Tyler’s_DSM
5+ Year Contributor
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- Dec 26, 2018
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Elwood,
Indiana
So my last two posts were about a crank but no start, after listening to a guy from STMTuned saying it was most likely spark plugs then having my mechanic from my job look at it telling my fuel filter, as well replacing fuel pump and a few other things car still did not start. I kept thinking it was the cam sensor, finally bought a brand new one from Orielly's. It was $73 from Import Direct. Replaced sensor car started with no hesitation. I was happy.... for a few days. Had a coolant leak, fixed it and then car ran perfect besides cold start idle. Idle would jump to 1500 and sit for a few seconds then go to 500 and almost seemed like car would die then went to 1000 and when car was warmed up, it ran fine. About five days later go out to start car around 6:30 and it was like 35 degrees out. Car wouldn't start, just cranking like it did in the first place. Now I doubt it could be from the brand new sensor, so I'm thinking maybe the connector has a piece of dirt, wiring is bad, or ecu is causing this to keep a sensor from working. Anyone had this issue before, everything else is perfect, timing, compression, fuel, spark, air. Could it be a dirty connector that needs cleaned? Bad wiring? Bad ECU? How can I check to see what it could be, or is there a way to simulate with the sensor by cleaning sensor or warming or cooling sensor out of car then reinstall? I'm clueless at this point.