The crankshaft moving presumably causes the flywheel to come further away from, or closer to the clutch plate on right turns and causes the pedal to drop


The p0014 video you posted is for a fault where the fragments of the vacuum pump breaking up, causes the exhaust camshaft position sensor reluctor ring to shift and cause a timing correlation issue.

If you have crankshaft endfloat and are getting p0014 code it could be due to the crankshaft position sensor toothed ring moving away from the sensor.

That mileage is impressIve I must add.

 

Thank you for the explanation, Redman. I will check the play when I get the chance just like in the video you just posted. For now there are no errors thrown regarding the crankshaft sensors.

In case there's a lot of play, the only way to fix this I guess will be to take the engine cover off and see what damage that has done to the engine, hoping only the crankshaft needs changing.

 

Vauxhall/opel would condemn the engine if excessive crankshaft endfloat is present. The crankshaft thrust bearing wears away and the crankshaft cuts into the engine block. The pistons presumably run out of true within the bores and can cause uneven wear. The crankshaft is also knackered.

 

But in a more positive note. Awesome to see a 1.4t with over 300k km!