flirt Posted May 7, 2008 Posted May 7, 2008 Dont normally take the z to work, but decided as its so nice to cruise in the sunshine! however half way to work I lost all performance, dont think ive blown a turbo but could be just a pipe clip come off as there seems to be no pressure in the system. if its something big i wont be able to come wales unless you want me to follow in the fiesta! lol will check it out tonight Quote
H5 Posted May 7, 2008 Posted May 7, 2008 Lost all performance as in 'only' 280bhp rather than 400bhp, or worse than that?? Hope it's nothing serious...... Quote
sl114 Posted May 7, 2008 Posted May 7, 2008 That's not a good sign. However you can take out the turbo I'd do that to check the blades. They may be stuck or broken. Failing that like you say its probably a loose pipe or fitting. The same happened to my mate who turbo'd his mg and it turned out to be the blades that were stuck. Quote
Guest prescience Posted May 7, 2008 Posted May 7, 2008 That's not a good sign. However you can take out the turbo I'd do that to check the blades. They may be stuck or broken. Failing that like you say its probably a loose pipe or fitting. There are 2 of them and it's NOT an easy job!!! Good luck on this, but if you still have all your oil, hopefully you should be OK Quote
flirt Posted May 7, 2008 Author Posted May 7, 2008 yea seemed to run fine, no noise or smell or smoke. just as if there was a switch to turn off the turbo. will give it a health check later. was due for a oil change friday before wales run, only changed in Jan and not done many miles in it due to weather so should be fine. Quote
flirt Posted May 7, 2008 Author Posted May 7, 2008 checked the car again lunch time, and a crank sensor warning light came on so good news in a way. but im guessing i need a new one by sat! not looking good Quote
Ebized Posted May 7, 2008 Posted May 7, 2008 checked the car again lunch time, and a crank sensor warning light came on so good news in a way. but im guessing i need a new one by sat! not looking good ESR to the rescue? Quote
flirt Posted May 7, 2008 Author Posted May 7, 2008 yep defently the crank sensor gone, im booked in under warrenty but cant get me in until Monday - so im out of the wales run with my car! got room booked which i cant cancel so may well come up with a mate and say hi unless they are only 20 quid and someone can get hold of it and its easy to fit! Quote
Little Miss Posted May 7, 2008 Posted May 7, 2008 Dont normally take the z to work, but decided as its so nice to cruise in the sunshine! however half way to work I lost all performance, dont think ive blown a turbo but could be just a pipe clip come off as there seems to be no pressure in the system. if its something big i wont be able to come wales unless you want me to follow in the fiesta! lol will check it out tonight Is that your way of getting out of us girls showing up your drving skills Quote
Little Miss Posted May 7, 2008 Posted May 7, 2008 yep defently the crank sensor gone, im booked in under warrenty but cant get me in until Monday - so im out of the wales run with my car! got room booked which i cant cancel so may well come up with a mate and say hi unless they are only 20 quid and someone can get hold of it and its easy to fit! Take it another garage!!!! Quote
sl114 Posted May 7, 2008 Posted May 7, 2008 yep defently the crank sensor gone, im booked in under warrenty but cant get me in until Monday - so im out of the wales run with my car! got room booked which i cant cancel so may well come up with a mate and say hi unless they are only 20 quid and someone can get hold of it and its easy to fit! Take it another garage!!!! That is northern slang for There may be a possibility that another garage can do the work for you. Perhaps try calling around and seeing if there are any other garages who can fit you in sooner Quote
Beavis Posted May 7, 2008 Posted May 7, 2008 Will check with Holdcrofts in the morning to see if i can locate a sensor Oh and Louis, Charlie is originally from Down South Quote
Little Miss Posted May 7, 2008 Posted May 7, 2008 yep defently the crank sensor gone, im booked in under warrenty but cant get me in until Monday - so im out of the wales run with my car! got room booked which i cant cancel so may well come up with a mate and say hi unless they are only 20 quid and someone can get hold of it and its easy to fit! Take it another garage!!!! That is northern slang for There may be a possibility that another garage can do the work for you. Perhaps try calling around and seeing if there are any other garages who can fit you in sooner Ha ha, but wouldnt know, i'm a Londoner !!!! Quote
