Car just shut off without any warning

Thank you, I checked for spark right after I made this post and their appears to be no spark coming from the spark plug wires. I checked all for to make sure it was not just one. What next?

I think that I am going to have to get a scanner. Sounds like the thing to do anyway.

The coils are on top of each spark plug individually are they not? If so, I disconnected the wires from each coil that leads to the spark plugs and there appears to be no spark going into each coil.

Okay, so I got a pocket scanner and it read 0 codes. Now what?

I guess I will find out where the camshaft sensor is and see if I can get it checked.

Chris R.

I think I have it traced back down to the cam sensor, but I will not know for sure until I replace it. It is a special order part so I will not have it for a few days.

Okay, so obviously I have done something wrong here as I have replaced the camshaft position sensor and the car still will not start.

What I know is, I have followed the cam position sensor diagnostic that you sent me and I have now replaced the sensor itself.

I have battery positive voltage at terminal three. (Harness side)

I have five volts at terminal two with key on. (Harness side)

I have continuity of less than two ohms at terminal one. (Harness side)

I guess I am now moving on to the crankshaft sensor. Any more advice would be much appreciated.

Chris

Yes, I am pretty sure that I did this correctly as the tutorial that I found did not specifically deal with a vehicle that has individual coils for each plug like mine has.

Also, I removed the timing belt case since my last post and took the crankshaft sensor off.

My timing belt has teeth missing all around the crankshaft pulley. Is this typical of when a sensor goes out?

Chris

Does this mean that more than likely I just need to replace the belt and then check the valves and stuff?

Well, I finally got the timing belt replaced and tried to start the car and had no luck.

I had real problems finding out where the timing mark was on the crankshaft side as it looks nothing like the descriptions and pictures that I have in the service manual. The only real identifying mark that I could find was a half circle cutout on the crankshaft/camshaft sprocket, right to the left of the key that holds the pulley in place. After many conversations with very unhelpful repair people, that is the mark I went with. (Hope that it is right)

When the vehicle did not start, I decided to run a scan again and you will never guess what code came up. It was a camshaft sensor malfunction code!

So, I am now waiting for the new camshaft sensor to come in tomorrow and then I will replace it again.

This is the problem, in figure 42 (the crankshaft figure.) It says "aligning timing mark on crankshaft sprocket with timing mark on (?) Case".

On my vehicle there is no mark on the sprocket itself except that half moon cutout that I reffered to earlier.

There is another hole drilled into the angle sensing blade that is behind the cranckshaft sprocket but no other marks to go by.

I finally got a Mitsubishi parts guy to tell me that the half circle shaped mark in the sprocket would be the right mark but it was very clear that he did not really know for sure.