Broke down :(

[Ritchy]

sounds like a classic computer says sensors broke situation not actually gon n looked at it properly

[petet16]

The crank position sensor would be a major suspect imo.

A mate at work has just had very similar symptoms to yours with his Omega, it would randomly start or not, and stall, each time he called the RAC the poxy thing started and ran perfectly, but in the end it was the crank sensor causing it.

We tried using the scangauge on it but it never showed a fault code.

He also changed the fuel pump relay because he noticed it was getting toasty hot, I don't know if thats normal or not.

[Ritchy]

as pete says a crank would more likely stall the car, the cam is just ther3 for the sequential fuel injection so it would probably just knock the fuelling out so it was firing all cylinders at once rather than each time a valve opened

[haGGard]

Well its been diagnosed today as a crank sensor this time. The part is on order. Don't know when i get it back but i hope its monday.

[Jay-ZS+]

Did you try cleaning it first?

[haGGard]

No. I've not had time to be honest with being on nights. Now i know where they are though i'll make sure to keep them ok in future.

[Ravinder_Tomcat220T]

What engine is it? My mate recently had symptoms of car not starting or just running crap in geneal, loss of power etc. Engine management light kept coming on. Changed the lambda sensor and all is working well again! Get it taken somewhere you trust and have the diagnostics to check what the problem is. Crank sensor normally behaves a bit differently to what you have described your symptoms as being as.

[haGGard]

It was fixed last week. It was the crank sensor after all. They put a new one in but now i know where it is i'll just make sure its clean if it does it again.

[Ravinder_Tomcat220T]

Glad to hear it's sorted then.