2008 Can Am Outlander 650 intermittent crank no start

When left to sit it will crank and start. If shut off right away it will still crank and start, but not after a couple restarts. If left running for maybe a minute off the first start, then turned off, it will crank no start.
Source problem, crank angle sensor.

[@beidlbua9024]

Can anybody explain me, how i can change the MPH to KMH ? please helf me :)

[@Mudslinger2011]

Had that issue and just cleaned the key , any oil or dirt buggers up the dess signal.

[@buck19]

It's was the crank angle sensor. Dirty key won't cause backfires

[@MrCovain]

hey, did you ever figure out the issue? my renegade is doing the same thing now

[@buck19]

Sorry for the late response. It was the crank angle sensor. Heat and vibration makes this part fail. When the crank sensor first begins to fail the symptoms dont show up until the part is warmed up. Then it acts up. As the part further deteriorates the symptoms are more persistent until the part is completely dead.

[@uyyVenom]

@@buck19 can I get the link to the sensor?

[@jonsarten3131]

If it was the key it would not turn over. Probably no fuel pressure if EFI.

[@buck19]

Bad crank sensor. Had plenty of fuel. Enough to backfire. The symptoms are characteristic.

[@pedroadelarosa5389]

If you see no gas

[@buck19]

The gas level sending unit was busted. Didnt meadure anything under 3/4 tank. It was the crank angle sensor

[@pablopereira3828]

buck 19, Hello, when you changed the sensor you had to do something else or you just changed it and it started.


[@buck19]

It was the censor itself. Heat and vibration kill these types of sensors. I did not replace it myself. The owner sold it and new owner put one in. Can't tell you if there wad a process to put it in. I believe it's straight forward.

[@pablopereira3828]

@@buck19 Okay. So you don't know if the key had to be done once by changing the sensor?

[@buck19]

@@pablopereira3828 I do not know. Any other sensor I've done I never had to. They were plug and play, but I couldn't tell you about this one specifically. Some of the "chipped" keys are just resistors like a 98 SVT I had.

[@PRODIGY123100]

Reprogram the key

[@buck19]

It was the crank angle sensor.

[@buck19]

Bad key won't cause backfires

[@450rutmaker]

Let the display shut off then start it

[@buck19]

It was a crank sensor. Guessing canams dont throw CAS codes. But this is the tell-tale sign.

[@hardinautosalesllc]

Mine does this same thing. I learned to live with it. I let the machines lights turn completely off. Can Am has a pre programmed 10 to 15 second lights (stay on) after shutdown, its a safety thing I'm guessing. Then I turn the key back to the on position and it starts right up every time.