BMW part numbers:-

12 52 1 427 221 - Plug Housing

12 52 1 427 608 - Pins for Plug Housing

12 14 1 742 693 - Metal Spacer

Just a note this was the only plug housing I could find, it has a key way in the middle but the crank shaft sensor has a key way off center, so hot soldering iron and new key ...

Problem solved....

In the end it was several problems…

The crank shaft sensor can have an o-ring or a metal spacer or both. This is to achieve the specific “air gap”, so new crank shaft sensor, o-ring and metal spacer.

The other part of the problem was the plug that connects to the sensor ...

Hi this is a bit of a long shot but I have a problem which I've been unable to fix I have a Range Rover L322 4.4 Petrol 2003 (Basically a BMW X5 E53 4.4 with the BMW M62 engine and gearbox)

I've been having a few starting problems , IE go to start, it turns over then stops a bit like the starter ...