No, a crankshaft position sensor would not prevent you from rotating the engine over by hand. But if the head gasket is leaking into one of the cylinders and filled the cylinder up with coolant, it would hydro lock that cylinder, because you can't compress a liquid. Remove all the spark plugs, leave the key off, and then try turning the engine over by hand. If one of the cylinders is filled with coolant, it will come out of the spark plug hole when the crankshaft is rotated by hand. Don't try rotating it with the starter, you can bend or break a connecting rod that way.
If coolant comes gushing out of a spark plug hole, then you know you have a bad head gasket. If you still can't turn the engine over by hand with the spark plugs out, then there may already be internal engine damage due to trying to start it with a hydro locked cylinder.
It should turn over by hand very easily with the plugs out. Take them all out at once, then try.
Did the engine overheat for long periods of time?
Tuesday, January 31st, 2023 AT 11:28 AM