger KC]

Got it going this morning! What a PITA/Sods Law etc 

Don't really know what the problem was, but the car is parked on a steep hill facing up and when I turned her around so she was facing downwards, away she went!!    Had just less than 1/4 of a tank of petrol, but often has less than this due to the LPG, and never a problem.  The only thing I can think of is that I started her very briefly last night to put her in the garage for a quick tinker and then again started briefly to park back on the hill and maybe didn't give enough running time to pull fresh petrol through.. 

Anyway, the upshot was that I was late to the garage and they'd started another job when I got there, so they didn't finish her today.  Maybe  it's an omen or she was trying tell me something!   

[cem_devecioglu]

Got it going this morning! What a PITA/Sods Law etc 

Don't really know what the problem was, but the car is parked on a steep hill facing up and when I turned her around so she was facing downwards, away she went!!    Had just less than 1/4 of a tank of petrol, but often has less than this due to the LPG, and never a problem.  The only thing I can think of is that I started her very briefly last night to put her in the garage for a quick tinker and then again started briefly to park back on the hill and maybe didn't give enough running time to pull fresh petrol through.. 

Anyway, the upshot was that I was late to the garage and they'd started another job when I got there, so they didn't finish her today.  Maybe  it's an omen or she was trying tell me something! 

if she was trying to tell you something , soon you will understand !

[LFF64]

I had a similar thing not long back and that ended up being crank sensor 

[Sir Tigger KC]

Hopefully not as it was replaced fairly recently. 

[albitz]

Is it an estate ? These seem to need a lot of petrol in the tank to start them when parked on a slope.

[symes]

Is it an estate ? These seem to need a lot of petrol in the tank to start them when parked on a slope.

Funny you should say that-but it is true though

[Sir Tigger KC]

Saloooon  I think it has to be related to the fact that I started it very briefly the night before? 

[Doctor Gollum]

The estastes are alot more prone to it

[symes]

The estastes are alot more prone to it

I reckon its because tank lower

[Sir Tigger KC]

Happened again today!    So I think you guys were right and it's probably the crank sensor! 

I changed it about 18 months ago and it was probably a cheap one....    but I can't remember rightly.. 

Do they tend to go intermittently? As I've done a bit of running around in her today and she's been fine and then I jumped in and she wouldn't start!! So after trying for a while with no success I abandoned her and went and had a ice cream on the seafront to calm down.  When I got back she started first time!! 

Owning an Omega is a bit like having a second wife really isn't it??     

[albitz]

Yep,often starts as an intermittent probem,then becomes permanent at the worst possible moment.

[robson]

classic crank sensor get genuine this time