Author Topic: WHERE IS THE CRANK SENSOR..HOW HARD TO REPLACE  (Read 2176 times)

kells

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WHERE IS THE CRANK SENSOR..HOW HARD TO REPLACE
« on: 27 October 2007, 20:24 »
Is it a hard job and where is it...

anybody??

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Re: WHERE IS THE CRANK SENSOR..HOW HARD TO REPLACE
« Reply #1 on: 27 October 2007, 21:20 »
Its underneath the front engine mount, on the right of the oil filter.

Mine was replaced a little while ago and the engine mount required to be removed. Easy with a jack and an hour to spare.

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Re: WHERE IS THE CRANK SENSOR..HOW HARD TO REPLACE
« Reply #2 on: 27 October 2007, 22:29 »
i did mine on my drive with a jack and it was a complete c**t. the engine mount didnt come out easily and the sensor itself is really awkward to get to, i couldnt see what i was doing. all in all took me about 5 hours plus 1 hour of shouting and swearing at the car :)

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Re: WHERE IS THE CRANK SENSOR..HOW HARD TO REPLACE
« Reply #3 on: 27 October 2007, 23:35 »
Like the others have said, you need to support the engine with a jack or axle stand, remove the front engine mount bracket to get to the sender which is mounted in the cylinder block.
If your using a genuine sender to replace it with then its just a case of swapping the sensors, if you go for a cheaper, non genuine sender, then there is a sleeve on it where the sealing ring is, if you do not move the sleeve and put a bit of sealer on it, when you fit it on your car, it will leak oil everywhere, like I found out, and had to do the job twice on my car  :sad:...
Its not to bad a job, just a bit fiddly to get too.
Jochen.

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Re: WHERE IS THE CRANK SENSOR..HOW HARD TO REPLACE
« Reply #4 on: 28 October 2007, 12:12 »
cheers people..
Spoke to steve from not escorts and he said it can be done without removing the engine mount???

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Re: WHERE IS THE CRANK SENSOR..HOW HARD TO REPLACE
« Reply #5 on: 28 October 2007, 12:17 »
If you have small fingers and confident not to round anything off because its at a funny angle, then go for it!!!

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Re: WHERE IS THE CRANK SENSOR..HOW HARD TO REPLACE
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Re: WHERE IS THE CRANK SENSOR..HOW HARD TO REPLACE
« Reply #8 on: 28 October 2007, 14:07 »
*Genuine Part*  :grin:

how much?



about £140 odd, one was fitted to my car by vw for the previous owner and it only laster 13 months before dying.