Thread: What happened to your D3/D4 today?

Yeah, I actually had a pelican get me on the windscreen many years ago. The car was an F100 and it covered almost half the windscreen, couldn't see a thing and almost scared me to death

Cheers,
Murray

Went down to Wellington Dam for Aus day extended break. Did Lennards Track with the kids as well as some other tracks around the water pipes. Car performed flawlessly, that is until I got it home.

Parking in the driveway unloading. Went to move it, starts, splutters for a few seconds, stall. Restart, splutters, stalls. Progressively less splutter until just starter running and no kick over at all.
Left it for a few hours, came back, splutters and starts, but a miss here and there. Hold revs at 1500rpm for ten seconds then out of nowhere dead stall, no splutter, just cleanly died. Restarts fine, can move it into the garage.

It’s done this before too. Sometimes I’ll start it and it’ll run and stall instantly. Sometimes it’ll do the above and need a rest. Cannot find a reason in my head. No codes logged (pending is enabled).

Originally Posted by DiscoJeffster

Went down to Wellington Dam for Aus day extended break. Did Lennards Track with the kids as well as some other tracks around the water pipes. Car performed flawlessly, that is until I got it home.

Parking in the driveway unloading. Went to move it, starts, splutters for a few seconds, stall. Restart, splutters, stalls. Progressively less splutter until just starter running and no kick over at all.
Left it for a few hours, came back, splutters and starts, but a miss here and there. Hold revs at 1500rpm for ten seconds then out of nowhere dead stall, no splutter, just cleanly died. Restarts fine, can move it into the garage.

It’s done this before too. Sometimes I’ll start it and it’ll run and stall instantly. Sometimes it’ll do the above and need a rest. Cannot find a reason in my head. No codes logged (pending is enabled).

Broke down in peak hour but at least I finally got an error code. P0036-31 - Crankshaft position sensor loss of signal, which maps to the behaviour. Booked in for Wednesday to Dover’s Automotive as I don’t have time to deal with it.

Gave mine a bit of a wash for the first time in a little while. I know, not really very exciting but pleased how well it always comes up. Tried Turtle ceramic polish / wax, will see how it goes.

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Hope it's just the crank position sensor DJ and nothing more. Probably a body off job to replace the sensor though....

Originally Posted by Eric SDV6SE

Hope it's just the crank position sensor DJ and nothing more. Probably a body off job to replace the sensor though....

No. Turbo drain removal LHS, then replacement through inspection hole in side of box. Looks pretty easy to do, I’m just busy and can’t be bothered. Getting tired of working on cars.
They indicated it’s not an uncommon issue on the 3L engine.

Sounds relatively easy, the pita is the turbo drain removal, can hardly get access.

I'm starting to get the same attitude. I have 2 other cars (the kids') and two motorbikes to look after, the D4 is by far the hardest to work on.

Just wondering, my 2013 with 196000km needs the turbo drain hose upgrade. Is it worth doing the crank angle sensor while the drain hose is off?