Jaws
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- Sep 26, 2008
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Went to the van yesterday only to find I had left the bloody radio on for the past 2 weeks !
The battery was VERY low but did manage to fire up the engine .. only just !
As soon as it started I saw a check engine light on..
Buggerit !!!
Went for a bit of a run to get some charge back in the battery ..
Turned her off, restarted but the fault was still there.
Dug out my ten quid OBD reader which there has been much debate about as to whether it would actually work on the Fiat van
Straight away it came up with
Fault: Crankshaft position sensor
Pretty obvious that it was not faulty as the engine ran just fine.. I just figured I had spiked the ECU turning it over with such a low battery.
Reset the fault using the reader and that was that.. All sorted.
The reason for this thread is just to confirm to folk the cheapo readers DO work and work just fine..
This is the one I have and use:
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The battery was VERY low but did manage to fire up the engine .. only just !
As soon as it started I saw a check engine light on..
Buggerit !!!
Went for a bit of a run to get some charge back in the battery ..
Turned her off, restarted but the fault was still there.
Dug out my ten quid OBD reader which there has been much debate about as to whether it would actually work on the Fiat van
Straight away it came up with
Fault: Crankshaft position sensor
Pretty obvious that it was not faulty as the engine ran just fine.. I just figured I had spiked the ECU turning it over with such a low battery.
Reset the fault using the reader and that was that.. All sorted.
The reason for this thread is just to confirm to folk the cheapo readers DO work and work just fine..
This is the one I have and use:
Link Removed