[Shotimes] SHO left me stranded... 50 yards from a Ford dealer

[Paul L Fisher]

I thought cam sensors were only used for starting?


Paul L Fisher

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-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Ian Fisher
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:25 PM
To: Mike Bruce; shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] SHO left me stranded... 50 yards from a Ford dealer

The SHO would always pull crap like that on me before
class. It would never malfunction after class. Stupid
car-I blame my undergrad GPA on the SHO. :)

I suspect the cam sensor. Could be a bad crank sensor
but the cam is easier to swap out and check first.
Less than $40 at AZ. If you want, I can Priority mail
a few used ones to you tomorrow. Did the tach read 0
rpm when you managed to get it started and it was
running rough?  I had a cam sensor fail me in the
backwoods of Poughkepsie NY. Thank god the car started
fine and I drove home to NJ the next day-it was one of
my first SHO malfunctions (the first of many).

Ian

--- Mike Bruce <shoitoff@verizon.net> wrote:
> So I'm driving to school this morning.  I took the
> highway for a change
> because of the rain.  Once the engine got up to
> temp, the car (93 atx)
> chose to not run any more.  I was able to get the
> car restarted and
> drove far enough to get the car off the road.
> 
> After calling for a tow, waiting for an hour, and
> having the car brought
> to my house, I tried restarting the car.  It was
> like nothing ever
> happened, or so I thought.  The idle was fine for a
> few minutes until it
> got a little rough and acted as though it was about
> to shut down.  I
> shut the engine off before it quit.
> 
> So, no codes, no apparent coolant leak to signal a
> failed CPS, no smoke,
> nothing.  Full of oil, transmission fluid smells
> fine.  I was able to
> start the car on the side of the road, but the
> engine wouldn't run long
> enough to put the car into drive.  There was a
> slight gasoline fume
> smell when I was trying to restart while on the side
> of the road.  I
> assume that was just raw fuel that was puked through
> the engine when it
> wasn't firing.  The car cranks fine.
> 
> What should I look for?  Cam sensor (I did have a
> 214 a while ago caused
> by a leaky cam seal).  CPS and water pump, other?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Mike Bruce
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