where does these sensors go???

[e30_kid89]

wondering where these 2 sensors go on my harness that i got from another vanos motor...have these 2 remaning connectors(beside the alternator) that look to be female.

trying to figure out what 2 plugs go into these 2:





these are the crank and cam sensors.....here i just connected them both together...one of them is like a male and other female:






i just wanna finish connecting everthing so i can put back on the intake mani and move on to the next tasks.............

[matt]

e36 bentley, page ELE-77

[e30_kid89]

nice....i've been looking for that.......thanks...but the thing is the harness wont accept the cam/ crank sensors....

look the this other pic of both the cam and crank sensors connectors:

then look at the spots on my harness that i have......

peeling back the wires isnt hard its just making em fit........

[hugh jass]

coolant temp sensor plugs?

[e30_kid89]

no, i have those connected already....i think i know that those for either the crank sensor or the cam sensor but the plugs wont even accept each other.......

[mentaleeill]

knock sensors

[e30_kid89]

no not those either, i have those in..i have almost everything labelled and or in so those r the only 2 connectors i dont kno....looks like the have to be the camshaft and crank sensors...man im gonn peel back the rubber and peep the wires....but shit the connecters on the harness and on the motor wont accept eachother....

[mentaleeill]

check the number of pins inside the plugs. knock sensors have only 1 pin, on my old vanos car the knock were on a bracket like that. crank should be 3 pins and is only interchangable with the idle control valve.

[SchnellerVert]

So you didn't label prior to disassembly? ah never mind didn't see the harness came from another engine.

Do you have a wider view so we are not guessing. Idle stabilizer?

[e30_kid89]

^^^i'll try to look for a diagram or pic...i would take one now but its night time and my motor is all covered down........

[e30_kid89]

hehe made a lil drawing.......that L-shaped piece is the carrier for the engine harness that mounts to the engine block.....okay NOW know that those connections are for the crankshaft and camshaft sensors since everything else is hooked up....BUTT the ends on the actual sensors wont accept them so i may be wrong.... peep this pic ya'll shold have an idea of what im taking about:

[mentaleeill]

do you have 2 plugs that will accept a 3 pin connection on that harness? did you check how many pins were actually in those plugs that arent connected. best bet is to unkook all the plugs, lay the harness in the l shaped track, make you starter and altenator connections. then everything thing else pretty much only reaches where it has to go. there are a few plugs that are 2 pin and will plug into eachother, but i am %100 sure that the knock sensor plugs are on a bracket, all others are not.

[e30_kid89]

iight im gonna do that, as well as take a look at some m50s with the harness connected.... thanks all

[SchnellerVert]

I don't see the idle stabilizer aka the ICV so that's one, and possibly the tps sensor on the throttle body.

[e30_kid89]

its not my motor!!!!!!!!!:) i got it from searchin around i belive its rev engenners rebulit motor