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Title: Picture of Faulty Crank Sensor
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 17 October 2009, 17:17:48
(http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s304/Loo-knee/16102009183.jpg)
Title: Re: Picture of Faulty Crank Sensor
Post by: Entwood on 17 October 2009, 17:18:51
Interesting .. NOT ..  :)

well now its working it is !!   :)

A tad "graunched"  I'd say !!
Title: Re: Picture of Faulty Crank Sensor
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 17 October 2009, 17:20:38
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Interesting .. NOT ..  :)

well now its working it is !!   :)

Dont know why the picture is so small :-?
Sorry your bored Entwood... Not  ;D :P
Title: Re: Picture of Faulty Crank Sensor
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 17 October 2009, 17:37:39
Why is this picture so small? I wanted to show the wires all exposed :'(
Bored myself now ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Picture of Faulty Crank Sensor
Post by: Del Boy on 17 October 2009, 17:39:56
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Why is this picture so small? I wanted to show the wires all exposed :'(
Bored myself now ;D ;D ;D
I see is quite big  :-?
Title: Re: Picture of Faulty Crank Sensor
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 17 October 2009, 17:44:02
Do you? it is small here.....

Oh well just thought when I first saw the wires hanging out someone had decided to bodge it :D
Title: Re: Picture of Faulty Crank Sensor
Post by: Elite Pete on 17 October 2009, 17:50:20
Its normally the other way around youth. You keep telling us its large and we all know its tiny ;D
Title: Re: Picture of Faulty Crank Sensor
Post by: waspy on 17 October 2009, 17:50:50
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Why is this picture so small? I wanted to show the wires all exposed :'(
Bored myself now ;D ;D ;D
I see is quite big  :-?

Me too :y
Title: Re: Picture of Faulty Crank Sensor
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 17 October 2009, 18:08:12
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Its normally the other way around youth. You keep telling us its large and we all know its tiny ;D

I was going to say Youth "You wouldn't like it up your arse, but I know you do!" ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Picture of Faulty Crank Sensor
Post by: tunnie on 17 October 2009, 18:54:00
bit of insulating tape and that would be good as new
Title: Re: Picture of Faulty Crank Sensor
Post by: CaptainZok on 17 October 2009, 18:56:44
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bit of insulating tape and that would be good as new
The CS or Pete's arse? ;D ;D
Title: Re: Picture of Faulty Crank Sensor
Post by: Welung666 on 17 October 2009, 19:08:38
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bit of insulating tape and that would be good as new
The CS or Pete's arse? ;D ;D

That's a 6 / half a dozen question really ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Picture of Faulty Crank Sensor
Post by: PhilRich on 17 October 2009, 22:45:53
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bit of insulating tape and that would be good as new

Insulting tape would be nearer the mark!  ;D :y
Title: Re: Picture of Faulty Crank Sensor
Post by: Grumpy on 17 October 2009, 22:58:52
That looks like it's come off a 4 pot. If so I'm not
surprised by the state of it. The routing of the cable,
down the clips of the cambelt cover, provides a
perfect line for oils drips from the cam cover gasket
to track down, get trapped inside the sheathing that
covers the bottom third of the cable and collect on
the crank sensor.
The sensor gets slowly sauteed in the hot oil until
it cracks the join, enters the sensor, and causes the
damage that your picture shows.

When I replaced mine I changed the run of the cable
and brought it round the front of the power steering
pump and then linked back into the clips that run up
the cambelt cover. This effectively puts a loop into
the cable run and stops the oil reaching the sensor.

Any cabling that follows the original route will end up
with a sensor like the one in your picture unless the
engine is oil-tight in that area, in my opinion.
Title: Re: Picture of Faulty Crank Sensor
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 17 October 2009, 23:07:27
It was off a 4 pot yes and what a pain in the rear to remove :o
Title: Re: Picture of Faulty Crank Sensor
Post by: Grumpy on 17 October 2009, 23:15:42
When I replaced mine I did it from the top.
Just removed the heatshield from the exhaust
manifold to give my wrists some room for access, and
changed the sensor by touch.

Now I know that the oil dipstick tube is a pushfit, I
would undo it's single securing bolt, remove the tube
and make access to the sensor much easier.

The sensor is too fat to pull it out if you follow the
original cable route, but if you re-route iaw with my
previous post, you can just cut the cable and then
fit your new one.

I have a strong suspicion that I'm teaching my granny
how to suck eggs here  ::) , but hey- ho, it might
help someone else reading it.  :)
Title: Re: Picture of Faulty Crank Sensor
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 17 October 2009, 23:29:20
Well I could not get my hands down or up >:( tried always.... could not even see the bloody crank sensor :o
Ah well I know for next time exactly what to do ;)
Title: Re: Picture of Faulty Crank Sensor
Post by: albitz on 18 October 2009, 00:34:26
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bit of insulating tape and that would be good as new
The CS or Pete's arse? ;D ;D
Bith too far gone to be of any further use I would have thought. :D ;D