I wonder if someone can help, after doing a longish run on the motorway 20 plus miles, when you get off at the slip road my engine stalls and will not start again till its cooled a little (10 mins or so) it can be very uncomfortable as its happened 4 or 5 times now and its been very busy so im stuck on a very busy slip road and roundabout, do you think its some sort of sensor over heating or something else?

other than this the car seems fine just seems to stall after a long constant run


oh and its a 56 reg 1.8 tdci.



thanks Ian

 

It could be a few things but assuming the car is well maintained I would be looking at the cam shaft position sensor as it "could" be that and it doesn't cost a fortune to change?

 

thanks for the info yes its well looked after it was only serviced last week, so it should be on top form, ill look int the cam shaft sensor as you say

 

What car is it? Does the glow plug light flash at all? Did they change fuel filter at service?

 

Its a 56 reg tdci sport estate, the fuel filter was changed at the last service, do you mean the glow plug light flashes when it stalls or any time, the answer the same anyway it seems to be working as it should no flashing at all just come on when the key is inserted then goes off after 5 seconds or so

 

Like anything the first port of call is to get the fault codes read before randomly replacing parts willy nilly.