Camshaft Sensor Issues...Help & Advice Please!

Hi All,

OK MAJOR engine trouble tonight it seems. I was driving home from work on my 15 mile commute when I approached roundabout and heard a loud tickover, thought oh it's the lorry next to me but it appeared to be coming from my car. It drove fine, just a bit hesitation between tickover and 1,500rpm! Got nearer home, went round the bend and approached the hill when the car cut out, leaving my back end on the road (Again, this happened when Injectors went FFS).

Anyways I was 100yards away from home but facing up hill in wrong direction. Dad comes down, holds traffic up on bend so I can roll it back and then we push it home! Got it on VagCom tonight and comes back with

2 Faults Found: 012296 - Camshaft Position Sensor (G40) P3008 - 006 - Signal Out of Range - Intermittent Freeze Frame: Fault Status: 00100001 Fault Priority: 0 Fault Frequency: 1 Reset counter: 40 Mileage: 109829 km Time Indication: 0 Date: 2000.00.00 Time: 17:51:11 Freeze Frame: RPM: 1120 /min Torque: 88.0 Nm Speed: 32.0 km/h Steering Angle: 30.36° Angle: 0.0 ° (no units): 1.0 Steering Angle: -1.84° 000833 - Camshaft Position Sensor (G40) P0341 - 006 - Implausible Signal - Intermittent Freeze Frame: Fault Status: 00000001 Fault Priority: 0 Fault Frequency: 6 Reset counter: 40 Mileage: 109829 km Time Indication: 0 Date: 2000.00.00 Time: 17:51:22 Freeze Frame: RPM: 288 /min Torque: 88.0 Nm Speed: 0.0 km/h (no units): 0.0 Steering Angle: 0.00° Angle: 0.0 ° (no units): 1.0

Now my question is - My cambelt/pulleys/alternator belt and water pump were all replaced on Monday, but driven 80 miles trouble free so I can't see timing being out would it? Am I literally just unlucky that the sensor has gone tonight? Does it cause any further problems and is it an easy/cheap fix? Any help appreciated. Thanks

Edited 12 December, 201312 yr by LukeRs