Where is the 7X Crankshaft Position Sensor located?

DWL92

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1995 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO
3.4L
V6
2WD
AUTOMATIC
129,000 MILES

Location of 7X Camshaft Position Sensor for the car listed above Z34 3.4L Dohc, not the one that goes near the harmonic balancer.

My car randomly lost power while driving and would not start back up. I had to get it towed back to my home, from where we were. It is getting fuel, spark and air. Our friend who knows something about cars thinks it could be either the, Crankshaft Position Sensor, Camshaft Position Sensor and or the Ignition Control module or coil packs. But we're not fully sure, because we don't have a code scanner to plug in and read any codes for our model of car. They possibly used OBD-1 back then. But the OBD-2 was being phased in and standard by 1996. So, yeah. Any help or advice would be appreciated.

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KEN L

MASTER CERTIFIED MECHANIC
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Sure, we can run the codes it is easy, please go over this guide which will show you how:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/buick-cadillac-chevy-gmc-oldsmobile-pontiac-gm-1983-1995-obd1-code-definitions-and-retrieval-method

I don't think a camshaft sensor will make it stop running btw. I can tell the oil level sensor can cut the engine off if the oil is low or the sensor is bad. Here is the location for the crankshaft sensor and the oil level sensor so you can check it out. Check out the images (below). Please upload pictures or videos in your response of any problems so we can see what to help you with.

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