The cam and crk sensors are types of speed. The crank sensor is a 3 wire hall effect sensor.

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Crank sensor wiring diagram. Crankshaft position sensor wire color id and description. You should be able to tell from a wiring diagram a good one which wire goes to which terminal. This means that one wire feeds it with power one wire feeds it ground and the other takes the ckp signal to the computer. Yelblk wire feeds 12 volts from pgm relay. Pink is 12v yellow is signal and purple is supposedly groundsignal return. Have your helper crank or start the engine.
Crank sensor wiring issues. Pink purple and yellow. Your dmm should register about 200mv to 300mv. All three wires connect directly to your dodge dakota or durangos fuel injection computer. Brnyel wire feeds chassis ground. Then using the meter red lead back probe the black ground wire at the harness connector or ckp sensor.
Now touch your dmm red lead to the green signal wire on the harness connector or ckp sensor. Sign up today to access the guides. Crankshaft position sensor wiring diagram. Dec 24 2011 327am. In most cases youll see a fluctuating signal. 3 wires on mine.
If neither wire has current theres a failure in the sensor circuit. Blu wire carries crank signal to pcm. Ask an assistant to crank the engine for a few seconds. Pin a is 12v pin b is ground and pin c is signal. The connector on the sensor itself has male spade terminals. Check your meter display and compare your reading to your manual specifications.
Touch one of your meter probes to either one of the sensor wires and the other to the other wire. Crank sensor wiring diagram 2001 2005 17l honda civic. A wiring diagram makes it easier to check for shorts to ground or power and of course check for continuity between the crank sensor and the pcm. Learn how to access vehicle repair guides and diagrams through autozone rewards. This video is dedicated to cam and crk sensor testing and operational parameter but from an electrical and wiring diagram interpretation point of view. The illlustrations and info in this page apply only to 1996 1997 1998 dodge ram pickups vans and dakota with a 39l 52l or 59l gasoline engine that use the 3 connector pcm.
Crank the engine for a few seconds.