Temperature sensitive crank angle sensor

[jihgo]

VR commodore V6
This is a problem i had and thought I would let you know the symptoms and cure.
The symptoms where that the car would start when cold and it would run fine. But if I drove it then stopped for about 10 minutes it would refuse to start.
If i left it for about 30 minutes it would start again.
Finally tracked the problem to the Crank Angle Sensor which would fail at a certain temperature but would be fine when cold and when hot.
Found with the help of freeze spray and the error codes.

 

[TheForgotten]

good to see you've found the problem, but now you gotta fix it $$$

 

[maginoodle]

yeah common prob, usually pour water on it to get you goin again

 

[kopper69]

Very common. They get worse and worse really quickly. One day it wont start warm, the next it will just stall on you midway during a drive. Common error code is 47, although a few others can also come up for the same thing.

 

[Harvs82]

VR commodore V6
This is a problem i had and thought I would let you know the symptoms and cure.
The symptoms where that the car would start when cold and it would run fine. But if I drove it then stopped for about 10 minutes it would refuse to start.
If i left it for about 30 minutes it would start again.
Finally tracked the problem to the Crank Angle Sensor which would fail at a certain temperature but would be fine when cold and when hot.
Found with the help of freeze spray and the error codes.

About $85 for the replacement part from GMH, and about $40 or $50 for them to fit it, just had mine done about 3 months ago, and it has been fine ever since. Seems to be a lot of them failing at the moment, numerous threads with people that have the same issue.