Bad Crank position sensor, twice

Bad Crank position sensor, twice

12-31-2004, 01:11 AM

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Bad Crank position sensor, twice

Last night tach went dead and check engine light came on. Truck wouldn't start today. Read on here that most likely crank position sensor. Bought one today and installed tonight. Old sensor has face wore off. You can see the metal inside. It is wore aprox. 1/16 inch deep and 3/8 inch wide. Put in the new sensor and truck started right up. Ran for awhile, shut off and restarted a few times and took for a drive. Finally check engine light went out. Can hear an odd clicking noise, like something is rubbing. Took down the street and then tack goes dead again and check engine light came on again. Parked in garage. What can be causing the sensor to be getting eaten up. How can the tone ring or whatever is in there be rubbing the sensor? 141k miles on truck. Oil pressure is great, run perfect after installin new sensor for about 15 minutes of running less than a mile of driving. Only option i can see is shimming the sensor out about 1/16 inch. Any help would be great, thanks

Tony

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