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Crankshaft sensor HELP!


JGrimm

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I have spent the last 4 hours trying to find this damn thing on my 2012 3.6L Journey and I can not find it. All the youtube videos for Journeys are for the 2.4L and anything else for the Pentastar V6 is just not correct for the Journey. I tired watching videos for both the Caravan and Avenger but because they are not AWD, the underside looks different. Any diagram I've found is also wrong. The engine is throwing a code for a bad sensor and I am also getting the symptoms of one.

Where the hell is this thing?

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I believe it’s behind the ptu case unfortunately.  Driveshaft and case needs to be unbolted to access it. Mitchel on line mechanical guide would confirm this if someone has a log in. I’m nervous about my high mileage awd r/t.


If I ever change the driveshaft I will have to pull put case to change CPS,  have part already.

 

Dealer phone call labor quote might also confirm it.

 

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It sucks to be right sometimes. On a hoist a trained mechanic can probably do it pretty fast; can’t imagine it taking over 2 hours.

 

Getting a shop to admit this, maybe not that easy.  Start shopping around for a good honest shop.

Use the slightly more expensive oem part. I’m curious, how many miles  are you at.

Thanks for following up with this info for the rest of us on the site, decent of you.

 

When you jam the same engine in too many different vehicles; stupid stuff is bound to happen.

I also got nailed with the heat exchanger replacement; not looking forward to CPS swap.

 

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Did you get a labor quote yet?  On a good set of ramps and jack stands, could still be a diy job, with a second person for reinstalling the ptu back in place. Not really the weight I would think, more the awkwardness of bolting it back in place after removal. 
 

Some vehicles go through CPS sensors because their location close to engine heat. Lots of timing belt cars have them behind the covers and timing belt. The 3.5 Santa Fe v6 CPS sensor if not changed when belt is; would take approx 4 hours to change.

So there are worse locations than the Journey sensor, believe it or not.

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