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Postby george999 » Thu Dec 07, 2017 7:36 pm

ok guys .I have a 09 plate jumbo transit .I can honestly say never had so many problems .now today drove her in the rain turned her off and went to start her first she wouldn't start .then when she did very erratic and the fuel mileage display was flashing .the orange cog with !Mark is on as well she idled for a couple of secs then dies.rac came out reset the codes still won't start but he said could be a crankshaft or camshaft sensor .the crankshaft sensor was replaced about 3 months ago .any ideas guys help me please before I put a axe through the van .
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Re: non starter AGAIN

Postby ned » Thu Dec 07, 2017 8:02 pm

How old are your batteries (a jumbo has two). N
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Re: non starter AGAIN

Postby v8dave » Thu Dec 07, 2017 9:02 pm

You can get at the cam sensor without having to remove anything else, pull it put and see it it is clean.
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Re: non starter AGAIN

Postby george999 » Thu Dec 07, 2017 9:59 pm

ned wrote:How old are your batteries (a jumbo has two). N



only had them replaced less then a year ago
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Re: non starter AGAIN

Postby knobby1 » Thu Dec 07, 2017 11:26 pm

george999 wrote:ok guys .I have a 09 plate jumbo transit .I can honestly say never had so many problems .now today drove her in the rain turned her off and went to start her first she wouldn't start .then when she did very erratic and the fuel mileage display was flashing .the orange cog with !Mark is on as well she idled for a couple of secs then dies.rac came out reset the codes still won't start but he said could be a crankshaft or camshaft sensor .the crankshaft sensor was replaced about 3 months ago .any ideas guys help me please before I put a axe through the van .


Did he say what the actual codes were..??

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Re: non starter AGAIN

Postby george999 » Fri Dec 08, 2017 8:18 pm

got it all fixed now guys thanks for all the help/advice it was a misaligned crank sensor the RAC tech couldnt be bothered to fix it .
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