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Hi Colin Guess what? Its still the same. How do I know if it is a single point injection system? Think it may have to go to a garage and let them sort it out but its a pain in the ass getting a garage to do it. Cheers Graham

Hi I have taken out the sensor and cleaned it and the plugs etc the screw holding the sensor in was only hand tight so maybe the garage had put it back in and forgot to tighten it back up so have now tighten it right up so will just need to see if it makes any differance I will let you know. Cheers Graham

Hi Colin Many thanks for your advice. We will take a look at the sensor as you suggest. The car is a 'R' reg and is in fact vgc and only has 63000 miles on the clock. It has had a new lambda sensor fitted. To be honest we dont know if the car was running ok before being stood for so long we were told that it was a bit jerky but then it was ok again not sure what work was done to make it ok again if that makes sense but like I said something was done as it has a new lambda sensor on it, I drove it to the garage to get the clutch fitted and it seemed ok but was differcult to tell 100% as the clutch was slipping really badly. We will take the crankshaft sensor off and look at it and clean it up and put it back in again just in case the garage did not put it back right. Do you think it is worth getting a home tune guy to connect it up to his computer and give it a good tune and see what fault if any he can find. Its a real shame as it is his first car and just bought a house for him and his G/F so money is a little tight and he does not want to keep spending out on parts that are ok to find the fault. Many Thanks Graham

Hi Colin Thanks for the reply. My son did have the clutch replaced about a week before Christmas and was done by a garage. We are not 100% sure if the problem was there before the clutch was replaced as the car was givin to my son from a friend and it was sat in a garage for 6 months due to the clutch needing doing. When we state about the 6000 rev thing it does not matter what range of revs you use it can happen when you are just coming to a stop or when you are driving up the motorway it will splurt and stutter and sometimes the revs will drop right off and the engine will die but will re-start right away when you turn the key. How easy is it to check the crankshaft sensor and can you check it etc with out splitting the gearbox and engine apart? Is it a expensive part to replace and refit? In case the garage wont do anything about it. Going back to the high rev thing the reason we took the revs so high was to see if it cut out at high revs with the gearbox in use (netural and not moving) and we then noticed that the revs will hit about 6000 and then they drop back and splurter and the engine cuts out. Can you tell me what the crankshaft sensor does? Many many thanks for your time. Cheers

Hi My son has just got a zx 14i and he keeps having a problem with the engine cutting out this is a intermittent fault. If you rev the engine to about 6000 revs the engine starts to pop and the revs start to drop and if when driving the revs will drop right down to nothing and cut the engine. The car starts first time everytime and can be driven for a day without any problems then you go out a hour later and it starts playing up again. It seems like a fuel problem but we have changed the fuel filter and used redex injector cleaner. Has anyone had a simlar problem or got any ideas how to fix it. The car had been sat for 5 months with no use and also needed a new clutch which has been done. Many Thanks

Hi My son has just got a zx 14i and he keeps having a problem with the engine cutting out this is a intermittent fault. If you rev the engine to about 6000 revs the engine starts to pop and the revs start to drop and if when driving the revs will drop right down to nothing and cut the engine. The car starts first time everytime and can be driven for a day without any problems then you go out a hour later and it starts playing up again. It seems like a fuel problem but we have changed the fuel filter and used redex injector cleaner. Has anyone had a simlar problem or got any ideas how to fix it. The car had been sat for 5 months with no use and also needed a new clutch which has been done. Many Thanks