crank sensor got demolished car still running?
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well to make a long story short. the four bolts on my crank pulley sheared off...... so both belts went flying everywhere and blew up the crank angle.....
i replace the pulley with a 95 pulley and theres no teeth for the magnet to pick up if i would have had a new sensor.. the car is running fine, i have not gone into boost yet but my main question is. the MS i guess does not use the crank angle sensor as a referance for tdc or what? is it fine running with out one? do the obd 1 cars have a crank angle?
just wanted to hear your input on this thanks....
i replace the pulley with a 95 pulley and theres no teeth for the magnet to pick up if i would have had a new sensor.. the car is running fine, i have not gone into boost yet but my main question is. the MS i guess does not use the crank angle sensor as a referance for tdc or what? is it fine running with out one? do the obd 1 cars have a crank angle?
just wanted to hear your input on this thanks....
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I believe the crank angle sensor, only really kicked in with 97's. My 95 does not have a crank angle.... and I don't think the 96's did either. 97's do.... (seen a few).... but I'm not sure if it was set the same as the 99+.......
So depending on the year, shouldn't be a problem.......
Dave,
So depending on the year, shouldn't be a problem.......
Dave,
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I believe the crank angle sensor, only really kicked in with 97's. My 95 does not have a crank angle.... and I don't think the 96's did either. 97's do.... (seen a few).... but I'm not sure if it was set the same as the 99+.......
So depending on the year, shouldn't be a problem.......
Dave,
So depending on the year, shouldn't be a problem.......
Dave,
As far as MS, I cannot comment on that... just starting to research about it.
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Your story is lacking in important details, but it sounds like you have a OBDII generation car running MS standalone? If so, I'd think the MS would only use the CAM angle sensor, and completely ignore the CRANK angle sensor.
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It's my understanding that the crankwheel sensor was initially implemented only for misfire detection, and that the principal triggering mechanism remained the dual-output CAS. This of course pertains only to the stock ECU. If you have Megasquirt, and you have a CAS, then the crank sensor shouldn't even be wired to anything.
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Crank angle sensor is on the driver's side of the crank pulley at about 4 o-clock looking at the front of the engine. You can see it here, post #23, third picture, to the left of the blue fitting, three wires.
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