Crankshaft sensor
 

can some one stick a picture up or tell me how to get to the crankshaft sensor as my 180 had to be towed home as it faulty and i cant find the bloody thing ive had it up on jacks but cant work out were it is

It's down the back of the engine at the gearbox end.

I'll see if I can dig out a pic

This what it looks like

http://www.rimmerbros.co.uk/ProductI.../NSC000070.jpg

Not the easiest thing to spot, may get away with taking it out and giving it a clean.

so do i look at the front of the engine or the back as im very confused

This may help :)

http://www.themgzs.co.uk/vb/showthread.php?t=13815

so its at the front of the engine then

my friend just came round to have a look and he undid something in the right area but coolant started coming out so he titened it back up and said to leave it did he undo the correct thing

No, it doesn't involve coolant, it's down the back of the engine as shown in the second diagram in Jays link (item 2).

Got me confused now, not all that difficult though.

If its a 180 crankshaft sensor, isnt that item 2 on the first of Jays diagrams.

Looks like its on the rh side as you look at the engine, from the front, the front V block.

I'm pretty sure the drawings wrong Peter.