hall effect sensor

[MiSs MeOw]

hey guys, my car (vn v8 manual) has been playing funny buggers on me for the past 2 weeks, id be driving along just fine, after about 20 mins of driving all of a sudden my car just dies, it takes about 5 - 10 mins before i am able to crank it over again, i have a feeling it is the hall effect sensor but i have no idea where to find it on the engine

can someone please point me in the right direction

[Emackulation]

hey guys, my car has been playing funny buggers on me for the past 2 weeks, id be driving along just fine, after about 20 mins of driving all of a sudden my car just dies, it takes about 5 - 10 mins before i am able to crank it over again, i have a feeling it is the hall effect sensor but i have no idea where to find it on the engine

can someone please point me in the right direction

Its INSIDE the Distributor. Quite a bitch to get to and test. Best bet is to take it to a auto electrician and see if they can test it on car.

[MiSs MeOw]

is it that lil box thing in the distributor with the 3 wires?

[rosswea]

Also check the crank angle sensor, maybe starting to fail.

When they get too hot, they stop working.
You can try running it till it stops then pour cold water over the sensor and try to start again within a few minutes.

[MiSs MeOw]

i thought 5lt's didnt have CAS they had hall effect sensors???

[MiSs MeOw]

Its INSIDE the Distributor. Quite a bitch to get to and test. Best bet is to take it to a auto electrician and see if they can test it on car.

ohhhhh its actually the whole plate thing......just googled it

now thats just a pain in the ass, but do u think that would be the cause of my issues?? or could it be something else??

[Cheap6]

is it that lil box thing in the distributor with the 3 wires?

Sounds like it - black plastic and the vanes under the rotor button pass through it?

The ignition modules (on the passenger side inner guard, above the airbox) are also a known problem.)

Also, the wiring terminals on the connector to the hall sensor can back out of the connector but probably not if it restarts after sitting.

Any fault codes: 42 perhaps?

i thought 5lt's didnt have CAS they had hall effect sensors???

Correct, although the hall sensor and distributor together perform the same function.

[Emackulation]

You guys got it sorted I didnt get any fualt codes when my ign module died.

[vnv8driver]

the hall effect sensor is the crank angle senor on the 5 litres. im telling you right now the problem will either be ignition module, coil or hall effect sensor... i had this problem in my statesman and after it did it a few times i went nup, replace the lot... and it never did it again, and ran sweeter than ever.

[MiSs MeOw]

Any fault codes: 42 perhaps?
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i dont have one of those computer thingy's

[MiSs MeOw]

ok well ive got a spare ignition modual and coil but i wont even attemp the hall effect sensor, would it be wiser to get a new dizzy than to get someone to change the HES???

[NORTI]

I just did this. Ignition Module turned out ot be fine, I ended up replacing the whole dizzy (I suspected the HES) & since the coil was looking like it was factory orig, replaced that too!

Fine now. I got no codes, & very little warning that it was going to die, left me over 100km's from home when it went

[greenfoam]

i dont have one of those computer thingy's

You only need a paper clip

[MiSs MeOw]

thank you guys all fixed now, it was the hall effect sensor, im lucky i had a spare dizzy in the garage

[vnv8driver]

your lucky you have a boyfriend to put it in for you : )

[MiSs MeOw]

nah he didnt put it in for me, one of my mates dad is a mechanic so he put it in instead as he knew how to do the timing

[vnv8driver]

either or at least its on the road, by the way whats done to the yellow one?

[MiSs MeOw]

its going to stef's (STOWLN) place this week to go get all the wiring hidden, smoothed out bay, then off to christians to go get re-sprayed

[vnv8driver]

but is it stock? i seen it in a few recent pics on squaredarches (im nodg) and it had gauges on the bonnet and a few bog repairs?

[MiSs MeOw]

ohhhhh hey hahaha, yer still stock and keeping it that way, gauges are gone and its repairs are going to be welded