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Intermittant starting
« on: 22 August 2011, 11:04:10 »
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
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Re: Intermittant starting
« Reply #1 on: 22 August 2011, 11:49:08 »
Crank sensor would be my bet...  :y Easy and cheap enough to start with and does not always give codes when starting to fail...
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Re: Intermittant starting
« Reply #2 on: 22 August 2011, 11:50:55 »
Yup paperclip test and read codes, bet you get a 19  :y
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Re: Intermittant starting
« Reply #3 on: 22 August 2011, 12:02:00 »
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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.
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Re: Intermittant starting
« Reply #4 on: 22 August 2011, 12:08:01 »
Any 19 is cause for concern....engine not running should be 31  :y
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Re: Intermittant starting
« Reply #5 on: 22 August 2011, 12:17:58 »
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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? :-/
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Re: Intermittant starting
« Reply #6 on: 22 August 2011, 12:47:35 »
If you ever see 19....crank sensor is the 1st port of call  :y
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Re: Intermittant starting
« Reply #7 on: 22 August 2011, 13:00:11 »
Thanks Jimbob, will try and see which connector I have to make sure I get the right replacement!!  :y
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Re: Intermittant starting
« Reply #8 on: 23 August 2011, 14:02:50 »
Are you laid up after the op yet mate? Need me to do it for you? FOC, just pop down :y
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Re: Intermittant starting
« Reply #9 on: 23 August 2011, 14:05:25 »
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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
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« Reply #10 on: 23 August 2011, 14:39:02 »
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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   ::)
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Re: Intermittant starting
« Reply #11 on: 23 August 2011, 14:43:04 »
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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
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