Little Miss Posted May 7, 2008 Posted May 7, 2008 Will check with Holdcrofts in the morning to see if i can locate a sensor Oh and Louis, Charlie is originally from Down South Try WR Davies in Stafford (just off jct 13 M6) Quote
sl114 Posted May 7, 2008 Posted May 7, 2008 yep defently the crank sensor gone, im booked in under warrenty but cant get me in until Monday - so im out of the wales run with my car! got room booked which i cant cancel so may well come up with a mate and say hi unless they are only 20 quid and someone can get hold of it and its easy to fit! Take it another garage!!!! That is northern slang for There may be a possibility that another garage can do the work for you. Perhaps try calling around and seeing if there are any other garages who can fit you in sooner Ha ha, but wouldnt know, i'm a Londoner !!!! Thats what they all say Quote
flirt Posted May 7, 2008 Author Posted May 7, 2008 yea i dont get alot of time running my own place, any help would be appreciated. thanx i will turn up and you can all laugh at the mx5!!! then i can show you ladies how to donut!! Quote
flirt Posted May 7, 2008 Author Posted May 7, 2008 whooooooo back in the game.... located one arrives friday.. will look for a garage tomorrow. hope this is the solution to the lack of power. im not a crack sensor expert! Quote
Ekona Posted May 7, 2008 Posted May 7, 2008 Would a crank sensor kill all boost though? Not having seen the car or kit in question and I'm far from an expert at the VQ35DE engine, but the symptoms sound more like one of the pipes post-turbo but before the TB have popped off: At least, that's what I've had before on previous aftermarket turbo'd cars. If this had happened, then would the car going lean off-boost/rich on-boost cause the crank sensor failure? Sorry, not trying to sound like a know-it-all-Nancy here or anything, I'm genuinely interested as to what caused the failure as going FI is something I'm looking at for the future of my own car, and I'm more experienced with turbos than superchargers so that's probably the route I'd take. Just eager to learn, that's all! Quote
Ebized Posted May 7, 2008 Posted May 7, 2008 whooooooo back in the game.... located one arrives friday.. will look for a garage tomorrow. hope this is the solution to the lack of power. im not a crack sensor expert! Great news was looking forward to seeing how your ZED performs in Wales. Drop a pm to Beavis, we were expolring an option for you getting the job done elsewhere BTW, love the deliberate typo Quote
Guest prescience Posted May 7, 2008 Posted May 7, 2008 Do you have Unichip EMS - pretty sure there was an issue with the crank angle sensor wire needing to be shielded - which it should be - with APS. APS got this on their development car and were never able to track down the cause, but potentially the noisy signal caused timing problems - which would be a major disaster. Something to consider and I would check out the US boards for this Quote
Guest prescience Posted May 7, 2008 Posted May 7, 2008 Initial thread here http://www.my350z.com/forum/showthread. ... did=104349 At least worth considering this as the problem - the consequences are not so good Quote
flirt Posted May 8, 2008 Author Posted May 8, 2008 Do you have Unichip EMS - pretty sure there was an issue with the crank angle sensor wire needing to be shielded - which it should be - with APS. APS got this on their development car and were never able to track down the cause, but potentially the noisy signal caused timing problems - which would be a major disaster. Something to consider and I would check out the US boards for this your quite correct, finally had chance last night to work it out. I need to take the car to poddington sat to have the crank angle sensor replaced. the reason nissan are spotting a problem is because they take the original sensor out! so ive got a mission to northamps sat am, then mission back to brum pack bags then up to chester! if they can fix the issue! btw this is the 1st issue ive had with the system since last may. Quote
MarkW Posted May 8, 2008 Posted May 8, 2008 Hope you get it sorted and make it to Chester........... Quote
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