Jonathan Meele
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Hi all,
My Holden VX Series 2 keeps blowing Crankshaft Position Sensors (the one behind the harmonic balancer).
I'm on about the 3rd or 4th sensor in a few years. The first one occurred approx 6+ years ago but within the last 2 years (Give or take) my car has blown another 2-3. Reason I know it's the Crankshaft Position Sensor is because I run a scan tool which shows fault code P1372. Last one occured in January this year. Upon having the Crankshaft Position Sensor replaced it works fine again.
It's starting to become vexing as it's costing me $250+ each time to get it replaced via my local mechanic and when the issue occurs my car stalls which is extremely worrying considering I could be anywhere. My mechanic apparently sourced the most recent replaced sensor elsewhere (Would have either been Burson or Repco) to try to rule out the possibility of a cheaply manufactured sensor via the previous supplier, but it has occurred again 6+ months later.
The only difference between the last few times and this timeis that my car will not start regardless of what I do, it cranks but doesn't start. Previously my car would stall only when it was hot (At operating temperature), I'd wait 1+ hour for the engine to cool down and I would be able to start it again and get about 5km's before it stalled again. This time it stalled, I was able to start it again and get it home and now it will not start again. I have tried disconnecting the battery overnight and connecting it back up again to see if it would miraculously start working again, but of course that was wishful thinking.
Is there anything I'm overlooking here or any advice that can help? Any tricks or tips? Is there a hidden fuse somewhere that I should be checking?
The only thing I haven't tried is spraying the connections with Electrical Contact Spray but it's highly unlikely that will work.
Thank you in advance.
Edit: Before anyone recommends that I learn how to replace Crankshaft Position Sensors myself, unfortunately I'm not skilled enough to do it.... I tried to do it myself when the first one occurred 6+ years ago but I couldn't get it off using a breaker bar and a guide on this forum.
My Holden VX Series 2 keeps blowing Crankshaft Position Sensors (the one behind the harmonic balancer).
I'm on about the 3rd or 4th sensor in a few years. The first one occurred approx 6+ years ago but within the last 2 years (Give or take) my car has blown another 2-3. Reason I know it's the Crankshaft Position Sensor is because I run a scan tool which shows fault code P1372. Last one occured in January this year. Upon having the Crankshaft Position Sensor replaced it works fine again.
It's starting to become vexing as it's costing me $250+ each time to get it replaced via my local mechanic and when the issue occurs my car stalls which is extremely worrying considering I could be anywhere. My mechanic apparently sourced the most recent replaced sensor elsewhere (Would have either been Burson or Repco) to try to rule out the possibility of a cheaply manufactured sensor via the previous supplier, but it has occurred again 6+ months later.
The only difference between the last few times and this timeis that my car will not start regardless of what I do, it cranks but doesn't start. Previously my car would stall only when it was hot (At operating temperature), I'd wait 1+ hour for the engine to cool down and I would be able to start it again and get about 5km's before it stalled again. This time it stalled, I was able to start it again and get it home and now it will not start again. I have tried disconnecting the battery overnight and connecting it back up again to see if it would miraculously start working again, but of course that was wishful thinking.
Is there anything I'm overlooking here or any advice that can help? Any tricks or tips? Is there a hidden fuse somewhere that I should be checking?
The only thing I haven't tried is spraying the connections with Electrical Contact Spray but it's highly unlikely that will work.
Thank you in advance.
Edit: Before anyone recommends that I learn how to replace Crankshaft Position Sensors myself, unfortunately I'm not skilled enough to do it.... I tried to do it myself when the first one occurred 6+ years ago but I couldn't get it off using a breaker bar and a guide on this forum.
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