harpersimon
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Hello all. Ideas please..
My car had a random habit of not starting. It will crank until the cows come home
But not start. Then for no apparent reason it will start and be fine for a day or so
When cranking it is almost like an imobiliser has cut in and when it does start I am left with
the engine management light on- which clears after a day
It has been suggested as the symptoms or a crank position sensor fault but thought I would run it by
the knowledge here.
If it is, what is failing , can I do anything to temp fix it and how hard is it to change if you are handy with spanners?
I appreciate it prob needs plugging into some diagnostics. I live in lancs so if there is somewhere
Near please advise. Thanks!
My car had a random habit of not starting. It will crank until the cows come home
But not start. Then for no apparent reason it will start and be fine for a day or so
When cranking it is almost like an imobiliser has cut in and when it does start I am left with
the engine management light on- which clears after a day
It has been suggested as the symptoms or a crank position sensor fault but thought I would run it by
the knowledge here.
If it is, what is failing , can I do anything to temp fix it and how hard is it to change if you are handy with spanners?
I appreciate it prob needs plugging into some diagnostics. I live in lancs so if there is somewhere
Near please advise. Thanks!