Crankshaft PS & Codes

[autobahnsho]

Well-
I'm ordering a Crankshaft Position Sensor. (Finally.) Once in a while the SHO would stall while driving, tach drop to zero, then about a half a second later would kick back in then drive like normal for a week or two.

Last weekend and Monday it would start ok in the morning then not start later on- the tach read around 500rpms while cranking. I'd clear the computer and it would start up, but run rough for a while..

I went to the garage and the fuel pressure was 30psi. (Cheap Autozone pump headbang ) and when I took the plug out of the camsensor and started, it barely ran and knocked a lot.

The weird part is that I ran the codes and got: 11, 14, 25, 66, 73, and 91. (I forgot to goose the throttle) They plug up the Star tester and got NO results- it said it couldn't read the codes. So he tries to look up the codes manually in the tester and it doesn't have ANY of the code #s I listed above!! Crazy, Huh?

So here I go soon tearing the engine apart. I'm SO thankful to my SHO that I've been able to learn such valuable mechanical skills...

And is this considered the front of the engine? I have a crankshaft seal # E9DZ-6700-B.

Thanx for all of your help. thumb Without it I'd have to take my SHO to a German shop (where they'd have NO experience w/ the car,) or the local Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) garage where they have almost no experience AND they're known to screw up simple jobs like changing a blown brakelight..

 

[masho95]

Yes the crankshaft position sensor is on the "front" of the engine. So it looks like you are replacing the front main seal. Just make sure that when you tighten the crank bolt back down that you get it to the proper torque or you'll be suffering from crank cancer down the road. And depending on the mileage of the car you might as well replace the timing belt while you have it off. Have fun and I'm available by private message if you have more questions on the process.