Hi All, I'm new to the forum and looking for some help with a 10 plate 50k mile Picasso I was given about a year ago. I got the timing belt, water pump, etc. changed in June about 3k miles ago. It's been running fine up until today when I was driving along the motorway, there was a sudden stutter a...

Hi Arfur, Thanks first of all for coming back to me so quickly. I didn't actually check that, quite obvious now you mention it but because it was so new and the compression seemed fine I thought it would be ok. Can I check it just from the plastic panel at the top or do I have to remove everything ...

Thanks Arfur, I'll have a look at that tomorrow. It's an INA belt kit with water pump and I thought it was a decent make. If that's OK is there anything else that is worth checking before I have it recovered to a garage? The factory fitted cambelt is good for over 100 000 miles and some set for cha...

brimclell wrote: ↑Mon Oct 19, 2020 11:33 am Will it be easier to turn the cam belt with the aux belt undone?

Not if you turn it on the starter

brimclell wrote: ↑Mon Oct 19, 2020 11:33 am Also a friend has suggested checking a ring on the crankshaft - do you know what that would mean?

No idea, sorry.

Also the crankshaft ring is apparently called a reluctor ring. Does that mean anything? It is the part of the crank pulley with the bumps that creates the signal in the crank position sensor. As the crank rotates, its also turns the crank pulley and the reluctor ring creates an alternating signal i...

brimclell wrote: ↑Sun Oct 18, 2020 6:33 pm I changed the crankshaft sensor but it made no difference. Still the same code and still won't start.

How did you change the crankshaft sensor?

Diagbox is for post 2006 cars but also contains lexia for times it is connected to an older car.

So.you need diagbox and it will switch to lexia if necessary.