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Old 06-24-2014, 10:08 AM
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How to test CPS

Any idea which pin(s) and what the test should reveal, I read somewhere (can't find it now) it should test at 370-470 ohms only, but which pins are being probed, there are three? From a 97 Infiniti I30 lower part of engine, not the one near pulleys, that is a two bolt - to lessen the front - back - left - right confusion.
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Old 06-24-2014, 01:08 PM
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What is that thing, cam or crank? and what year is the car? I can link you to FSM but need the year.
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Old 06-24-2014, 01:59 PM
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Uh Oh, What is it?

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What is that thing, cam or crank? and what year is the car? I can link you to FSM but need the year.
It is a crank position sensor, but your question concerns me if you were going to answer this question!
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The service manual does not give a resistance reading test. It says to unbolt the sensor from the car and measure for 5 volts between the white and black wires when moving a screwdriver across the tip.

See page 346.

http://boredmder.com/FSMs/Nissan/Maxima/1998/EC.pdf
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Old 06-25-2014, 04:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Copious
It is a crank position sensor, but your question concerns me if you were going to answer this question!


Relax. small pic viewed on my phone looks like it could be cam as well, didn't realize you wrote CPS in topic I though it was CMP and I may have been stoned.

anyway Dennis already provided the proper infos
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