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DISCUSSION => Engine + Driveline => Topic started by: Zilla on April 13, 2008, 06:12:33 PM

Title: Camshaft Sensor Where?
Post by: Zilla on April 13, 2008, 06:12:33 PM

Does anyone have a picture of where the camshaft sensor is and the part number can't find it on bavauto.com thanks

Title: Camshaft Sensor Where?
Post by: dude8383 on April 13, 2008, 09:44:30 PM

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Title: Camshaft Sensor Where?
Post by: kowalski on April 13, 2008, 09:54:16 PM

cam shaft sensor... right on the head front of the head, by where the cams are...

Title: Camshaft Sensor Where?
Post by: Zilla on April 14, 2008, 02:12:34 PM

apologies for the stupid question, does anybody know the part number, becasuse i'm really having a tough time finding it on Realoem, thanks again..

Title: Camshaft Sensor Where?
Post by: dude8383 on April 14, 2008, 02:21:42 PM

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Title: Camshaft Sensor Where?
Post by: Zilla on April 14, 2008, 02:46:33 PM

thanks i appreciate i was looking for the word camshaft position sensor, but it was called trigger contact here, it sux when you don't know much about cars and your try to fix it on your own. Thanks again!!!!  I dont know what i would do with out m42club!

Title: Camshaft Sensor Where?
Post by: kowalski on April 14, 2008, 03:26:26 PM

Quote from: Zilla;47016

thanks i appreciate i was looking for the word camshaft position sensor, but it was called trigger contact here, it sux when you don't know much about cars and your try to fix it on your own. Thanks again!!!!  I dont know what i would do with out m42club!

you'll pick it up quick if your doing the work yourself.

Title: Camshaft Sensor Where?
Post by: D. Clay on April 14, 2008, 03:40:37 PM

I think the car will run with a faulty camshaft sensor. It will simply fire a spark everytime the cylinder comes up instead of just during the actual compression stroke where it would fire if the cam sensor were working. Not sure if you actually need one or were thinking it would fix a not running at all situation.

Title: Camshaft Sensor Where?
Post by: RED IS 91 on April 14, 2008, 05:58:15 PM

You should test it before you replace it .You should have 1250 ohms when you hook a meter up to it .

Title: Camshaft Sensor Where?
Post by: kowalski on April 14, 2008, 08:04:07 PM

Quote from: D. Clay;47025

I think the car will run with a faulty camshaft sensor. It will simply fire a spark everytime the cylinder comes up instead of just during the actual compression stroke where it would fire if the cam sensor were working. Not sure if you actually need one or were thinking it would fix a not running at all situation.

not necessarily. If the sensor is gone, sure it could run. but i've seen several occasions where the wire breaks right at the end by the sensor.

Title: Camshaft Sensor Where?
Post by: Zilla on April 15, 2008, 06:31:12 PM

yea the car just turned off in the middle of the road the other day, lost all power, theres  electricity, it cranks but no start.  I unplugged the battery for a minute, plugged back in and tried to start the car, it turned on, reved and then shut down again.  The pedal fault reads 1244 thats why i suspected the camshaft sensor... any ideas what else it could be?  I have new sparks, didn't test the coils yet.

Title: Camshaft Sensor Where?
Post by: kowalski on April 15, 2008, 07:00:18 PM

Quote from: Zilla;47123

yea the car just turned off in the middle of the road the other day, lost all power, theres  electricity, it cranks but no start.  I unplugged the battery for a minute, plugged back in and tried to start the car, it turned on, reved and then shut down again.  The pedal fault reads 1244 thats why i suspected the camshaft sensor... any ideas what else it could be?  I have new sparks, didn't test the coils yet.

and did you check the cam sensor?

Title: Camshaft Sensor Where?
Post by: Zilla on April 16, 2008, 02:51:49 PM

yup its the cam sensor, it was giving zero ohms reading.  Ordered the part waiting for it to come in, weekend project woot woot!  I also have to change one of the radiator hoses, i was thinkin i might as well take the valve cover off and paint that too finally!   If i do i'll post some pictures up of it. latez!

Title: faulty cam sensor and no-start
Post by: 318i91 on May 16, 2008, 12:19:16 PM

Quote from: D. Clay;47025

I think the car will run with a faulty camshaft sensor. It will simply fire a spark everytime the cylinder comes up instead of just during the actual compression stroke where it would fire if the cam sensor were working. Not sure if you actually need one or were thinking it would fix a not running at all situation.

Do you mean that a faulty cam sensor alone will NOT cause no-starting issue?

I have a no-start situation with my 91 318i with M42. I have been doing all testing for over two weeks and the only broken thing I found so far was a faulty cam sensor (no ohm reading on multimeter). I am going to test/clean ICV and MAF this weekend.  Thanks.