Just bought a 2001 camaro convertible 3.8 v6, the check engine soon light was on so we brought it to autozone to get the computer read and it said most likely problem is the gas cap, so we bought a new one and thought everything was good. Was driving it one day and it stalled 3 times, just while driving (not while at a light or anything like that) bought a crank position sensor (cause we had a similar problem with another car and this fixed it) but dont know where it goes or if this is even the solution, pic of part we bought below, anyone have anwsers?

 

crank sensor should go on the crankshaft. lol. i think there on the front of the motor, of coarse by the crankshaft pully. welcome to the forum.

 

thanks! i have been lookin on the crankshaft but cant seem to find the same lookin part, maybe i got the wrong one? idk was lookin online and it said that that part was compatible with all 01 basics, but then again i dont no if this is even the problem

 

well it can only be one of two locations. front or back. could be on the belhousing for the trans and gets its info fron the flywheel but im thinkin its on the front. better get a repair manual for your car.

 

by the way have u put some new plugs in it? new fuel filter?

 

The CKP sensor lives behind the front damper on the driver side. The front damper has to be removed to get to the sensor. Get the car scanned again and let us know the code, so you can be sure you need to do all that work.

 

nope but it does have an oil pan leak that we have to fix

k thanks, ill try and get it scanned tommorow

 

it had a pan gasket leak when I bought it so i'm fixing that now and cant get the code scanned quite yet, anyone else have some ideas on this problem?

 

throttle position sensor , some cars just stall while driving if that sensor is not working

 

thanks for these inofotmation