More Hyundai woes

[Diver]

Why does it need a crankshaft sensor ? Surely every car has a crankshaft.

Crankshaft Censure?

IGMC

[NickFitz]

Er, I bought it when it was just over 5 years old. It had only done 34,000 miles, so I thought it was a good buy.

My 19 year old Ford Orion was a good buy. £250 quid @ 103,000+ miles almost seven years ago, still zooming @ 162,000+ miles

I don't think it has a crankshaft sensor, but if the crankshaft were to disappear, I'd probably work out that that was what had happened sooner or later - with or without with the assistance of the RAC.

Although if three of them turned up, I'd expect at least one to be able to say "Your crankshaft's been nicked" without needing two colleagues and a sensor

[Ivor Bigun]

The engine keeps cutting out momentarily, which isn't a good situation when driving along the M4. I called The AA out, and at one point there were 3 AA guys with their heads in the engine bay listening to it. That's what I call service!

They reckon it's the crank shaft sensor, which I would have to agree with, it's what I thought initially. I said to myself "That's the old crank shaft sensor that is".

So the moral of the story is "Never buy Hyundai", 'cos they're tulip. I think that should be Hyundai's new slogan. Catchy huh?

Reckon you bought a clocked car

[BoredBloke]

Or perhaps the previous owner didn't drive it too often due to a fault on the crank shaft sensor causing the engine to cut out.

[Moose423956]

Hyundai dealer (Platt's of Marlow) have run the diagnostic, it is indeed the sensor thingy. About £300 to fix.

[DS23]

what's the car worth?

[DS23]

200 without the sensor

220 with it

probably

[Moose423956]

what's the car worth?

Waiting for them to tell me what they'll give me in PX. Still owe £2500 on the finance, so anything less than that and I'm screwed.

[DS23]

2000 without the sensor

2200 with it

probably

[TimberWolf]

Roll on electric cars which will presumably be a lot simpler and easier to fix than the infernal combustion engine and the increasing complexity used to get diminishing returns on fuel economy. Electric motors are circa 90% efficient, compared to petrol engines that probably won't beat 30% or so even if they are packed full with electronic gizmos. Electric motors are lighter too, which means a lighter body which means a smaller and lighter motor...and you get to die in a head-on collision and squished by a juggernaut. The last is not such a good selling point.