C5 Hdi 2.0 Stopped On Motorway No Drama Or Noise, Yellow Engine Manage

[sninhosa]

I have a Citroen HDi 2 litre plate RY53 , yesterday on the M4 the engine suddenly lost ALL power ( not limp home ) but no noise/clanking etc and only lights that came on were yellow engine management and the circular dot red light at the right end of water temp, I got it to hard shoulder and it died. After 5 mins I turned it over , it started but would not rev at all then stopped. Then since then wont start but will turn over.  AA looked at it and oil ok, hydraulics ok, water ok – no oil in it or overhot or low or anything) – could not see what wrong. Cambelt was serviced at 90,000 , car now on around 120,000. Plus with no noise he did not think cambelt but some sensor ??  any help most appreciated

[paul.h]

You should get the fault code read (which ought to tell you what is wrong) since the engine management light is on - swapping sensors could cost a lot if you are not lucky and get the right one first time. Referring to your other post, it is possibly not the crankangle sensor since I have read that they do not normally give a management light when faulty but just stop the engine.

 

The circular red dot you refer to, is this the low fuel level one at the left of the fuel gauge and maybe you are on a very low fuel tank level ? If so, a few litres of diesel may help.

Edited March 28, 2013 by paul.h