Shut off while driving, will not start and there is white smoke coming from under the hood?

Tiny
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So, coming home from New Orleans my car stopped on the side of the road shut off completely and white smoke was coming from the passenger side under the hood! Looked and saw the radiator hose popped out of the cap replaced that. Noticed the belt popped, put that back on notices the alternator also broke replaced that. Now today we see the crankshaft position sponsor is coming on the reader the mechanic checks and sure enough it was burnt off. Now I'm home waiting for daylight to go change that. But last night we went to O'reily's right before closing to get the crankshaft position sensor and when we returned to the car with the piece it didn't fit like it was the wrong piece then after checking the old piece, we saw it was not the same one. The piece looks like the camshaft sensor. Could it be both? When you try and start it you can hear the belt spinning, that's all.

I'm stuck on the side of the road.
Tuesday, May 30th, 2023 AT 12:36 AM

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Tiny
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It could be the crankshaft sensor since you have a code for it, here is the location of the sensor and how to replace it in the images below. Also, this guide can help as well:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/car-not-running-advanced

Check out the images (below). Let us know what happens and please upload pictures or videos of the problem so we can see what's going on.

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Tuesday, May 30th, 2023 AT 10:32 AM
Tiny
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Hey sorry for the delay today we changed what turned out to be the camshaft sensor but couldn't get to the crankshaft position sensor so tomorrow we are trying to pull the car back home and get the mechanic more tie to be able to work on it. Just wanted to keep you up to date.
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Tuesday, May 30th, 2023 AT 7:30 PM
Tiny
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Thanks for letting us know, we are here to help, please use 2CarPros anytime.
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Thursday, June 1st, 2023 AT 2:45 PM

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