vectra engine management light

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Wed 4 May 2005 10:56
vectra engine management light - jay_and_ali
i have a 95 vauxhall vectra 1.8i the engine management light keeps coming on every 2-3 days (3 times yesterday) with loss of power (and being overtaken by OAPs) ive done the paperclip test and its not showing up any logged faults with the engine running. without the engine running it shows up 0335(cranshaft sensor) which ive heard is normal and shows ive got my paperclip in the right place. does this intermitant fault mean something is about to die?(probably the cranshaft sensor this car has had 4 from previous owner receipts) any ideas would be very helpful
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Wed 4 May 2005 11:19
vectra engine management light - Dynamic Dave
Yep, more than likely it's the crankshaft or camshaft sensor. Sometimes a clean of the plug / socket connector and a spray of wd-40 gets rid of the problem.

The camshaft sensor can sometimes throw up an error if the cambelt isn't tight enough, regardless that the sensor is perfectly ok.

Details of how to clean the camshaft sensor here:- snipurl.com/lchv

Some other info here:-
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?v=e&t=30...9
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