My wife's Corsa has a problem with cutting out at about 4000revs. The car will rev freely when not under any load (stationary or downhill) and seems more inclined to cut out when in the higher gears.
The EM light comes on at around 4000 revs and will go out after a minute or so when the revs have dropped back to less than 4000. The engine will sometimes (in the lower gears) rev through 4000 with the EM light on.
Anyone know anything of this problem?
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Usual cause of this is a crankshaft or camshaft sensor fault.
Not sure if you can flash the fault codes with a paperclip on the 1.0 litre, but if you can, and it's a pre 1999 (or is it 2000?) Corsa, the info is on the following site.
www.topbuzz.co.uk/info/fault_codes/fault_codes.htm
if it's newer than 1999 (or 2000), you'll have to cross a garage's palm with silver to get them to read out the ECU fault code.
::edit:: added in yr 2000 - DD
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If it was built after Sep 2000 then it's EOBD/OBD2 compliant so a cheap OBD2 reader will give you the codes.
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The cars V5 show first registration to be Sept 1999.
Thanks for the responses - I'll give your advice a try.
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it will most probably be cam sensor, unless it is hard to start, however if there is wear in the timming chain then the sensor can miss read the cam timing in relation to the crank timing and put the light on , do you have a noisey engine these vehicles are prone to camchain wear
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