Some engine bays are as droolworthy as the cars they adorn, but under the twisty mechanical artistry lies an array of electronic wizardry to help run your car. The crankshaft position sensor is one of ...

CARS.COM — Most car owners probably don’t know that their vehicle has a crankshaft position sensor until the engine dies, won’t start or starts running poorly. Then when the car is in the auto repair ...

I just got my 2010 Ford Escape (a four cylinder) back from the repair shop. It hadn't been starting, and I was told the cause was a broken crankshaft sensor. The repair seems to be successful, and the ...

Computers can only do what they are programmed to do. If they get garbage in, they put garbage out. In an automotive engine control computer (called a Powertrain Control Module or PCM; what’s ...

Vehicles Affected: Approximately 58,000 vehicles, including model-year 2014-18 Ram 1500 pickup trucks equipped with 3.0-liter diesel engines The Problem: The crankshaft position sensor tone wheel may ...

LS engines share a lot of similarities across the line, but they are roughly divided into Gen III and Gen IV versions. There are a few differences between these generations, but a key one that affects ...

A couple of years ago I did a complete 4.0L swap into a CJ-7 for our sister publicationJp Magazine(bit.ly/2GrJZwc). Despite covering an entire engine swap, there’s quite a bit of information in this ...