Hello, I recently have been working on a 94 dodge 1500 with the 5.9 in it that had pretty much every sensor changed except the one in the title. The truck still ran but once it got up to temp it would die until it cooled down again. It never over heated just dies when it got up to normal operating temp. I diagnosed it as a crank position sensor and have replaced it but now thay everything is plugged in the truck just cranks over and over again but won't start. I've also done the thermostat on it and now I'm just kind of at a loss for my it won't start. Maybe I just got a bad sensor? Or anything else I should know about? I have the weird year woth the plastic bracket and Allen head bolts and the new one seems to go down the hole farther?

 

Dodges hate after market sensors.

 

The crank sensor should be a Mopar sensor. Unfortunately, the aftermarket crank sensors tend to be hit or miss..

 

Interesting, so would you recommend getting another brand? Or just getting the actual Mopar sensor? My year is the weird one with the plastic bracket and the Allen heads and I just couldnt find that one online.

 

I'd go for a Mopar sensor. Contact the dealer to determine if the original part number has been superseded by a newer number.

I used a Borg-Warner crank sensor in my truck several years ago. It lasted about 3 years. When it failed, the truck would randomly cut off. I'd rest the computer and it would restart. Finally, it produced a code that pointed to a bad crank sensor. Replaced it with a Mopar crank sensor as recommended by folks on this site and no more issues to-date.