Camshaft Position HOW TO????
heres a link of whats its doing. im almost certain i have the housing in correctly so i clearly have a diffrent issue i just cant figure out why the car is doing the same thing with the sensor unplugged. CAM00036_zpsc0259fe6.mp4 Video by tbandit420 | Photobucket
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ok so im even more lost now. i still have the old cps that i thought went out so i swapped it back in and put the cps housing in one way with cylinder 1 at tdc and the car just cranked so im assuming that was 180degrees in the wrong way so i spun the crank pulley around 360 degrees and pulled the housing back out and the hex key was 180 degrees away from the mark on the outer housing so i spun it around and put it back in and tried starting it and bam same thing i got going now car starts then dies same thing thats happening in the video i posted. so i unplugged the sensor to see if anything would change and bam same thing car starts then dies. SO WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON IM LOST
It's very touchy, and moves easily.
^ this
I pulled mine and as i tried to reinstall it with the lines lined up it seemed there was a magnet or something pulling it off the line I just set on the hex. Stupid thing, pulled it two or three times to make sure it was truely line up. But it did fix my cps obdII code and starting issue.
I pulled mine and as i tried to reinstall it with the lines lined up it seemed there was a magnet or something pulling it off the line I just set on the hex. Stupid thing, pulled it two or three times to make sure it was truely line up. But it did fix my cps obdII code and starting issue.
I can understand why Mr.Belvedere gets cranky. Folks either dont read the answers, dont google it, or whatever. I already pointed out, that if the magnetic pull is too strong for you and makes it a pita, simply remove the sensor ( magnet) from the unit, and it will line up perfectly. Then put the sensor back in.
The pita with that, the ac lines and firewall etc make it difficult to put the sensor back into the unit.
The pita with that, the ac lines and firewall etc make it difficult to put the sensor back into the unit.
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I can understand why Mr.Belvedere gets cranky. Folks either dont read the answers, dont google it, or whatever. I already pointed out, that if the magnetic pull is too strong for you and makes it a pita, simply remove the sensor ( magnet) from the unit, and it will line up perfectly. Then put the sensor back in.
The pita with that, the ac lines and firewall etc make it difficult to put the sensor back into the unit.
The pita with that, the ac lines and firewall etc make it difficult to put the sensor back into the unit.
If you carefully line the hex with the line on the housing, and slowly insert into the camshaft it shouldn't move.
It should easily slide into the camshaft hex if lined up properly.
Pull back, but not all the way out, to make sure it stayed aligned.
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It's tough John.... Most people want the answers w/o taking the time to research & learn. I'm a stubborn person, and like to do things myself. I will work at something until I figure it out. Only if I can't get something to work, will I ask a question.
I can understand why Mr.Belvedere gets cranky. Folks either dont read the answers, dont google it, or whatever. I already pointed out, that if the magnetic pull is too strong for you and makes it a pita, simply remove the sensor ( magnet) from the unit, and it will line up perfectly. Then put the sensor back in.
The pita with that, the ac lines and firewall etc make it difficult to put the sensor back into the unit.
The pita with that, the ac lines and firewall etc make it difficult to put the sensor back into the unit.
Also be sure and catch that residual oil in the housing with a rag under the sensor when you pull it, otherwise you will have a dollar sized oil puddle under the car and have you thinking something is wrong.
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There is hardly any room to hold your finger in there due to the lines behind the sensor.
If you gently line the sensor wheel up, and slowly install it into the cam, it shouldn't rotate.
I didnt pull the sensor because the coolant lines were in the way. But its not like this took me hours, I did it in probably 5 minutes. Anyone can, you just need to be sure that line is where it should be when you get the thing back on. I dont have all those other sensors in the way on that side of the motor however. The turbo swap pretty much cleared off that whole side of the motor for a cleaner engine bay.
Also be sure and catch that residual oil in the housing with a rag under the sensor when you pull it, otherwise you will have a dollar sized oil puddle under the car and have you thinking something is wrong.
Also be sure and catch that residual oil in the housing with a rag under the sensor when you pull it, otherwise you will have a dollar sized oil puddle under the car and have you thinking something is wrong.
I let the bitch drain out onto a rag before I installed the housing.
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From: NEPA
U don't need to time it if you only remove the sensor.
Its when you remove the entire housing timing is required.
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Damn. Took me forever! Had to remove that big coolant line, moved my fusebox ( 
) and had to grind down a bit of the new sensor to get it to fit in. Hell it took me forever just to find the elsensor 
im not very mechanically inclined
) and had to grind down a bit of the new sensor to get it to fit in. Hell it took me forever just to find the elsensor im not very mechanically inclined
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oh man.... u did a hell of a lot more work than needed to do this.
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Cam sensor timing
Sounds honestly like you are a bit off with your cam hex. When mine was way off(180* out) it would try to start but then just have crazy loud back fires. I would check again the cps, and I would also check the timing once again of the cams themselves. The car will run with them being a tooth off.
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