Took Flossie (the Civic that used to be The Lovely Harvey's) to Lowe's today and she dropped hard into limp mode.
Codes P1361 and P1362. That's crank position and top-dead-center sensor faults respectively.
Dirt simple hall effect sensors that aren't working.
I'm past where I can figure this out with my skills and diagnostic equipment.
That means hiring someone.
Ugh!
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Angus, don't throw in the towel so easily. Google the videos on "replacing crank position sensor" for that model/year and see what pops up. They are usually either on the bell housing using the flywheel gear or on the front of the engine, using a ring by the harmonic balancer or crankshaft/timing pulley/gear or camshaft. One sensor can give both fault readings as the same sensor can be used for TDC as well as CPS. A 15 dollar part or bad wire to said part will do this. Happy wrenching.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M13tbMfHWrw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxe3_m5uDIA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V18UMyq7yQQ
I've replaced the TDC once already. The amount of shit you have to remove to gain access to the "simple" replacement is astonishing. Never mind the anti-lock brake manifold being an afterthought and bolted to the fender right in the way of seeing what you're doing.
DeleteI don't think it's actually a bad sensor. Car gets hot, limp mode with codes. Car cools down, clear code, fine for a week or two.
You might notice that nearly all the videos showing the replacement are on 2001 or older cars of this generation, before Honda rearranged where the anti-lock goes and moved a couple other things.
DeleteNever mind the belt tensioning system that's pure retard. Wing nuts where you've got to get like 40-ft-lb on the thing.