Terrano 2 Kryptonite - The Crankshaft Sensor!

[ANGELO]

Nissan Terrano 2 , Y reg , auto 2.7 tdi se+

Edgware, London.

Hi ,
I joined ages ago but only just now have put pen to paper on this great forum!

I love far east cars, always have and always will.

I am Nissan/Japanese car born and bred as much of my childhood and early adult life was working in a garage that specialized in Nissan body repairs and thats where I caught the "far east" car bug.......I even remember a rare Terrano 1 (import probably) in the garage.

The Terrano 2, if I was to critique it I would say that the engine is bullet proof but the luxuries,creature comforts were probably an afterthought (feels like Suzuki quality inside) . Its rival the Mitsubishi Shogun probably was better thought out although I cant vouch for the "bullet proof" engine status in the Shogun.

I have driven almost every turbo nissan has released in the UK at some point in my life, starting with the Cherry Turbo way back in the day.

Like most people I bought my Terrano 2 due to a need of practicality and a want of something different so the nissan was a natural choice , although oddly it drinks like fish during the winter.

There were problems from the beginning with the Terrano with the worst being the engine light followed by random power cuts. This turned out to the crankshaft sensor but to this day nobody knows where the F*** its located (I think its just under the fan on the engine block).

Add to this that there was a change of model around 2001/2002 plus that Nissan parts department dont give a S***/clueless and then the problem of getting the correct part becomes magnified.

So if anybody can help please let me know!

Thanks for reading.