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stevo6672
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Nov 14, 2011, 3:04 PM

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please help, 1998 Plymouth breeze Sign In

I'm having a serious problem. I've got a 1998 Plymouth breeze that needed a crankshaft position sensor replaced. Car would run fine than after a little bit of driving the car would stall out. A ran a diagnostic on it and it came up as cam/crankshaft sensors. So I went out and bought both sensors. I've replaced them both and now the car wont start. It cranks but nothing happens. I've checked all the electrical connections and they seem to be fine. Can anyone help me figure this out. What maybe I did wrong? Or what could be wrong.

THANKS! Smile


Sidom
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Nov 14, 2011, 3:37 PM

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Try putting the old ones back on & see if it starts, if it does, you got a defective new one....


stevo6672
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Nov 14, 2011, 4:25 PM

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I tried the old camshaft sensor did same thing. But the crankshaft sensor had yo be drilled out.


Hammer Time
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Nov 14, 2011, 4:27 PM

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That's a problem. The exact position is critical.



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stevo6672
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Nov 14, 2011, 4:34 PM

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I just put in another new one same thing. The car isn't even getting a spark.


Hammer Time
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Nov 14, 2011, 4:48 PM

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How about an engine size?

What exactly did you drill?



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(This post was edited by Hammer Time on Nov 14, 2011, 4:49 PM)


stevo6672
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Nov 14, 2011, 5:00 PM

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Its 2.4L DOHC. I had to drill a hole into the actual sensor to be able to pull it out. It was so swollen there was no other way.


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Nov 14, 2011, 5:05 PM

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OK, I see what type you have now. i was concerned that you drilled the mounting bolts and changed the position of the sensor. You're going to need some test equipment to go any further unless you can physically see a problem. Double check that you didn't bend the connector blades over with the plug.



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happytech
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Nov 14, 2011, 5:07 PM

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What was the codes that told you the crank and camshaft senors was bad? im taking it that u have a v6 is that correct? if u drilled it out did u look to make sure u got it all out? the position is very sensitive if it to deep or not in all the way it want pick up.


Hammer Time
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Nov 14, 2011, 5:18 PM

Post #10 of 15 (3781 views)
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There are no V6s in the Plymouth Breeze. He already stated that it was a 2.4.



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stevo6672
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Nov 14, 2011, 6:43 PM

Post #11 of 15 (3777 views)
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Yeahp I made sure that everything was out and also cleaned up the hole. The sensor is Sitting in there properly. I ran threw and triple checked all of the connections.

I don't recall what codes where, as I was at autozone and they ran the scan. Three codes popped up. The third stated timing components. It ran fine before I replaced the sensors. Can a faulty sensor cause the engine to not want to create a spark?

I'm not a mechanic so I have no idea lol.


Hammer Time
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Nov 14, 2011, 6:46 PM

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It sure will. It will also take out injector pulse.



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stevo6672
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Nov 14, 2011, 6:50 PM

Post #13 of 15 (3771 views)
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Maybe I just got a faulty part. Ill run a test on it again tomorrow. Ill keep y'all updated. Thanks for the helps guys!


stevo6672
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Nov 16, 2011, 1:09 AM

Post #14 of 15 (3750 views)
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UPDATE.

I ran another test and no error codes came up. Looks like its off to the shop.


stevo6672
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Nov 17, 2011, 3:42 PM

Post #15 of 15 (3728 views)
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So I finally got it started, but is running rough. Any idea's?






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