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VN HELP coil or crank angle sensor

twisted_666

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can sumone please help me i am having problems with my VN commodore ill b driving along and all of a suden it will start jurking around realy bad, stalling, and i think its running rich.

i took it to a mechanic and the computer scan said it was the crank angle sensor or the DFI so thay replaced the DFI and gave me a (new) and thay took it for a test drive, thay came back and told me it was fixed so i started driving home got bout 10 min out befor it started again so i had to wait untill the next day befor i could take it back to the mechanics and thay told me it must be the coil as thay put a (new) coil in that thay had sitting around there workshop for ages hmmmmm that aint new but thay said that wont replace it becaus it was free but i say thay should because i payed for my car to be fixed and its not anyway thay told me to buy a new coil so do i buy the coil or do i get the crank shaft sensor people keep telling me the sensor but i wana ask people that know what yhay are on about lol please help me and im sorry there is a story to go with it just thought it might help
 

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When it starts jerking around, try pouring some cold water on the CAS and see if it gets better. If it improves, then you need a new CAS.
 

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thanx

ill give it a try and will let ya know how it gos
 

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So if the scan said the CAS or the DFI why is the mechanic saying coil? The DFI has been replaced so logically the next thing to replace would be the CAS.
 

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i dunno the mechanic said its the coil but i think ill go get a new CAS thanx ppl ill let ya know what happens
 
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