Van Crankcase Senor

The crankcase sensor came unplugged and oh what fun that was to fix. It required that I remove the radiator the A/C compressor and the exhaust manifold. From beginning to end it took a little over 4 hours.

I spent 7 bucks for a 3/4 inch foam
insulation board to lie on the floor with. It's
softer than the floor and since it's insulation
no cold floor.

View of the engine before the fun began.

A close up of the area where the sensor is
located, which is between the radiator hose
and the rocker arm cover. You know the
thingy that the oil cap is.

This is a future project that will take 8 hours.
The knock sensor is located beneath the intake
manifold.

I had to move the box's to make room for
removing the radiator.

After some of the preliminaries you could see
where the sensor is under the exhaust
manifold. Being located under a shield is
why I had to remove the manifold to get to
it.

In order to remove the exhaust manifold
the exhaust pipe flange under the van had
to be broken loose.

After about two hours I finally reached my
goal. This is the culprit that was the source
of my inspection problems. The sensor is
unplugged.

Ain't very big is it? Especially considering
what I had to go through to get it fixed.