Bmw E36 Crankshaft Sensor Removal

I ll post the pictures for anybody who s going to r r the sensor on how not to do it.

Bmw e36 crankshaft sensor removal.

The cps crankshaft position sensor is just above the crank pulley in the front of the engine. It is a fairly long job took me several hours but being careful helps. You need a torque wrench a set of common sockets and spanners a set of 1 4. I have a 2006 e90 325i.

I removed the intake manifold to replace the crankcase breather hoses due to a vacuum leak car misfiring at idle. Nathan s bmw workshop 342 264 views. Checked out the crankshaft sensor and found that the signal wire had broken. While putting the cables back on the crankshaft position sensor cable connector fell apart in my hands cracked into several pieces most importantly the locking mechanism was broken off and useless.

Hi i have a 94 e36 m3 s50b30 decided to do some house cleaning below the vanos unit and the car immediately would not start after did some investigating and found no power to the fuel pump and no injector signal. The sensor is located just under the starter motor. Need a new crankshaft sensor then try here. Bmw e36 e39 m52 m54 will not start bad crankshaft sensor replacement 325i 328i 330i 525i 528i 530i duration.

Bmw e90 2007 328i n52 engine symptoms. My pictures are not how to remove the sensor correctly but rather how not to do it. The best way to change the crankshaft sensor on a n42 bmw engine is to remove the inlet manifold.