Sorry:
"DO you have a fault ready for this vehicle?" should read: "Do you have a fault 
reader for this vehicle?" - spoil chuckers again!

Hamish

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Hamish Freeman 
To: [email protected] 
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 12:21 PM
Subject: [Quantum Owners] Re: OT: Renault Megane cutting out


Stuart,

Before I read all the other responses to this question, my response was wiring! 
 

Just to add to what the others have already said, the first thing to check is 
that all the earths are properly grounded, both on the engine and body work 
pertaining to the engine loom.  

DO you have a fault ready for this vehicle?  It might give you a clue as to 
where to start?  It may be that the garage that undertook your repair did just 
that and quite reasonably came up with the crank sensor (whose loss instantly 
kills the engine whilst the loss of most other sensors will affect the mixture 
setting rather than actually prevent the engine from running).

I would pay particular attention to the wiring for the crank sensor and the 
passage of the wiring from the engine to the vehicle - I had the door wiring 
fracture on my H4, which then "spiked" the ECU when the wires brushed together 
and permanently turned on one injector.  I was lucky a) to find it almost 
immediately as the electric mirrors also stopped working and b) a hard reset 
(battery off) sorted out the ECU.  When I took apart the wiring loom from the 
donor car for my Beauford, I was appalled at the standard of joining wires 
within the loom and some of the insulation.  I can only hope that a good pair 
of eyes plus a multi meter will solve your problem.

Hamish
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