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Can a bad camshaft position sensor cause my car not to start?!?!

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Old Jan 29, 2005 | 08:46 PM
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Can a bad camshaft position sensor cause my car not to start?!?!

anyone know?
Old Jan 29, 2005 | 08:59 PM
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I believe so.
Old Jan 29, 2005 | 09:04 PM
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It will. When I disconnect the wire feeding it, the engine wont start. But if the engine is running, if I disconnect the wire then, it will not stop it from running. I assume a bad camshaft pos sensor diagnosis signal sent to the ecu will disalloy it to start the engine.
Old Jan 29, 2005 | 09:46 PM
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i had to replace mine cause mine went bad and my car was dead in the water without it. It plays a big part in the timing during startup. Without it my car wouldnt spark.
Old Jan 30, 2005 | 07:12 AM
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I got that same code. It actually was a bad starter giving me a bad camshaft position sensor code. Worked great after replacing starter.
Old Jan 30, 2005 | 07:40 AM
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or a dirty sensor wiht metal filings on it will cause a no-start condition
Old Jan 30, 2005 | 10:11 AM
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I got that same code. It actually was a bad starter giving me a bad camshaft position sensor code. Worked great after replacing starter.
aww crap, what if this is my problem?! how did you know it was your starter. I really believe its my CPS cuz i took it off and checked the internal resistance at the terminals and its was completly off about 18kOhms, gave it a couple of wacks and checked it again and then it gave me around 1.5kOhms which was a lot better, and then it started! im gonna go change that really right now, but please let me know how you knew it was your starter. I changed my starter last year exactly, with a autozone duralast starter... i think its a POS!
Old Jan 30, 2005 | 03:59 PM
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My car wouldnt start one day out of the blue and i had it towed and it ended up being the camshaft position sensor. Theres a good chance that could be your problem.
Old Jan 30, 2005 | 04:06 PM
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YES!!! I had this problem last winter.
Old Jan 30, 2005 | 06:56 PM
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I had it checked out at the dealer (I know, but it was free ). The starter wasn't not putting out enough voltage causing a misread in the position sensor. From everone else and if you tested the sensor it could be the sensor.
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