Hi Everybody!! Was wondering if you all would kindly enlighten me with what my options would be given that my crank angle sensor has failed again. This is the second time that I can recall that this has happen in the last 8 years, with I think a previous failure being the lead into the dizzy. This only happened late last night, so I haven't had time to assess and go over the car, just rolled it off the tow truck stuff it in the garage. Was not a happy a camper.... Thanks everyone!!

Maybe run a fine line of clear sealant around the bottom of your distributor cap. To stop any moister getting in. Other than that was it a new CAS or secondhandy.

2nd in 8 years?! Thats good! Ive lost count of how many ive gone through

Quote: Originally Posted by patch [View Post] 2nd in 8 years?! Thats good! Ive lost count of how many ive gone through x2 my car was at the shop getting worked on for 8 months and it done 3 of them ! i would be happy with 2 in 8 YEARS

how do you know its the CAS.

Id be happy with that, most vl's do 2 a month

Im going to buy a brand new one from nissan. i think it would be better then going second hand. Their 300 but i think it would be worth it it has a 60 day warranty

127 FROM repco i paid shortest CAS life - 5 kilometers

Ive had my car for two years and only had to do one, pretty happy with that. So, why do they **** themsevles? Good idea by HTURBO to seal the dizzy cap, is it the moisture that does it?

Quote: Originally Posted by FLY-03L [View Post] Good idea by HTURBO to seal the dizzy cap, is it the moisture that does it? Welllll, since I ran abit of seal around mine I haven't had a problem since. I've had a few go on me I allways used to notice abit of moister inside the cap. Then I decide to seal it up & It's been good for years. Touch wood. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

ive done 4 in 12 months fml, biggest pain in the ass...

I cant believe no one makes a part that works to replace one that is as faulty as the RB CAS. Is it moisture that makes them fail or some other reason?

Ive had my VL for about 5 years and before that my mum owned it...only one CAS failure (when mum had it) believe it or not...but I'll be thinkin about it now...haha

I've done 3 in about 1000km, I think you might be onto something about moisture.. the last one happened on a wet day and the first one after I washed the car! Will get some silicone up in there!

This **** is the best for sealing and sticking... sikaflex. (make sure you got stick n seal, not just the sealant stuff) Im in the building industry, seriously this **** is holding your house together. You could use it to re tread tyres

Make sure you replace the plug and fit a new boot before terminating. I've never had a CAS go on me in a VL , just everything else, fuel pumps, injectors, fuel pressure regulators,air flow meters and an ignition coil, the twin cam head swap was a smart move in that regards. Only this started upsetting the nosey Parkers who would be better off minding their own business rather than spying on me.

So sikaflex you recon will fix this problem ?

Quote: Originally Posted by bibbz [View Post] So sikaflex you recon will fix this problem ? It would work, but it would be a pain if you needed to remove the dissy cap because that stuff is allmost like glue LOL.

Yeah that's is what i was thinking. i would be able to just slice it was a razor ?

Clear silicon would be better I reckon & easier to remove.