sanman000719

anyone ever have one go bad??

so i go to start the ol crx yesterday for some test and tune, and well wouldnt start. i checked for fuel good to go, check for spark and no bueno. so i look for stat sync and no bueno. i did voltage checks to the censor itself from the pro14, and good to go. so looks like the censor is gone.

so anyone else experience this?
and this has been on the car for 4 years now so i got my money out of it lol

tepid1

Did you verify the gap is correct? The magnets are still in the cam gear?

It's not too common of a failure, but it can happen.

sanman000719

gap is correct, and i just got it to stat sync and shoot spark. the harness from it to the plug has a short. i had the wife crank it while i played with the harness and it would sync, and i pulled a plug, and did it again to verify spark

so its the censor that needs replaced

redboost10

Yes we have had one go bad and we chased it forever. Talk to Tony. Our timing was doing all sorts of crazy things. We tried a new ignition box and all and it ended up being the sensor.

sanman000719

ima call him monday

mint

iTrader: (1)

I had one of the old sensors go bad and chanced it down for ever. I guess I got lucky cause I bought the new style sensor cause it was the cheapest thing to replace and works flawless.

sanman000719

lol yah was looking through the site just now for a price on one, and dont just see it.

sanman000719

what are you guys setting the air gap at .025 seems to be it

tepid1

http://www.t1racedevelopment.com/ind...ll-sensor.html

sanman000719

fabulosue thank you tepid


emagine my delight to see it was the censor and not the pro14 box lol

redboost10

Don't worry, we spent about a month tracking it down. No power on the dyno, timing was all weird, Tony sent us new ign box to try...drove us nuts.

sanman000719

i was chalking it up as a ign box as well then my tuner walked me through some trouble shooting steps and when we didnt get stat sync and had power to the censor we knew it was either the censor or the air gap lol

JDogg

the sensor is a haltech s4 (grey) dual pole hall effect sensor..

I know back in the day they used to be available for around $100 but It's been a while since I have looked.

tony1

We stopped using the Haltech sensors over a year ago due to failures (most were failures in testing before shipping). The new ones are my own I had made and have a SS body instead of aluminum. They work with a much bigger air gap than the Haltech sensors do.

JDogg

I havent used a haltech branded sensor since probably 2004, but I dont remember those being aluminum back then. Your kits are cheaper/better than what I was able have made locally.

I actually think I got a hold of one of the aluminum sensors a few weeks ago.. customer brought in a car with the stuff all ready installed but still running on the distributor because they couldn't get the ecu to see anything from the sensor. I had to close the air gap down to about 0.030" to get it to work.. it lasted 3 days.

tony1

The Haltech one has been aluminum for as far back as I remember. They used to work well at .075" air gap or so and then they changed the chip on them and the air gap requirement got really small.

dturbocivic

my T1 sensor has an aluminum body. ive owned it since late 04-05 somewhere around then

061000rr

iTrader: (2)

I have 2 t1 trigger kits, both have aluminum sensors. Haven't had a problem yet but would you recomend buying the new style or just keeping what I have?

tony1

The sensors failing in operation is rare. Most problems we that they weren't strong enough in testing so they never shipped out. I test all of the sensors before shipping.

sanman000719

tony ill need to call you tomarrow to get one shipped out to me man.

mine would probly still be working if stress hadnt been placed on the harness

sanman000719

censor ordered

thank you T1

Bayshore Power

Not all of them
The one I just got from you was wired up wrong

tepid1

Mine was too, but I bought it 3+ years ago. It's the aluminum bodied one. Couldn't get it to sync.

I forgot all about it until you posted this....

sanman000719

wired wrong as in the connector because i opted to not have one im going to hard wire mine to the harness

tony1

When did you buy a sensor from me and what was wired wrong?