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crank/cam sensors $$$$$
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Posted 12 July 2005 - 05:41 PM
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Posted 12 July 2005 - 05:45 PM
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Posted 12 July 2005 - 07:09 PM
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Posted 12 July 2005 - 07:24 PM
So do the cam and crank sensors bolt up the same way, same mounting system? Paid only $25 for a Pontiac cam sensor yesterday. New. That's more my style.
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Posted 12 July 2005 - 08:44 PM
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Posted 12 July 2005 - 09:15 PM
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Posted 12 July 2005 - 09:20 PM
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Posted 12 July 2005 - 10:08 PM
10mm socket
10mm wrench
pliers and a screw driver. Real easy to pull. You could pull yours first and take them and match them up.
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Posted 13 July 2005 - 12:13 PM
Also, I do not have a check engine light. I think the sensor is bad because it only tests at .02 alt volts. The Haynes manual says around .10 alt volts. I assume this means its bad, but hasn't failed enough to set a code.
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Posted 13 July 2005 - 03:11 PM
It says in the Haynes manual that I have to remove the timing belt to get to the crank sensor on a 91. Is that true? Thanks.
Also, I do not have a check engine light. I think the sensor is bad because it only tests at .02 alt volts. The Haynes manual says around .10 alt volts. I assume this means its bad, but hasn't failed enough to set a code.
On my car's 2.2L(1996) the cam and crank sensors are around 25$ each and 17$ at 1stSubaruparts. From 1990 to 1994, the crank sensor is 327$ list and 235$ at 1stSubaruparts. So they MUST be very different beasts.
Does your car have electronic ignition or do you have a disty? Someone here recently had the opinion that the big difference in price was due to the fact that pre 95 2.2 Ls had the crank sensor as part of the distributor.
On my car the crank and cam sensors are easily accessible from the front of the engine and you need only to disconnect and rmove one bolt to remove.
They both are made of a small metallic cylinder (containing the pick up coil) 3/4 inch across and 1 inch long. There is a plastic connector at a right angle to this cylinder. The holding bolt bracket is also at right ange but 90° from the connector. One is slightly bigger than the other (i have the old ones in front of me) but i dont remember which is which. They are not identical.
If you want to get a used one, it must come from a 90-94 2.2L engine.
Good luck!
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Posted 13 July 2005 - 05:38 PM
AFAIK, all of the EJ22s use distributorless ignition. My 90 for sure has no distributor, and has the crank-angle sensor mounted above the crank-snout.On my car's 2.2L(1996) the cam and crank sensors are around 25$ each and 17$ at 1stSubaruparts. From 1990 to 1994, the crank sensor is 327$ list and 235$ at 1stSubaruparts. So they MUST be very different beasts.
Does your car have electronic ignition or do you have a disty? Someone here recently had the opinion that the big difference in price was due to the fact that pre 95 2.2 Ls had the crank sensor as part of the distributor...
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Posted 14 July 2005 - 10:30 AM
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Posted 14 July 2005 - 10:41 AM
Thanks for the info. Frag, my sensor looks just like yours. Was easy to remove. It did involve a 30 min drive to a near by town to get a used one. Hope it works!
Then it IS a mystery why the 90-94 sensor costs 13 times more thant the 95 on. I hope someone will be able to shed some light into this.
Last note Midwst : if your sensor is really the some one as the 95 on sensors, remenber you can have a new one at 1stSubaruparts for 17$ USD.
Good luck
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Posted 14 July 2005 - 11:07 AM
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Posted 15 July 2005 - 10:47 PM
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Posted 17 July 2005 - 02:16 PM
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