Crank angle Sensor

1994 Hyundai Lantra - Is there anybody out there having trouble
starting their engine? This seems to be an intermittent fault, and
doesn’t seem to matter whether the engine is cold or not. I took it
to a mechanic yesterday, who said the computer wouldn’t diagnose a
fault with the "crank angle sensor", but he was sure that what it
would be. He also said it was an expensive part to replace! Has
anyone had any similar problems, and where is this sensor located on
the DOC 1.8 ltr engine? Your thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanking you
JoannR

 

I doubt it's the crank sensor. Normally, the optical-style sensor on thi
car has one of two failure modes:

-- Intermittently shuts car off when driving. After sitting a period o
time, the car starts and runs normally.

-- The car stalls never to start again until the crank sensor is replaced


Since the crank sensor is critical not just for starting but also for th
engine to run, it's not likely to have an intermittent issue that occur
only when attempting to start.

I'd suspect things like the coolant temperature sensor, which could monke
with mixture enough during start-up that the engine won't start. After th
engine is actually running, the computer can typically adjust to an
issues

 

HI Joann, I have a similar problem with an Elantra gls 2000 very random,yo
go to start it either hot or cold and it sputters a bit as if it goes t
start then just cranks over...dead! At times I can take the key out loc
the car,then go through unlocking,ingnition,crank and away it goes as i
nothing was ever wrong.There are times when it just wont start...,I wai
wait ...and then mysteriously bang starts up totally normal????????
Anyone got any clues Txs muchly

chocko