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Ayeman
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oil pressure sensor switch

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Will a faulty oil pressure sensor switch stop the engine from running ?
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no it wont mate it might bring the oil light on tho.
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Have recently replaced the crankshaft sensor,car was running fine then stopped all of a sudden ! Found oil leak from the pressure sensor,removed it,cleaned it,replaced it and the car run again,well for a wee while anyway ! Maybe crankshaft sensor again ! Only 4 mths old !
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you have the light come on, on the dash for the ecu?
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yes
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what engine have you got? as you can do the paper clip test to get the light to flash on the dash, that then can be de-coded on here with the list of codes and that'l tell you what your problem is, what engine you got first as some engines you cant do it with.
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you cant do paperclip test. what exactly is happening?

i replaced the crank sensor constantly when i had one of these
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Got it sorted,new crank sensor did the job,tks all
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