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« on: 05 April 2018, 22:54:20 »
Hi, not been on her much due to health issues, I have a new problem with my 2001 2.6 estate. over the last 3 weeks it occasionally will not start when warm, but if left for an hour or so it seems to start again quite happily. Last week it cut out at the lights while still cold but started again immediately. Tonight however it cut out while warm as I was waiting to pull out at a roundabout, would not restart, this was accompanied with a buzzing noise from behind the dashboard which sounded like a relay switching really fast, in fact I flattened the battery trying to get it going. I moved it to the side of the road and walked the last mile home, had a cuppa, borrowed the neighbours booster pack and walked back to the car, connected the booster and it fired up immediately, there was a short burst of buzzing from the dash again which went away after a few seconds. Is this possibly the crankshaft sensor on its way out? or could something else be the problem, the fuel pump relay maybe? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.