Crankshaft Position Sensor Replacement [*]

**REDCRAPGP** · 04-23-2013

Why not change it yourself. It's literally a 30 min job just takes a trip to lowes or Home Depot and picking up the correct bolts and then renting a harmonic balancer pulley from autozone. No sense in paying a mechanic for something so easy.

**GazV6GT** · 04-23-2013

Erm...in case you haven't noticed, I'm in the UK, haha! I've also got mobility problem so can't work on my car too much anymore.

**REDCRAPGP** · 04-23-2013

Sure haven't lol can't see your location from tapatalk my bad

**BillBoost37** · 04-24-2013

Do you have a set of jackstands? This is a super easy thing. Even if you don't have air tools. You can do it by hand.

**GazV6GT** · 04-24-2013

Unfortunately not, even if I did I could not physically work on it.

**98GPree** · 04-26-2013

So is the crankshaft oil seal right behind the harmonic balanced? Is it just a pull off and put new one on deal?

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**BillBoost37** · 04-26-2013

In the How to I wrote up, you can see the green/orange seal. It's directly behind the balancer.
http://www.grandprixforums.net/how-r...sor-60906.html

**98GPree** · 04-26-2013

Awesome. And that just pulls off and goes right back on?

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**BillBoost37** · 04-26-2013

It's a pain in the buns to get out with it in the car as opposed to being on a workbench. It's possible though. Put a light bead of RTV around the outter edge of it where it'll get pressed in the casing. Then tap the new one in place. Also I'd suggest lightly touching the surface of the harmonic balancer where the seal makes contact. Say a green scrub pad.

**98GPree** · 04-26-2013

What type of rtv?

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**98GPree** · 04-26-2013

and what do you mean on a workbench? What exactly would be on the workbench?

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**Scottydoggs** · 04-26-2013

i think hes talking about tapping the new seal in the hole. it needs to go in just right, you cant dent the edges or it will leak.

**BillBoost37** · 04-26-2013

First off...I live on Ultra Copper RTV. It's the only one allowed in the toolbox. Does everything well.

On the workbench, as if I had the front cover off the motor and laying on a workbench. Makes it easy to see/feel/do anything when you aren't in a confined area. To get the seal in..find something around the place to use as a driver. Something the same size around that you can tap on to drive the seal in place.

**98GPree** · 04-26-2013

Gotcha. Thanks alot. Unfortunately ill be dealing with it on the car so ill jjust be sure to be careful.

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**BillBoost37** · 04-26-2013

for the record..that is my workbench under this cover.

And that'd be a spare charger casing next to it

**98GPree** · 04-26-2013

Well ill be damned! Got the wheel off, started it and its coming right of the plug on tthe oil sending unit. Steady stream of oil. I guess I should look into things before I start assuming stuff!

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**BillBoost37** · 04-26-2013

Pair of pliers and you are all set for tools. Nice!

**BillBoost37** · 04-26-2013

BTW, that's Scott's favorite fix.

**Scottydoggs** · 04-26-2013

change that pos right away, they leak bad when they blow out all the way. its a 12 dollar part, but keep an eye on it, i went through 3 of them, from every parts store here. i now have a brass 60 cent plug in the hole, sick of changing it.

channel locks work great to take it out, dont drive the new one in to far, stop when its snug, and into the thread locker on the new sensor threads.