crankshaft sensor fault

[revolvor]

thank you for your reply. For the price I will order that. Do you have a guide or anything as to the 3 wires, like one one from the new sensor I wire to the old plug... Or are the wires the same colour anyway (black, red, greyish)?

Thank you for any help you can give me.

Right, you asked so nicely I have just made the effort to strip the insulation off the leads to see how I did it,

Note: I have a 96 Maverick with the Crank sensor located in the Timing cover

I cut the knackered magnetic sensor off the Nissan lead, this exposed a Red lead and a White lead, the third lead is a woven shield.

Then I cut the plug off the Audi sensor lead, this exposed a White lead and a Black lead plus another woven shield lead

After a bit of checking I connected the Red Nissan lead to the White Audi lead and the White Nissan lead to the Black Audi lead.

This worked, I was picking up a signal, I did not connect the woven shields.

Simple but for clarity here it is:

Nissan lead is on the LEFT, Audi lead on the RIGHT




It's hard to show the sensor fitted, I tried to take a pic but no luck so here is a quick sketch of the spacer that I made to give the correct magnetic sensor to gear gap, it's approx. 4mm thick.

Just measure the distance on the original Nissan sensor from the magnetic tip to the part where it seats on the timing cover, the Audi sensor obviously needs to protrude the same amount but was 4mm longer hence a 4mm spacer.



With luck this will save you over £100, my truck's symptoms were frequent cutting out when stopping and rough idling, this cured all the problems immediately and is still running great almost one year later :thumb2

PHEW........ Now I can get back to Netflix lol

 

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[revolvor]

Remember to use a silicone sealant on both sides of the spacer.

 

[shadowbroker]

thanks, your the man!

Aw heck, thanks for that man. very detailed info, and will make my life simple and stop any holes in pocket.

No need to take the sensor out or anything, but off the top of your head, do you remember what you spaced with? looking at the old sensor, i think a washer with a 20odd mill hole would work, 22mm or 24mm i think, by looking.

thank again for going to the trouble of making that post for me to read.

 

[revolvor]

Aw heck, thanks for that man. very detailed info, and will make my life simple and stop any holes in pocket.

No need to take the sensor out or anything, but off the top of your head, do you remember what you spaced with? looking at the old sensor, i think a washer with a 20odd mill hole would work, 22mm or 24mm i think, by looking.

thank again for going to the trouble of making that post for me to read.

:lol - That's what my mate said when he saw me making the spacer, I have a little machine shop so it's no hassle, however approx three large washers for the probe and three 6mm washers for the securing bolt would work just as well, just take more care when tightening it up to the timing cover, I also thought a ally spacer would seal better.

If you do use washers you could super glue them together and on the probe, not much space to work in unless you start taking components off.

Hope it works for you - it has on mine :thumb2

 

[solarman216]

This sensor is nothing more than a coil of wire round a magnetic core, therefore it uses two wires with an earthed screen, simples, but the important bit is that the Audi one is the same impedance, other physical issues can be worked round, as indeed you have done and saved a bundle into the bargain, thanks so much for the info, Rick