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Tech Area => General Buick Tech => Topic started by: Be4u on July 20 2005, 11:41:00 PM

Title: If your cam sensor was bad what would it do to hurt your car?
Post by: Be4u on July 20 2005, 11:41:00 PM

If your cam sensor was bad or out of whack what would it do to hurt your car?

Title: Re: If your cam sensor was bad what would it do to hurt your car?
Post by: JP87GN on July 21 2005, 12:44:16 AM

Read up on this. http://gnttype.org/techarea/ecmsensors/camsensor_FAQ.html  If its bad I don't think the car will start.

Title: Re: If your cam sensor was bad what would it do to hurt your car?
Post by: Recklessrob on July 21 2005, 01:40:26 AM

Caspers sells a tool/module that plugs into the car's engine harness
that sends a false signal to the ecm so you can start the car, if the
cam sensor craps out.

Title: Re: If your cam sensor was bad what would it do to hurt your car?
Post by: SuperSix on July 21 2005, 09:32:27 AM

Quote from: "Recklessrob @ Thu Jul 21, 2005 12:40 am"

Caspers sells a tool/module that plugs into the car's engine harness
that sends a false signal to the ecm so you can start the car, if the
cam sensor craps out.

They also sell an alignment tool which makes it MUCH easier to set it initially.


Pretty awesome piece..
https://www.casperselectronics.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=107112

Title: Re: If your cam sensor was bad what would it do to hurt your car?
Post by: Be4u on July 21 2005, 09:46:09 AM

S6, do you leave that piece on the car or do you use it then put your old one back on?

Title: Re: If your cam sensor was bad what would it do to hurt your car?
Post by: SuperSix on July 21 2005, 09:50:33 AM

Quote from: "Be4u @ Thu Jul 21, 2005 8:46 am"

S6, do you leave that piece on the car or do you use it then put your old one back on?

Stays on..

Title: Re: If your cam sensor was bad what would it do to hurt your car?
Post by: Be4u on July 21 2005, 10:21:22 AM

Sweet! Thanks for pointing that out ot me!