CRANK SHAFT POSITION SENSOR HELP!!!

[denisholden]

Hi there, I have a civic 1.8 vti aerodeck T reg (U.K), been getting the eml light come on in the mornings, but found that if I let the engine warm a little bit I can turn the ignition off, then start the engine again and the light will stay off for the rest of the day (unless the engine cools right down again). Took the car to Honda dealership today and had them do a diagnostics test which came back as needing a new crank shaft position sensor which they priced at £587.40 inc fitting!!!! :O I'm going to find a cheaper sensor from somewhere else if I can, and fit it myself but I'm confused as to where the fXXk the sensor is on my car, I thought it would be on the crankshaft at some point but according to my Haynes manual the sensor is found in the distributor, the only sensor I can find there is what I think to be the cam shaft sensor? The manual says some thing about there being three sensors which pick up three different speeds etc etc so now I'm really confused....... Help me please!!!! Thanks!

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[RonJ]

If the CKP sensor in the distributor is bad, the entire distributor assembly must be replaced.

[mk378]

... And that is kind of expensive, though a rebuilt one here in the US is well less than $300 for the part only; it takes about 30 minutes to install it and adjust the timing.