MG MG ZT (2001 - 2005) - 2001 2.5 Intermittent Starting Issues

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Tue 20 May 2008 14:40
2001 2.5 Intermittent Starting Issues - johnnym4
My colleague has just brought one of these vehicles and he is having intermittent problems with it.

It starts first thing in the morning, do a short journey in it. After parking the car and switching it off, the car will not start again for another 40 mins - 1 hr. All the lights on the dashboard come up, engine trying to fire up but does not. Similar circumstance as to if a car overheats and you have to wait for it to cool down before it will work again.

Does anyone have any ideas as to if this is a common known fault or what the issue could be related to?

Many Thanks.
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Tue 20 May 2008 19:11
2001 2.5 Intermittent Starting Issues - elekie&a/c doctor
A diagnostic check may indicate the fault.However from your description I would hazard a guess at the problem being the camshaft sensor.A known issue with these and usually requires a modified sensor and adaptor lead.hth
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