1998 jeep wrangle 2.5 it will not start here

P0016 - Crankshaft Position - Camshaft Position Correlation (Bank 1 Sensor A)
*You need to get this repaired as soon as possible!* This trouble code refers to the sensors reading the cam on the top of the engine and the crank shaft in the bottom of the engine. This helps keep the fuel mixture and fuel timing at it's best. The car's ECU is getting a bad reading from one or both of the sensors.

What engine?

Hi Daw, As you've already checked the crankshaft sensor, sounds to me as if the problem may be from the camshaft pickup sensor. If that one also proves fine you'll need to have the anti theft system re-coded. The anti theft unit cuts the injection. Regards John

Have a look at your crank sensor. When it starts to fail, It will cause a jeep to suddenly shut off if it stops sending a signal to the ecu, and it usually starts right back up again.

Try unplugging the ECU wire harness from the ECU, clean the terminals and screw it back on tightly. Might be a bad connection at the ECU. Also, I have no idea what 'block sensor' you are talking about and that jeep 4.0 has a crankshaft sensor bolted to the transmission bell housing, not a camshaft sensor, right?

1. Position the flexplate onto the crankshaft and install the bolts hand tight.
2. Tighten the flexplate retaining bolts to 95 N·m (70 ft. lbs.) in the sequence shown.
3. Install the transmission.

have scanned to find problem code to get an idea of what it is. .it may either be the crank or cam sensor, check the crank sensor first. if it is bad it sends wrong timing info to pcm. therefore jeep will not start!! It is either the camshaft or crankshaft positioner. I would check the crank pos. first. Zach Cabot, AR
It is either the camshaft or crankshaft positioner. I would check the crank pos. first. Zach Cabot, AR
It is either the camshaft or crankshaft positioner. I would check the crank pos. first. Zach Cabot, AR

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Try the camshaft possition sensor. I know it sounds stupid being that you changed your distributor, but most are rebuilt and they only check the continuity not function of camshaft sensor. Hope this helps!