Crankshaft Position Sensor (CKP)

Crank Angle Sensor Circuit:

The Crank Angle Sensor and the Top Dead Center Sensor are located on the right side of the cylinder head. These sensors are incorporated into one unit, being a disc and a pick-up unit. The disc is affixed to a shaft that is coupled to the camshaft and the light-transmitting unit is mounted stationary to the units housing.

Crank Angle And #1 TDC Sensor:

The disc contains 4 large slits around its circumference to indicate the crankshaft angle. An additional light-transmission slit located inward from the edge is used to indicate number one cylinder's top dead center position. The pick-up unit assembly uses two luminous diodes and two photo diodes, in order to detect the two different slits. There is a very slight clearance between the luminous diodes and the photo diodes, and the disc rotates within this space.

Photoelectric Signal Pattern:

As the shaft rotates the slits at the discs edge pass between the light and the optical reading part of the unit. The light emitted from the luminous diodes pass through the slits to the photo sensing diodes. When the photo diodes receive the light, they become conductive and generate a signal, which is sent to the Control Unit.



The Control Unit is able to detect number one cylinder TDC by the signal generated through the single inner slit on the disc. The sequence of the fuel injector firing is based on this signal.
The slits at the outer circumference of the disc represent the exhaust stroke and serve to detect the position of the crankshaft (and, therefore, the piston) relative to top dead center.
Based on these signals, the Control Unit is able to determine the fuel injection pulse width, ignition timing, and also the intake air flow rate for each revolution of the engine.