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aidy55 · May 18th, 2019, 16:37

Well it runs but with 30 minutes of driving it changed drastically, car barely starts, need to give it plenty of acceleration while starting to get it to turn over and even then it sounds terrible.

Spoke to mechanic today, he drained petrol and put fresh drop in but def not petrol. Told him about oil change and he said def not oil.

He’s not convinced cam sensor is totally to blame but it was his worker who checked basics, think he will look again Monday.

I think cam sensor is relatively cheap repair so if fault code showing cam sensor then should at least help somewhat replacing it

Codes were taken from a cheap generic reader, but has always been pretty accurate on any car I’ve tested.

May 18th, 2019, 16:37	#4
aidy55 Member Last Online: Nov 24th, 2020 10:21 Join Date: May 2014 Location: NI	Well it runs but with 30 minutes of driving it changed drastically, car barely starts, need to give it plenty of acceleration while starting to get it to turn over and even then it sounds terrible. Spoke to mechanic today, he drained petrol and put fresh drop in but def not petrol. Told him about oil change and he said def not oil. He’s not convinced cam sensor is totally to blame but it was his worker who checked basics, think he will look again Monday. I think cam sensor is relatively cheap repair so if fault code showing cam sensor then should at least help somewhat replacing it Codes were taken from a cheap generic reader, but has always been pretty accurate on any car I’ve tested. Last edited by aidy55; May 18th, 2019 at 17:38.