Order of events below:
- Two days ago I noticed a loss of power and a mile later the car basically died. I had my friend tow me back to work.
- That evening the car starts up fine and I can drive it a few miles, I think to myself, huh, strange.
- I drive it to work the next day and it does fine.
- It dies again driving around on my lunch break.
I get it back home and run all the diagnostics and I get the following information:
- Error codes 11/32/34
- Air:Fuel mixture more than 5% lean
- Crankshaft position sensor issue
My HAYNES manual says the crankshaft position sensor is in the distributer, but I am also seeing that there is a sensor near the oil filter (see attached image) that is the crankshaft position sensor according to the internet for Xterras/Frontiers. Anyone know what that sensor in the image is? It is just behind the passenger side control arm/frame next to the oil filter towards the transmission.
Any help is extremely appreciated!
Also, I took a video of the sound of the engine when it is getting ready to die. I had to rev the engine up during diagnostics. I also have another video of when the problem first arose and I pulled over. Video is in YouTube video below: