passat camshaft sensor

[billza1967]

hi all again i was talking to a mechanic about my hot starting problem and he said it will be a dodgy camshaft sensor does that sound plausible can a duff cam sensor cause that kind of problem it hasnt shown a fault code but he said hes changed loads of them am i wasting yet more money by changing it cheers bill

[kenney]

Hi I must say i find it hard to beleive.A faulty sensor will show up on a diagnose,But there again one is never done learning,and if he says he has changed loads of them,then let him have the benifit of the doubt.

[billza1967]

Hi I must say i find it hard to beleive.A faulty sensor will show up on a diagnose,But there again one is never done learning,and if he says he has changed loads of them,then let him have the benifit of the doubt.

cheers kenney i might aswell change it ive changed just about everything else its getting to be a nightmare this car lol id love to get to the bottom of it cos i want to keep the car cheers bill

[Eddie]

WHOOAH Bill just sitting ere collecting my thoughts, may be a long shot but the hot starting prob is ringing bells, one of our lads had a 2.0 petrol Omega that would start fine when cold but cut out when warm.then wouldnt start until it was cold again he would have to wait 1-2hrs before it would start.Got the car up to mine and we spent the best part of 6 hrs combing over it what was happening was the crankshaft sensor wireing was melting against the exhaust shield and shorting the sensor to earth when the shieLd cooled off the insulation hardened up and reinsulated the sensor wiring only to become hot again and cut out again CHECK URS M8

[billza1967]

WHOOAH Bill just sitting ere collecting my thoughts, may be a long shot but the hot starting prob is ringing bells, one of our lads had a 2.0 petrol Omega that would start fine when cold but cut out when warm.then wouldnt start until it was cold again he would have to wait 1-2hrs before it would start.Got the car up to mine and we spent the best part of 6 hrs combing over it what was happening was the crankshaft sensor wireing was melting against the exhaust shield and shorting the sensor to earth when the shieLd cooled off the insulation hardened up and reinsulated the sensor wiring only to become hot again and cut out again CHECK URS M8

cheers ed i will do ill be over the moon if it is that its worth a try ill keep me fingers well crossed was out in it tonight as long as the heaters are on its fine but ive got to have it on full ive lost about a stone in sweat its a mobile sauna lol me punters are fallin asleep and all that he he cheers bill