Amaz'in
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Hi All,
This is my first post here on the forum, I know there is a vast amount of knowledge on here and I hope I can tap into it and get some help on a problem which has me baffled.
In short;
Car suddenly cuts out, 'seemingly' only when in heavy/non moving traffic after around 45 minutes.
In much more detail; (Btw ALL under-bonnet fuel pipes etc were replaced last year)
I had 'assumed' its maybe fuel related, and in particular..the in tank filter.
My reasoning for this is the chronological events below.
About 2 months ago I ran the car really low on fuel (was showing 18 miles to go on dash). I went to the garage and filled her up, next morning the car would not start...nothing.
I took the lid of the engine bay filter housing popped another filter in and noticed the filter bowl was only 1/4 full? wasn't sure how full it should be, so topped it up, and after a few attempts car finally fired up.
Around two weeks later, on my daily 30+ mile drive home I hit a tailback and with the traffic only moving a few feet in maybe 30-40 mins car suddenly stops, I immediately turned the key and it fired straight up, traffic had thinned a bit and I drove it home, I had around 1/4 of a tank at this time.
When I got home I popped in another filter, for the hell of it, again filter housing was low so just topped it up.
Around 1 month ago same scenario, hit very long tailback after a similar duration, and it just cut out again, but this time wouldn't start. I popped in yet another filter, filled the housing and fired her up again.
I had read if these cars have been run low when they have 1/4 of a tank of less they can manifest this issue.
last weekend I had to make a 550 mile round trip (gulp) to Bristol and I kept the tank a minimum of 1/2 full or above...car performed A1..no tailbacks..no issues?
Problem sorted then? Monday night hit tailback with traffic moving maybe 100 yards in 40+ minutes..and you guessed it..car cut out..hmm 1/2 tank this time, managed to glide the car into a bus stop, duly undone filter housing only to find it brim full this time..Hmm that's odd. waited maybe 10-15 mins and car fired up instantly.
Having convinced myself it's fuel tank related, I popped to my local trusted Garage, and his opinion is it maybe something else, and the 40+ min tailback issue maybe just a coincidence.
So he read the codes and got the following;
P1222 B37-002 Accelerator pedal sensor 1 signal voltage too high.
P1354-016 Synchronization stored between crankshaft and camshaft..no crankshaft signal.
P1354-032 same as 016 above.
Am I on wrong track with fuel?? is it something like a crank position sensor? why does it 'seemingly' only cut out in long periods of heavy traffic??
Mechanic has cleared the codes to allow the fault the show its ugly head again and after it cuts out..bring it in for a code read.
Trouble is, how an earth am I supposed to drive around in a car behaving like this?
Any advice will be very gratefully received.
Sorry for Biblical length of post.
This is my first post here on the forum, I know there is a vast amount of knowledge on here and I hope I can tap into it and get some help on a problem which has me baffled.
In short;
Car suddenly cuts out, 'seemingly' only when in heavy/non moving traffic after around 45 minutes.
In much more detail; (Btw ALL under-bonnet fuel pipes etc were replaced last year)
I had 'assumed' its maybe fuel related, and in particular..the in tank filter.
My reasoning for this is the chronological events below.
About 2 months ago I ran the car really low on fuel (was showing 18 miles to go on dash). I went to the garage and filled her up, next morning the car would not start...nothing.
I took the lid of the engine bay filter housing popped another filter in and noticed the filter bowl was only 1/4 full? wasn't sure how full it should be, so topped it up, and after a few attempts car finally fired up.
Around two weeks later, on my daily 30+ mile drive home I hit a tailback and with the traffic only moving a few feet in maybe 30-40 mins car suddenly stops, I immediately turned the key and it fired straight up, traffic had thinned a bit and I drove it home, I had around 1/4 of a tank at this time.
When I got home I popped in another filter, for the hell of it, again filter housing was low so just topped it up.
Around 1 month ago same scenario, hit very long tailback after a similar duration, and it just cut out again, but this time wouldn't start. I popped in yet another filter, filled the housing and fired her up again.
I had read if these cars have been run low when they have 1/4 of a tank of less they can manifest this issue.
last weekend I had to make a 550 mile round trip (gulp) to Bristol and I kept the tank a minimum of 1/2 full or above...car performed A1..no tailbacks..no issues?
Problem sorted then? Monday night hit tailback with traffic moving maybe 100 yards in 40+ minutes..and you guessed it..car cut out..hmm 1/2 tank this time, managed to glide the car into a bus stop, duly undone filter housing only to find it brim full this time..Hmm that's odd. waited maybe 10-15 mins and car fired up instantly.
Having convinced myself it's fuel tank related, I popped to my local trusted Garage, and his opinion is it maybe something else, and the 40+ min tailback issue maybe just a coincidence.
So he read the codes and got the following;
P1222 B37-002 Accelerator pedal sensor 1 signal voltage too high.
P1354-016 Synchronization stored between crankshaft and camshaft..no crankshaft signal.
P1354-032 same as 016 above.
Am I on wrong track with fuel?? is it something like a crank position sensor? why does it 'seemingly' only cut out in long periods of heavy traffic??
Mechanic has cleared the codes to allow the fault the show its ugly head again and after it cuts out..bring it in for a code read.
Trouble is, how an earth am I supposed to drive around in a car behaving like this?
Any advice will be very gratefully received.
Sorry for Biblical length of post.