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voyager3142
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Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:09 pm

'92 318i m40

i've just checked my crank sensor resistance as suggested on past posts looking for 540 ohms ish. it actually gave me no reading at all, basically infintiy......is this normal for a duff sensor?
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Mon Apr 13, 2009 11:16 pm

the only way to test a crank sensor properly is to use an oscilascope this will give you diffinative result
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Mon Apr 13, 2009 11:19 pm

If it's open circuit across all three pins, then it is definitely duff.
It doesn't prove it's a good one, even if you get the correct 540 ohms.
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