James@CCC
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Registered: 10th Nov 03
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Hiya all, hope you can help me
I was driving along the motorway on sunday in mad rain and my car started to act funny. It basically started going crazy whenever it got over a certain amount of revs (i have no revometer so i dont no exactly. Its still doing this now whenever i rev it a little and the paperclip test had thrown back 19, which is the cranksaft sensor rpm signal (its a C20XE engine)
So what exactly does this mean? Do i need a new part or wot? Do you think moisture has got caught in the sensor as the rain was crazy on the motorway.
any help will be grately appreciated
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James@CCC
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ok, did some research and have learnt about the crankshaft sensor  Thats the good point about having these engines break, you can learn about them easy 
Anyway went to have a look at it and saw this
dunno if that shows it well but its basically well deteriorated! Loose and basically a mess.
So i guess i just buy a new wire thingy from vauxhall? Do i need another parts while im there? Is it gonna be a big job, hints and tips etc?
thanks boys
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lee mitchell
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it will always bring up the crankshaft sensor if the engine isnt running when u do the test. although i thought it was no 31
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James@CCC
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it always brings up 12 i think it is, not 19. They just both happen to be crank related
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lee mitchell
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it always bring up 12 to say its testing but also 31 as no rpm crankshaft too. it may be bringing up 19 if it got wet. tape it up and c how it goes to stop water getting on it
[Edited on 26-07-2005 by lee mitchell]
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James@CCC
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cheers mate all seems to be good, except having played around with it, it moved a little too close to the exhaust and melted a bit tonight 
More importanly tho i had a bit of a crash tonight and just got toed home. engine runs ok still but its not going anywhere in gear. wot else could this be except for drivehafts as these seem to still be there
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lee mitchell
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linkage probably needs resetting mate
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