Was cruising on the freeway Saturday...all of a sudden car starts to buck a little...backfires then dies...pull off to side...cranks but no start...get it towed home...check everything...fuses all look good...getting spark...injectors are pulsing...have fuel pressure so what's wrong??...turned the motor over and it tried to start...kicked a couple times but was backfiring a little...sounds like timing...pull the cam sensor cap and there's the problem...the screw holding the interruptor ring had backed out and the ring was just spinning loose under the cap...my question is why did the car die...I thought once the car was running the cam sensor was out of the picture...you can unplug the cam sensor and the car will keep running...explanations?
Cam sensor caused car to die...please explain
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RealFastV6
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Exactly.
No Cam signal... car goes into Batch fire.
Incorrect Cam signal... baaad things happen.
No Cam signal... car goes into Batch fire.
Incorrect Cam signal... baaad things happen.
Hey, I posted the fix for this...it's a plug-in module, but here it is again:
http://www.casperselectronics.com/c...cgi?search_request_button=yes&keywords=102076
Here is how it works and installs:
http://www.installationinstructions.com/caspers/102076.pdf
This will save the expense and hassle of a tow! Simple to install, and it WORKS!
Hope this helps,
John Spina
http://www.casperselectronics.com
Click on the calendar in the upper left hand corner of the web page. August sale until the end of the month only!
http://www.casperselectronics.com/c...cgi?search_request_button=yes&keywords=102076
Here is how it works and installs:
http://www.installationinstructions.com/caspers/102076.pdf
This will save the expense and hassle of a tow! Simple to install, and it WORKS!
Hope this helps,
John Spina
http://www.casperselectronics.com
Click on the calendar in the upper left hand corner of the web page. August sale until the end of the month only!
Yeah that is an interesting gizmo that had me thinking. Since it can only be a random sync if no real cam signal reference is available I guess what we'd have to do with it is keep trying until we get that random sync to occur in the right spot eh?
TurboTR
TurboTR
"Yeah that is an interesting gizmo that had me thinking. Since it can only be a random sync if no real cam signal reference is available I guess what we'd have to do with it is keep trying until we get that random sync to occur in the right spot eh? "
Now you got it! That's exactly what it does, puts an un-sync'ed signal out there, so it'd take a bit of patience, but the car will start..and will start within the first three or four seconds of cranking. Oddly, it actually helps start the engine sooner under certain circumstances. But it can be left in place all the time, so it's really a good thing to have on the engine.
-John Spina
http://www.casperselectronics.com
Click on the calendar in the upper left hand corner of the web page. August sale ends at the end of the month!
Now you got it! That's exactly what it does, puts an un-sync'ed signal out there, so it'd take a bit of patience, but the car will start..and will start within the first three or four seconds of cranking. Oddly, it actually helps start the engine sooner under certain circumstances. But it can be left in place all the time, so it's really a good thing to have on the engine.
-John Spina
http://www.casperselectronics.com
Click on the calendar in the upper left hand corner of the web page. August sale ends at the end of the month!
Hey Woddy, Not really...but Scott has been itchin to try out the "New Stuff" so he is gonna make a few late night runs at Fireslick!!!! Last Friday at like 10 it got down too the mid 80's it was nice out.....Not as nice as December, but for August it was nice.
