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i get the check engine light a while back and finally got the time to get the car checked out because is running rough...

the camshaft position sensor is chewed all to hell... metal frags and such have ground away the CMP and the syncro assembely...

anyone know what its gonna cost me to have it replaced? or has this happened to anyone else?

97 merc sable 3L

 

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its going to a shop monday... i dont think the damage is althe way down the shaft to the cam itsself but definatly on top where the sensor sits...

 

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yea i took the sensor off and found quite a bit of chewed metal... im sure there is something that is supposed to spin under the sensor to give the 1 cyl is at TDC, but this something does not exist anymore... and my problem is i cant find any good detailed grafix of what this is supposed to look like...


when you say several hundered dollars are you meaning 200-300 or more like 700-800?

 

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thats cool.. i bought the sensor already today.. $25 at autozone

 

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WOW ... id like to say Thank you for your excellent help on the matter...

once i get this fixed this week... will there be anything else i need to do to clear the check engine light, or should it do that on its own?

 

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Originally posted by saerandy@Jan 25 2004, 01:52 PM
I'm pretty sure mine went away on its own.

I hope your synchro isn't bent/trashed. Good luck!

oh its trashed... dont worry... the whole thing will need replacing after seeing what the pic of the half moon is supposed to look like...

 

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well i got the camshaft positioning ordeal corrected, but now im getting a problem from the coil pack... cyl #2 is not getting spark........grrrrrr

how hard is it to replace that?