Hi,

My name is kev, I am into classic cars (Lotus elan, TR7v8 and landrover)and am familiar with the workings of modern Fords through my work.

I am on here to ask about my father in law's doblo, It is a 2004 1.9jti and he has had it since new, I have serviced it in line with the recommneded intervals etc but it is now begining to show it's age a little, firstly there is one major problem:

It only starts when it feels like it particularly when it has warmed up, the MIL light is on and the code reader had a cam sensor wiring code so we changed this today and it made no diffference, I did find it starts if you clear the code though. One thing we did notice was sometimes it also has the crank sensor code, so assuming they work in a similar way to other cars (must see the right cam / crank signals in the right order determine when to inject the fuel) I am now suspecting it could be the crank sensor, ohterwise my thoughts are
- Cam timing I doubt this as it runs well when it goes and there was no sign the belt could have jumped, is there a way to check this?
- Wiring I have checked all the connectors which seem fine, but the fact that it runs fine once it starts would tend to rule this out?
- ECU, noisy signal etc?

The other problem is the rear brake adjusters (ATE system)one of which we have had to replace, but is does not seem to be adjusting up, do they normally adjust on the handbrake use or footbrake?

Any help/ advice would be greatly appreciated.

Kevin

I have now changed the cam and crank sensors with no real effect, if anything it is slightly worse! We have bought a crank alignment tool so I can accurately check the cam timing, if this fails I guess we will need to find someone who has the analysis tools to look at the signals.

At least we managed to sort out the brakes, turns out the pattern shoes were slightly thicker than the originals, preventing the adjusters from seating properly.

Driving it the other obvious fault is the clutch operates very low on the pedal, we changed the weeping m/cyl but this did not change much, so I guess it needs a new clutch, the manual says take the engine out but there looks plenty of room to get the box out in situ anyone else managed this?

Kevin

kstrutt1 said:

I have now changed the cam and crank sensors with no real effect, if anything it is slightly worse! We have bought a crank alignment tool so I can accurately check the cam timing, if this fails I guess we will need to find someone who has the analysis tools to look at the signals.

At least we managed to sort out the brakes, turns out the pattern shoes were slightly thicker than the originals, preventing the adjusters from seating properly.

Driving it the other obvious fault is the clutch operates very low on the pedal, we changed the weeping m/cyl but this did not change much, so I guess it needs a new clutch, the manual says take the engine out but there looks plenty of room to get the box out in situ anyone else managed this?

Kevin

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Hi Kev,

and welcome to FF,
as you'll have noticed - it's pretty quiet in the vans section,
the engine should be well covered in the Stilo section..,

SEARCH on here is actually pretty good "in advanced"

so getting a proper answer about a g-box off will be there..,

MultiECUScan MAY help sort out some of your issues with starting, :worship:
where are you / the van based?,

Charlie - Oxford

Thanks for the feedback, the good news is after several evenings of messing around we have found the brand new (pattern) cam sensor is faulty, fitting the original returned us to where we started (intermittent mil lamp coming on with cam sensor fault code), plan is to get another new one tomorrow, good news is I am getting pretty quick at pulling the cam belt off!

Kev.

getting there then..!!

where is it based ?, somebody near you may well have the right diagnostic kit,

Charlie