[Shotimes] cam position sensor

[Leigh Smith]

I had a rather smokey oil leak that turned out to be a bad cam seal under
the CID cam sensor. Same symptoms as yours. Bad sensor made it hard to
start, and ran funny with random fast stalling/ stuttering.
Lee
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Copeland" <doug.copeland@gmail.com>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 10:56 PM
Subject: [Shotimes] cam position sensor


> hi all
>
> It's been a while since I've been on here.  I haven't been able to give
the
> SHO much love lately, but I had a shocking revelation today.  A few months
> ago I replaced my valve cover seals and plug wires, but have still had
> problems with the car idling rough.  Occasionally when the car was warming
> up, enough oil would leak down onto my cat and give the car smoke effects.
> Today I was driving home and noticed the oil smell was slightly back while
I
> was sitting at an intersection.  I drove the remaining couple of miles to
my
> house and popped the hood.  I got my flashlight and shined it down the
> accessory side of the motor because that is where smoke usually comes up.
I
> did not see smoke, but oh to my wondrous eyes I did see a wet spot.  I
> followed the wet spot down the back side of the motor to the cat area and
> back up to something on the accessory side to what I thought to be the
CPS.
> It's a small round black sensor, and there seems to be oil somewhere
around
> where it meets the motor.  I did a little research online and read that a
> bad CPS can lead to the car computer firing random cylinders causing a
rough
> idle.  Could this be my problem.  I have 179k on the car and it's the
> original CPS.  Should I just replace it anyway? If that is what's causing
my
> rough idle and my weird acceleration that would be great.  Anybody had
this
> problem?
>
> Doug
> 05 mtx money pit - new valve cover seals, DIS, plugs, plug wires, vaccuum
> hoses, clutch, tranny, motor mounts....the list goes on and on and on
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