Oil on crankshaft sensor

[Wallie23]

Hello guys

I have a vw golf mk4 gti 2002 AUQ
I was driving and while at the robot my car died
Started after the 3rd attempt and drove to work took out the crank sensor to see if there was a problem and the sensor is covered in black engine oil

But a few months ago I took my car in to have that looked at before and they said it was the gearbox seal and they replaced it and had a look at the rear main seal and said it's not leaking from there and it's been fine until now

What could it be from and also there are no drips under the car or oil running from the bell housing

Any advice would be appreciated

[Ashveer03]

The crank sensor on this engine bolts on the side of the block, the "inner" part of it is meant to be messed with oil because it's in the crankcase.

U need to get the car scanned, it will probably guide u towards the cause of it cutting out.

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[Wallie23]

The crank sensor on this engine bolts on the side of the block, the "inner" part of it is meant to be messed with oil because it's in the crankcase.

U need to get the car scanned, it will probably guide u towards the cause of it cutting out.

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OK but I'm running dictator currently I should've mentioned that in the original post I'll have to physically check to see what's the problem

[Ashveer03]

Ok I'm unaware of how dictator is set up.

I guess u are using the original crank sensor and individual coil packs?

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[Wallie23]

Ok I'm unaware of how dictator is set up.

I guess u are using the original crank sensor and individual coil packs?

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Yes original crank sensor

As far as I know it's using 4 pin coil packs,injectors,crank sensor,water temp sensor,fuel pump and I still have the original ecu wired in but nothing is spliced it's cut off and joined so the original ecu doesn't read or interfere with the dicktator

[Ashveer03]

Well it's gonna be difficult to diagnose the cut off..

Will be easier if it just refuses to start completely.

Dictator doesn't have the ability to view live data of the sensors?

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[Wallie23]

Well it's gonna be difficult to diagnose the cut off..

Will be easier if it just refuses to start completely.

Dictator doesn't have the ability to view live data of the sensors?

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I know that is what makes it difficult to pin point that's why my first thought was to check the crank sensor

Could it not be that the sensor is on its way out

[Ashveer03]

It's possible.

I noticed when they start to fail, they give issues mainly when the engine is hot.

With these it's best to replace with an OEM part, and they are well over a thousand at the agents.

Notice any weird sounds from the fuel pump?

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[Wallie23]

It's possible.

I noticed when they start to fail, they give issues mainly when the engine is hot.

With these it's best to replace with an OEM part, and they are well over a thousand at the agents.

Notice any weird sounds from the fuel pump?

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No no noises from the fuel pump when it cuts out it's like switching the car off

[Ashveer03]

Oh ok...
In that case it would help checking the main powers and grounds first.

Could be possible the management power relay is overheating.

Sorry don't know much about managements, wait for one of the other guys to chime in.

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[Wallie23]

Oh ok...
In that case it would help checking the main powers and grounds first.

Could be possible the management power relay is overheating.

Sorry don't know much about managements, wait for one of the other guys to chime in.

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Thanks I will check that I appreciate it