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Crank sensor ?
« on: 27 March 2009, 21:16:56 »
Car has been driving smoothly and went to the supermarket today evening, when i got into the car, it was reluctant to start then bham! orange light came on .

Have tried switching on/off the car a few times,but the light stays on, my car is a 2.2 so nopaper clips test.
How easy is it to replace a crank sensor and how much does one cost with a trade club? Is there any harm to the car if idrive it?
Is there any member in the herts area with a code reader? I don't want to be robbed by the stealers!
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Re: Crank sensor ?
« Reply #1 on: 27 March 2009, 23:23:50 »
could be, needs a diagnostic first to confirm. How near to Brackley and The Boy are you? He has tech2  
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Re: Crank sensor ?
« Reply #2 on: 28 March 2009, 00:16:46 »
Been to the boy before about 130 miles for me. Will pm the boy...
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« Reply #3 on: 28 March 2009, 00:21:01 »
in the mean time, which light is it? Car spanner symbol or engine symbol?
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Re: Crank sensor ?
« Reply #4 on: 28 March 2009, 07:44:32 »
it is the EML, the car is running in limp mode sometimes.
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Re: Crank sensor ?
« Reply #5 on: 28 March 2009, 22:07:33 »
Been driving the who day and the EML has not appeared today at all.Car drives like new and all is well. I am still not happy as i need to understand why the EML was on yesterday. Any ideas anyone.

One thing i did unusual this week is that i did put a half tank of leaded petrol and then a few days later did fill her up with unleaded petrol. Can this cause any problem.

I suppose a tech II is the only way out of my misery >:(
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« Reply #6 on: 28 March 2009, 22:09:49 »
leaded petrol?? do modern cars even run on leaded??? Apart from being really hard to get hold of lol
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« Reply #7 on: 28 March 2009, 22:19:01 »
shell either call it premium unleaded or leaded, not sure, but it is normally slightly more expensive than unleaded...
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Re: Crank sensor ?
« Reply #8 on: 29 March 2009, 09:16:04 »
I had my crank sensor done not so long ago and it cost me £242 at a local garage. That included the diagnostic to source the problem.
The symptoms I had were...

Full engine cut out at random times (even whilst on a motorway at 80mph)
Trouble restarting the engine.
EML flickering on and then staying on

I'm sure it could be done cheaper by someone who knows a man and if you can get it diagnosed elsewhere than a garage, then you'll save a fortune. Good luck!  :y
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Re: Crank sensor ?
« Reply #9 on: 29 March 2009, 10:52:37 »
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I had my crank sensor done not so long ago and it cost me £242 at a local garage. That included the diagnostic to source the problem.
The symptoms I had were...

Full engine cut out at random times (even whilst on a motorway at 80mph)
Trouble restarting the engine.
EML flickering on and then staying on

I'm sure it could be done cheaper by someone who knows a man and if you can get it diagnosed elsewhere than a garage, then you'll save a fortune. Good luck!  :y
How much :o, you should have done it yourself mate, there's even a how 2 guide on here. Just had to replace mine after changing my head gaskets, oil cooler and cam belt. Genuine VX part cost me £57 from my local dealership, it took me about 10 minutes all in to fit and it was diagnosed with the paperclip test.
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Re: Crank sensor ?
« Reply #10 on: 29 March 2009, 11:12:59 »
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I had my crank sensor done not so long ago and it cost me £242 at a local garage. That included the diagnostic to source the problem.
The symptoms I had were...

Full engine cut out at random times (even whilst on a motorway at 80mph)
Trouble restarting the engine.
EML flickering on and then staying on

I'm sure it could be done cheaper by someone who knows a man and if you can get it diagnosed elsewhere than a garage, then you'll save a fortune. Good luck!  :y
How much :o, you should have done it yourself mate, there's even a how 2 guide on here. Just had to replace mine after changing my head gaskets, oil cooler and cam belt. Genuine VX part cost me £57 from my local dealership, it took me about 10 minutes all in to fit and it was diagnosed with the paperclip test.

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The part is £60 and takes about 5 minutes to fit!
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« Reply #11 on: 29 March 2009, 16:39:17 »
How much?? Christ, if i'd have known that i'd definitely have asked on here first! I'll chalk that one up to experience. Next time i'll check here before I do anything  :-[
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« Reply #12 on: 29 March 2009, 17:00:25 »
crank sensor from vx is £62 plus vat with trade club picked one yesterday..
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