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Title: Intermittant starting
Post by blackviper90210 on 22. Aug 2011 at 11:04

Morning all,

The last few weeks my mig has been failing to start. She turns over but fails to fire up :-/

It doesn't happen all the time but enough to bother me now. Checked for codes - nothing showing.

Trying to remember other OOfer's with this problem, was the answer a crank sensor?

TIA :y

Title: Re: Intermittant starting
Post by kcl on 22. Aug 2011 at 11:49

Crank sensor would be my bet... :y Easy and cheap enough to start with and does not always give codes when starting to fail...

Title: Re: Intermittant starting
Post by tunnie on 22. Aug 2011 at 11:50

Yup paperclip test and read codes, bet you get a 19 :y

Title: Re: Intermittant starting
Post by blackviper90210 on 22. Aug 2011 at 12:02

tunnie wrote on 22. Aug 2011 at 11:50:

Yup paperclip test and read codes, bet you get a 19 :y

I did, but only because the engine was not running, if I start it up, it doesn't show.

Title: Re: Intermittant starting
Post by Jimbob on 22. Aug 2011 at 12:08

Any 19 is cause for concern....engine not running should be 31 :y

Title: Re: Intermittant starting
Post by blackviper90210 on 22. Aug 2011 at 12:17

Jimbob wrote on 22. Aug 2011 at 12:08:

Any 19 is cause for concern....engine not running should be 31 :y

My mistake Jimbob, I mis understood that code ::)

So does that mean that it IS the crank sensor or something more sinister? :-/

Title: Re: Intermittant starting
Post by Jimbob on 22. Aug 2011 at 12:47

If you ever see 19....crank sensor is the 1st port of call :y

Title: Re: Intermittant starting
Post by blackviper90210 on 22. Aug 2011 at 13:00

Thanks Jimbob, will try and see which connector I have to make sure I get the right replacement!! :y

Title: Re: Intermittant starting
Post by JamesV6CDX on 23. Aug 2011 at 14:02

Are you laid up after the op yet mate? Need me to do it for you? FOC, just pop down :y

Title: Re: Intermittant starting
Post by dbug on 23. Aug 2011 at 14:05

blackviper90210 wrote on 22. Aug 2011 at 13:00:

Thanks Jimbob, will try and see which connector I have to make sure I get the right replacement!! :y

It'll be the "oval" one mate HTH

Title: Re: Intermittant starting
Post by blackviper90210 on 23. Aug 2011 at 14:39

dbug wrote on 23. Aug 2011 at 14:05:

blackviper90210 wrote on 22. Aug 2011 at 13:00:

Thanks Jimbob, will try and see which connector I have to make sure I get the right replacement!! :y

It'll be the "oval" one mate HTH

Just out of curiousity, how do you know that? Is that because of the engine & year of the car?
Only reason I ask is I've seen on here that there are 2 different connectors, iirc.
Apologies if I've offended you with questioning your knowledge ::)

Title: Re: Intermittant starting
Post by blackviper90210 on 23. Aug 2011 at 14:43

JamesV6CDX wrote on 23. Aug 2011 at 14:02:

Are you laid up after the op yet mate? Need me to do it for you? FOC, just pop down :y

Hi James,

Yeah, I'm laid up at the moment. I can hobble about and bend my knee about 45 deg, so getting there!!
Thanks for the offer of sorting it for me, thats great mate. I need to save for one first before I can do anything, but when I get it, I'll take you up on the offer if it's still open!

If there is anything I can do for you any time, let me know. May take me a while to hobble there though, lol.

Cheers mate! :y