I just bought a y8 and I'm an obd0 ef guy so im a little confused on something. This motor has an electrical plug wiht 3 wires, coming off the motor inbetween the oil pan and block. Can anyone tell me what this is and if its only used by obd2 ecus or does obd1 also use it. Thanks.
Here is a little pic to help u understand.

 

i used a Z6 harness on my Y7 block (94 hatchback)... and i just didnt plug that harness into anything and my car runs fine

so its just an obd2 sensor you do not need. i guess its the crank position sensor but i dont know doesnt matter anyways

 

Its a crank fluctuation sensor....for OBD2 ecu's

 

lovely picture.

 

thanks for the help guys, thats what i wanted to hear. Guess ill just hack it off Thanks for the props on the picture, i worked hard on it

 

I particularly dig the crazy gremlin demon.

 

lol thanks

 

You SURE he's not talking about the knock sensor on the back of the y8? Its right in that area too...


Sorry, just noticed that its by the crank shaft...my bad.

 

hey why didn't my car come with a crazy demon

 

Make the crazy gremlin demon your avatar!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by HTechBB &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">That plug is actually caled a Crank Position Sensor (very important).

It won't affect your performance but it needs to read info. to send back to your ECU.


Modified by HTechBB at 4:36 AM 9/29/2004</TD></TR></TABLE>

True, but if he's reusing his obd0 distributor and wiring, he wont need to worry about that sensor, because he has one in the distributor.

 

well I know i use it with obd0, but my main concern is now im swapping to obd1 and Im hoping I wont need to use it. OBD1 doesnt use that plug correct

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hatchback_al &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">well I know i use it with obd0, but my main concern is now im swapping to obd1 and Im hoping I wont need to use it. OBD1 doesnt use that plug correct</TD></TR></TABLE>

correct! only obd2 ecu will look for it and throw a CEL if it's not pluged up.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by HTechBB &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Tru dat see like it says below. (polish)</TD></TR></TABLE>

lol

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by HTechBB &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">That plug is actually caled a Crank Position Sensor (very important).

It won't affect your performance but it needs to read info. to send back to your ECU.


Modified by HTechBB at 4:36 AM 9/29/2004</TD></TR></TABLE>

Hmmmmmm........I don't have mine hooked up on my D16Y8 with OBDI ecu and harness. Also using an OBDII distributor. Everything seems to work fine.

 

Sounds good

 

yep CSF, no big deal just get the right harness and you will be fine