Boris
07-07-2007, 08:37 PM
First I would like to say "Hi" to everyone, I'm new here.
I'm having a strange problem with my friends '00 3.0 Caravan.
The thing runs just fine than out of the blue it dies. No sputter or any acting up, it just shuts off.
When you turn the key it will crank but no go unless you sit and wait for a period of time (time period varies from a couple minutes to over 20).
He took it to a mechanic who determined that both the cam position sensor and crank sensors are dead (strange that both would die at the same time seeing as how there was no "check engine" light before).
Long story short.
Had the thing running and we waited for it to die.
When it did I wasn't getting any spark out of the coil but the coil was getting power.
Replaced coil but the car still dies after about 20 minutes of run time.
Crank sensor and cam sensor orange wire is getting 9volts,
fuel pump is running,
everything seams fine except no spark.
I'm lost.
Don't have a code reader but the check engine light only comes on after an extended period of cranking when the car doesn't want to run.
The check engine light goes out by itself.
I'm having a strange problem with my friends '00 3.0 Caravan.
The thing runs just fine than out of the blue it dies. No sputter or any acting up, it just shuts off.
When you turn the key it will crank but no go unless you sit and wait for a period of time (time period varies from a couple minutes to over 20).
He took it to a mechanic who determined that both the cam position sensor and crank sensors are dead (strange that both would die at the same time seeing as how there was no "check engine" light before).
Long story short.
Had the thing running and we waited for it to die.
When it did I wasn't getting any spark out of the coil but the coil was getting power.
Replaced coil but the car still dies after about 20 minutes of run time.
Crank sensor and cam sensor orange wire is getting 9volts,
fuel pump is running,
everything seams fine except no spark.
I'm lost.
Don't have a code reader but the check engine light only comes on after an extended period of cranking when the car doesn't want to run.
The check engine light goes out by itself.