Re: 1998 Vectra stalling, MIL light on, but no fault codes in ECU memory
- From: Chris Bolus <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 23:50:04 GMT
On 4 Nov 2005 14:46:25 -0800, "gorourke@xxxxxxxxx" <gorourke@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>Went to change the camshaft sensor tonight, using the procedure from
>the following site (appears to be offline ATM)
>
>http://vectra.no-ip.pl/~pepin/czujnik_walka/czujnik_walek_e.htm
>
>Took a bit more effort, my Vectra has 2 pipes running between the air
>filter box & the cambelt cover.Not sure if they are Air-con or PAS. Got
>the cambelt cover off, the belt seems slack. I remember someone posting
>previously that a slack cambelt can cause the MIL to illuminate.
>
>I'm now concerned the belt has jumped a few teeth & the timing is out,
>causing the MIL to light up & the revs to be limited.
>With the cambelt cover off, the section of belt on the right is not
>really pressing against the roller with any great amount of tension.
>I can rotate the roller on the right side easily with just finger
>pressure, where as the one on the left is tensioned too tightly.
>
>Is there some way to check the tensioner is set correctly?
>
>The cambelt + rollers + water pump were all changed about 22K miles
>ago.
>Not sure if the tensioner was changed, I could go & ask.
>
>I suppose I can go ahead & change the CAS sensor anyway, but I suspect
>htis won't fix the problem.
>Is it easy to check whether the belt has slipped?
>
Ask in the forums at www.cavweb.co.uk, there are some very knowledgabale
people in there who know their Vauxhalls inside out - they've helped me
a lot with my Omega. I was suspecting the TPS sensor on mine, but advice
from those in the know for my uneven idling is to clean the throttle
body!
Just above the crank pulley is the tensioner, which is set with an Allen
key, and it has a pointer to indicate where it should be set. However I
understand it's important to replace the tensioner assembly when the
belt is changed.
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