location of crankshaft sensor in 2000 RR 4.6 Vitesse

[Weskechi]

I want to change the Crankshaft sensor in my 2000 Range Rover but I cannot locate it in the engine. I spend several hours under the engine looking for it but just can not locate it. Any idea where it is located in the engine? Please help. Wes

[Spike555]

3o'clock at the back of the engine looking from the front.

[Weskechi]

Thanks for your response which says: "3o'clock at the back of the engine looking from the front."

With your response, do you mean looking from underneat the engine or from the top of the engine?

[Savannah Buzz]

see if this photo from the RAVE helps. A P38 and a D2 have a similar engine layout, at least in the Rovers North exploded diagrams. I couldn't afford a gas cap from either.

Crank position sensors tend to be "reluctor" style, they pick up a change in the metal teeth of the ring gear whirling by just a couple of millimeters from the tip of the sensor. When replacing be sure to make a drawing of excatly where and how any spacer is oriented before taking apart. This is number one problem with replaced ones - can't crank because sensor won't trigger spark becauuse it is spaced wrong.

[Weskechi]

Thanks alot for the info and the pdf picture. I will let you know what happened after I get done.