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[hotel21]

HI THERE EVERYONE, COULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHERE THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR IS ON THE ENGINE.

CHEERS NICK

On both sides of the engine block, the passenger one is very near the oil filter, the driver's side is in the opossite postion.

You are kidding, there the knock sensors!

Its on the passenger side just behind the oil filter.

[hotel21]

so to clarify, the crank shaft sensor is next to the oil filter

cheers nick

Quoting MarksDTM

Its on the passenger side just behind the oil filter.

 

[TheBoy]

Confirmation - v6 crank sensor is right by oil filter, you can't miss it if you look at oil filter, held in with a single torx...

[Nick]

i removed the old crankshaft sensor on saturday and it was knackered and what a pain to remove.

the cable goes roud the top of the exhaust and then it was jammed between the heat shield and the bulkhead of the car.

in the end i cut the sensor off the end and just pull the cable out.

Cheers for your help

Nick

[Markjay]

...in the end i cut the sensor off the end and just pull the cable out.

...apparently that's what everyone does...

[Bernard]

did in read on here somewhere that (because of a starting problem) if you disconnect the crank sensor at the elec connection it will then start the car but be in limp mode? if so it may be a way to confirm the c/s is at fault? and also do the paperclip test to double check!! :-/

Only if you disconnect the Knock Sensor are you able to drive in Limp Mode as it Retards the Ignition.

[STMO123]

...in the end i cut the sensor off the end and just pull the cable out.

...apparently that's what everyone does...

Or justs leaves it dangling. I've read a few posts where people who've gone to change it and found another one just...dangling

[TheBoy]

did in read on here somewhere that (because of a starting problem) if you disconnect the crank sensor at the elec connection it will then start the car but be in limp mode? if so it may be a way to confirm the c/s is at fault? and also do the paperclip test to double check!! :-/

Only if you disconnect the Knock Sensor are you able to drive in Limp Mode as it Retards the Ignition.

Or the cam sensor, or the...  ...just about any sensor except crank