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crankshaft position sensors keeps failing

I need assistance with my crankshaft position sensor issue please - currently on my 3rd sensor. First sensor died at about 9 years of age, second lasted just over a year. Both are definitely very dead as car will not start with them in. The car will only start with the 3rd (current) sensor installed.

With the first 2 sensors, there would be loss of power while driving but the codes (P0335 and P0336) would only register when sensors were completely dead. With the 3rd sensor, codes (P0335 and P0336) registered after first loss of power, which happened today. I cleared the codes and the car drives as though nothing happened. The 3rd sensor is 5 months and ~1200 miles old.

Wiggling sensor wires with the engine running did not produce misfire. Wires and harness appear to be in good shape and clean. All sensors were genuine.

Any ideas what could be killing the sensors? MY10 TD4 SE Auto

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Are you using genuine sensors? 2009 Rimini Red SE TD4. My daily driver.
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Yes, all genuine. MY10 TD4 SE Auto

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If it’s a three wire device it should have live, negative (earth), and signal. So a faulty earth might cause the signal to go high ie a 12v device might give a 5v signal normally but lose negative and the signal might go to 12v - this should kill the ECU.
A fault on the signal to earth or 12v should kill the sensor - overload or backfeed.
A fault on the supply - let’s say it gets only 5v from the ECU and it momentarily gets 12v will kill the sensor and possibly the ECU if it’s from an external source. Similar scenarios for a two wire device.
So options are physically check the wiring by stripping protective sleeve all the way from sensor to ECU/ supply. Have ECU checked. Buy sensor from another supplier in case of bad batch. Time consuming and therefore expensive if you are not handy with tools and multimeter.
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I had trouble with a brand new sensor. Bought another one from an LR specialist, they told me they only fit genuine LR ones because of problems using others. Been running fine for must be a 18 months or so.

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Andy131 wrote:
If it’s a three wire device it should have live, negative (earth), and signal. So a faulty earth might cause the signal to go high ie a 12v device might give a 5v signal normally but lose negative and the signal might go to 12v - this should kill the ECU.
A fault on the signal to earth or 12v should kill the sensor - overload or backfeed.
A fault on the supply - let’s say it gets only 5v from the ECU and it momentarily gets 12v will kill the sensor and possibly the ECU if it’s from an external source. Similar scenarios for a two wire device.
So options are physically check the wiring by stripping protective sleeve all the way from sensor to ECU/ supply. Have ECU checked. Buy sensor from another supplier in case of bad batch. Time consuming and therefore expensive if you are not handy with tools and multimeter.
Sorry


Thanks very much for the detailed explanation Andy. I’m ok on the tools but intermittent faults can be a real nuisance.

With first 2 sensors there would be a brief loss of power while driving and nothing else. The error codes would only appear when sensors where completely dead and the car would not start. This could possibly mean that a code is only triggered when there’s an open circuit.

With the current (3rd) sensor, there was a brief loss of power while driving and 2 DTC appeared (p0335 and p0336). So the dynamic is slightly different I thought, and could indicate that the circuit was briefly interrupted. With that in mind, this morning I removed factory earth cable, cleaned it all out (even removed paint at the seat) and bolted it back on (covered any exposed metal in clear). I also installed additional earth strap (400A) from the negative terminal to the bell housing, just in case.

Any idea whether ECU gets its earth from the body or the engine block? MY10 TD4 SE Auto

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wiring diagram is attached


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crankshaft sensor is the third device on the right, earth is shown bottom right.
This is page 27 of the wiring diagrams available on this site Tangiers Orange - gone, missing her
Replaced by Ewok what a mistake - now a happy Disco Sport owner

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Couldn't work out where the ground wire attaches on the vehicle to inspect the connection so I just checked for voltage drop across all earth points I could see (inspired by Scotty Kilmer), and body of the ECU. No voltage drop at all - which is very good I believe. Didn't do the test prior to cleaning factory earth contact as wasn't aware of the method at the time. Hopefully this does the trick.

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All sorted. The problem was with the crankshaft sensor connector / plug. If anyone is having the same problem and would like to get it fixed, read my comments here (link below) or send me a message to discuss further:

https://www.freel2.com/forum/topic37181.html MY10 TD4 SE Auto

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My crank sensor failed 80 miles into a 180 mile journey. There were 2 codes generated (I didn't note them), but were crank sensor related. Luckily I had the old sensor (the one on the engine was only 2 years and 4,000 miles old), so I fitted the replacement sensor, and continued my journey, and back without any more failures, although I do still have the occasional dropout of one cylinder, particularly if I use significant throttle.

I'll get another genuine sensor, and check the plug and wiring to the sensor. 2009 Rimini Red SE TD4. My daily driver.
Gone. 2006 Tonga Green i6 HSE.

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I had drop outs & into limp mode with no EML lights, whilst under acceleration.
Read the codes & came up with P1203 - short circuit cylinder no.3

Had no.3 piezo injector replaced - drop outs cured.

Not a particularly cheap fix at approx £440 Inc VAT (replacement injector cost £ 235)

If it happens again on a different cylinder I'll be tempted to have a bash at changing one myself.

Hope this helps.


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impact wrote:
All sorted. The problem was with the crankshaft sensor connector / plug. If anyone is having the same problem and would like to get it fixed, read my comments here (link below) or send me a message to discuss further:

https://www.freel2.com/forum/topic37181.html


I had exactly the same issue, the fix was to tighten the socket pins in the plug. Easily done with a small , watchmakers, screw driver. If you have the replacement pin set mentioned in the other post, then you can gauge whether the socket is a tight push fit using one of the spare pins. Safe in knowledge that if the socket does break you have the spare to create a new one.

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I've had a new Delphi crank sensor delivered, along with 2 new plugs with gold plated connectors and 3 lengths of silicone insulated 0.5mm wire, so that I can replace everything from the ECM to the sensor.
I suspect that a bad connection at the crank sensor is responsible for the early demise of my new sensor.
In the meantime, I've cleaned the plug connectors and sensor pins with contact cleaner, and the occasional dropouts have disappeared, but I'm sure that's only temporary, so I'll be replacing the wires and plug when I've the time. 2009 Rimini Red SE TD4. My daily driver.
Gone. 2006 Tonga Green i6 HSE.

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