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Originally Posted by Dippydog
Yes I know the engine will shut down/fail to start if the sensor dies-I've had it happen before on my Vauxhall Omega V6[they don't react well to aftermarket sensors so had to buy genuine from a main dealer for that].Didn't know you could try cleaning them though! What would you use to try that?Grateful for suggestions so far and always happy to hear any more.
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Me too regarding the Omega, she misfired and spluttered for about a week before shutting down, I eventually had to take it to Vx as it had become a bit of a needle in a haystack without Tech II at the time, £260 to replace iirc and that was in 1999,
If you can get it out I would try carb or brake cleaner on it if a simple wipe doesn't clean it anyway,
Before you do though I would check the earth strap from the battery if you haven't already, I'd also suspect the starter motor as brush wear can make them lazy, I had a MKIII Cortina that did it but never got to the bottom of it,
When you say bad starting, is it slow cranking or simply taking longer to fire?
Reading back I don't think it's going to be the crank sensor so hold off that for a bit for now.
You mention longer cranking times, I'd be all over the fuel delivery systems first if the crank is strong but just taking longer to catch.