Pug 307 crankshaft sensor

[princeperch]

I've been shafted by my crankshaft sensor today.

A mile up the road the anti pollution warning light comes on, the car is juddery. So I pull over and loose all power and it won't start up.

I plugged in my Bluetooth diagnostics tool and it have codes re the coil pack and the crankshaft sensor.

The recovery bloke arrives (and I get shafted on the cost of that too because I was within a mile of my house ) and he plugs it his diagnosis tool and says yes it's the crankshaft sensor - no other codes.

And bizarrely the car is now outside my house and none of the windows work , everything else does, the central locking lights wing mirror electronics etc, but the windows don't. Which is a problem cos my drivers window is wound down. And I live in East London, effing great,

So whilst I loathe and detest this car now, if it's only the crankshaft sensor the part costs sod all. But I can't find anything of use on the Internet to tell me where it is on the engine block and if it's a reasonable diy repair - has anyone encountered this?

I might just set fire to the hateful thing .

[megamaniac]

The windows probably don't work because it's in eco mode,ie not enough power in the battery.

[princeperch]

megamaniac said:

The windows probably don't work because it's in eco mode,ie not enough power in the battery.

thanks for the reply - I think you are 100pc spot on with that. and the only way to take it out of eco mode is to start it!