Out of curiosity. Why would you have to replace valves due to a timing belt breaking on a 2.4 chrysler engine? It's a non interference engine.
My PT did that when my timing belt broke. It cost $500.00 to replace it. If it is broken, be ready to have some motor work done. I had to have to values replaced at a cost of $900.00. If your timing belt is not broken then check the alternator and battery. I was riding down the road and my PT shut all the way down and would not start. I had to leave it beside the road. It was my alternator. It gave me no warning.
SOURCE: Crankshaft Position Sensor location 04 PT Cruiser
It is located behind the **** of the starter on the front of the engine starting in '03 the 2.4 lt was changes the repair manual failed to update this..you may sneak it out with small fingers with out pulling out the starter.
SOURCE: 02 cruiser died today. need help
Change the coil pack if your getting No spark.Or the crankshaft sensor.
SOURCE: I have a 2003 PT cruiser w/ the check engine
It senses when the engine pings and the computer will adjust the timing accordingly. It is located in the block.
SOURCE: 02 PT Cruiser LE w' Code P0340
My thought is to get a refund from the shop that tried to replace parts in order to secure your problem. The job of the shop is to diagnose the problem, not to replace items that may be the problem. Chrysler Master Techs are not trained to just replace parts, they fix the problem by diagnosing it properly.
You need to see a Chrysler dealership so they can attach a DRBIII and tell you exactly what is at stake.
I hope this helps you. I would be mad as heck.
I would not think the plugs and wires would be the problem because they would all have to fail at the same time to provide the symptom you experienced.
1. Get your money back
2. DRBIII
SOURCE: I have a 2008 pt cruiser. The engine light is on
My PT cruiser is a couple of years older, but I had the same problem. Drove fine, but start-up was erratic for several weeks. By the time AAA arrived, it usually was working fine. But when it suddenly started "struggling for power on the freeway and further along on the same trip, lurching (on a city avenue) I drove straight to my mechanic. It WAS the same sensor . . . and car has been driving perfectly ever since he changed it.
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When the service engine
soon light a yellow light (Also called the check engine light or
engine management light) is turned on this is to alert you to the
fact that Powertrain Control Module (computer) has detected a
failure somewhere in the systems it controls you may not feel any
difference in the way the engine runs, this can be the transmission
or the engine or emission system, there are fault codes set in the
modules memory for these faults. What needs to happen now is to have
the powertrain control module scanned with a special tool called an
OBD2 electronic engine control scanner or a OBD2 code reader. Once
the code(s) are read then you must perform the diagnostics for each
code and make the appropriate repairs based on the findings of the
diagnosis that was performed, this is called doing "Pinpoint"
testing.
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have changed spark plugs, camshaft sensor and crankshaft sensor, still won't start. It is getting gas, can hear fuel pump run. working on changing timing belt now. hope this works
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