ok last night I was driving to my girlfirends and i noticed the car slightly miss fired once or twice whilst driving, no biggy, its cold etc. Didnt think anything of it until today.
This morning when I was leaving went out to the car, started straight away and idled lovely as always. However as I pulled away it drove about 15 feet and cut out. It would turn over but refused to catch.
I then removed the plugs, they were soaked in fuel so cleaned them up and refitted them and tried starting again and no joy. Turns over but doesnt catch and stinks of fuel.
Called out the AA who pulled the code P0171 (lean) but they couldnt do anything as it was cold, dark, late and towed me home.
He seems to think it could be the crank position sensor, can I test this as at all?
Any other things I can check? I know I gotta pull out the plugs again and check for a spark, will just replace them with new ones either way as they are so cheap but wondered if this is a common fault and what else I can examine to find the fault before xmas!
This morning when I was leaving went out to the car, started straight away and idled lovely as always. However as I pulled away it drove about 15 feet and cut out. It would turn over but refused to catch.
I then removed the plugs, they were soaked in fuel so cleaned them up and refitted them and tried starting again and no joy. Turns over but doesnt catch and stinks of fuel.
Called out the AA who pulled the code P0171 (lean) but they couldnt do anything as it was cold, dark, late and towed me home.
He seems to think it could be the crank position sensor, can I test this as at all?
Any other things I can check? I know I gotta pull out the plugs again and check for a spark, will just replace them with new ones either way as they are so cheap but wondered if this is a common fault and what else I can examine to find the fault before xmas!