What have you done to your car today?

Tr1p said:
Took my SAAB 9-5 out of a 3 month hibernation. Took it for MOT and it passed without fault. However since its been sat for 3 months the EML has come on.

Scanning it shows a faulty Crank and Camshaft sensor. Now the 2.2TiD doesn't have a Camshaft sensor as such.

I've been and bought a new crankshaft sensor and got my own fault code reader to clear the codes. What confuses me is the garage where the MOT was done, claim it needs a brand new timing chain as the current one has stretched? Runs perfectly from cold up to temperature then it goes into limp home mode.anyone had any experience with anything similar on any car?
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What diagnostics did they do to come up with that? If none, that's a VERY confident diagnosis without their only evidence being a fault code relating to a crankshaft sensor.

Here's a post from the Saab forum about it:

"2.2TiD doesn't have a camshaft sensor. There is a crankshaft sensor and a position sensor in the fuel pump. The PSG16 ECU then uses the positions registered to calculate top dead centre.
Suggest you get the codes read again and post them on here. My 2002 2.2TiD had 2 fault codes, 1 was for crankshaft position sensor and the other for camshaft position sensor. Basically the 2nd was is a false code as the ECU requires the input from the crankshaft position sensor to calculate top dead centre. So my actual fault was only the crankshaft sensor."
 
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Gaygle said:
What diagnostics did they do to come up with that? If none, that's a VERY confident diagnosis without their only evidence being a fault code relating to a crankshaft sensor.

Here's a post from the Saab forum about it:

"2.2TiD doesn't have a camshaft sensor. There is a crankshaft sensor and a position sensor in the fuel pump. The PSG16 ECU then uses the positions registered to calculate top dead centre.
Suggest you get the codes read again and post them on here. My 2002 2.2TiD had 2 fault codes, 1 was for crankshaft position sensor and the other for camshaft position sensor. Basically the 2nd was is a false code as the ECU requires the input from the crankshaft position sensor to calculate top dead centre. So my actual fault was only the crankshaft sensor."
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Yeah I read that a little while after posting here. It happened a few miles from the garage, so begged them to look at it, they did but by the sounds of it they read the fault codes and decided it can't be the sensor so tried their luck with the timing chain. When I picked it up he changed his story and said it was a 50/50 chance of being either. I find it unlikely it's the chain given it happens when the engine is up to temperature. Surely that would happen straight from starting?
 
Today I replaced the spark plugs in my Corsa B. I'm trying to get to the bottom of a cold hesitation problem. Next thing on the list is to clean the MAF and intake system and replace the fuel filter before I look at the cold start valve. Oil seems in reasonable condition and there isn't any mayonnaise on the oil filler cap.

Also no engine check lights either!
 
I drove about 30 miles towards Connemara with the top down in rain with no real problems.

Couldn't tell whether people thought we were mad just because of having the top down in the rain, or also because we were two grown men in a hairdresser's car listening to Slayer.

Brutal.
 
I was out with one of my mates, wearing hats like this:

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While listening to 40's blues... Must have been quite a ridiculous spectacle! Especially when we went through the centre of town and he insisted that we left the volume at the same level as a laugh, then he put on Lets Go Sunning by Jack Shaindlin... :p

Not as good as being in the rain with the roof down, playing Slayer though... :D
 
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Did you have your Xmas jumper on ? I hope so.

I feel odd enough having Nightwish or something similar playing when going though a town.
 
I just changed from a 2013 DS3 1.6 petrol to a 2013 Octavia 1.6 TDI SE CR.
Just gave it a wash and fitted front wind deflectors, door bumpers and a cargo net in the boot plus 120% Ring H7 dipped bulbs.

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I noticed that there was no air coming from any of the vents in the Picanto LXX TURBO since I have had it. You could hear all the fan/s spinning and it didn't matter if it was hot or cold so I checked out the pollen filter just now. I don't think its every been changed and looked liked someone had put it in a muddy puddle, let it dry out and then put it back in.

So I have bashed it against an outside wall for a bit, filled up a plant put or two with dirt and dust and now I get some air flow. Going to replace it in the next day or so if I can find any for sale any where.

Hopefully that will allow me to defrost the windows in a few minutes instead of 6 months.
 
badgeruk said:
I noticed that there was no air coming from any of the vents in the Picanto LXX TURBO since I have had it. You could hear all the fan/s spinning and it didn't matter if it was hot or cold so I checked out the pollen filter just now. I don't think its every been changed and looked liked someone had put it in a muddy puddle, let it dry out and then put it back in.

So I have bashed it against an outside wall for a bit, filled up a plant put or two with dirt and dust and now I get some air flow. Going to replace it in the next day or so if I can find any for sale any where.

Hopefully that will allow me to defrost the windows in a few minutes instead of 6 months.
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You put it back? :O
 
Yeh why not. I was curious to see if it let any air though after I "cleaned" it and now cant be bothered to take it back out. I have spent longer working on this car in 3 weeks then I have (minus cleaning) on the M in 2 years.
 
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