toothed wheels for crankshaft position sensing

Terry Faugno tfaugno at qualcomm.com
Fri Jul 26 22:25:57 GMT 1996


At 03:50 PM 7/26/96 -0500, you wrote:
>What kind of engine are you running? If the crankshaft you have is
>still in production for '96 you're in luck. With OBD-II most OEMs
>use crankshaft position sensors for the misfire detection. You could
>just get these pieces as spare parts. OBD-II came in '96. 
        1994, actually. I have a 95 (bought 6-1-94) Dodge Neon, and it uses
a crank trigger mounted on the center counterweight. It's "psuedo-OBD-II"
compliant. It measures more levels, as opposed to failures, than an OBD-I
computer, but it's still able to be fooled.

                Terry




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