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[Ant168]

Hi guys,

Was casually drivin on the way to work, everything was fine until about 5mins into my journey my car kicks out 2 major splutter (similar to a fuel cut)...as i carried on my journey i have no power and max revs is limited to 5k. Anyone in the north/eastry london area have a vcds i can borrow for pint money or experienced something similar?!

thanks,

Ant

[alexperkins]

Thats likely to be the camshaft timing sensor. Its to the right under the engine cover

Common failure - about £40 to replace.

[Ant168]

Thanks Alex, I believe i got a similar error code when i scanned the car before but couldn't remember if it was the same part name.

[alexperkins]

Thankfully, it just unplugs and is only one allen bolt to remove it

[emma_88]

Sounds identical to what happened to mine a few years back.

New camshaft sensor sorted it out