Camshaft sensor wiring?

Tiny
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The car starts up just fine, but it will only stay running for three seconds, then it shuts off. I can restart it no problem every time. But still the same thing, it only runs for exactly three seconds. The connector at the cam sensor has been taken apart the three wires (a blue one, a orange one, and a black one) have been taken out of the actual connector. The are plugged onto the sensor individually. I am thinking bad contact? Wrong position? What is the correct position for these wires? The way the sensor is positioned on the engine, the terminals are top, middle, bottom. Just a follow up for anyone else who might have the same issue. The blue wire is power (+) - top, the orange wire is signal for the computer (o) - center, the black wire is ground (-) - bottom.


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Monday, May 12th, 2008 AT 3:30 PM

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Tiny
KEN L
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Yes, here is the engine wiring diagrams to show you which wire goes where in the connector. Check out the diagrams (below). Please let us know if you need anything else to get the problem fixed. Cheers, Ken
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Friday, April 16th, 2021 AT 2:17 PM
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WALTER L. GOMEZ
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Hello everyone ken I just bought a hyundai santa fe 2002 with 2.4 engine can you please send me that wiring diagram to my email whtgomez@ gmail. Com tanks I am in panama god bless you.
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Friday, April 16th, 2021 AT 2:17 PM
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KEN L
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I updated the engine wiring diagrams above check it out.
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Friday, April 16th, 2021 AT 2:17 PM
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Hi, guys, I have the same problem with the 3 wires been put individually at the sensor, I have the blue as 12volt + on top the orange with 5volt+ on middle and black negative - at bottom, the 3 wires are very well set into the camshaft sensor, but now the car does not want to start, all was working fine, but I had a ck engine with code p3040, for the camshaft code, the car was working ok, but gave me light on the ck engine, so I replaced it, the connector was broken, and the wires came off from the connector, I was not able to find the connector, so I set up the terminals to put them individually, same order and stuff, but now, the car is not starting, I saw the diagrams above, did the first person who made up this post was able to fix the problem? If you did, could you tell me what you did? Thanks, so much guys, your help will save me a bad headache, thanks.
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2025 AT 11:37 PM
Tiny
KEN L
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If you have the wiring connected correctly the engine might have had a problem. How does it sound while cranking over normal? I would do a compression test or upload a short video from under the engine of the engine cranking so I can tell if the engine is okay or not.

Please go over this guide and watch this video:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-test-engine-compression

and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXLJbuAZ4CE

Please go over these guides and get back to us.
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Wednesday, March 19th, 2025 AT 10:31 AM

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