So, long story short I had to drive the car one hour away to home without a camshaft position sensor as that is how I bought the car. As I was driving the car it kept cutting out randomly and the only way to keep it from stopping was keeping the gas pedal down even in traffic. i was forced to put the car in neutral and keep the pedal down, I also noticed the car was lagging with the acceleration and there was a lot of drag and it felt like there was a lot of power loss. Fast forward 30 minutes I noticed after I switched off the engine it wouldn't start and there was no crank for like 5-10 minutes it was as if the car was cooling down then it would start and crank and turn over.
So, fast forward I got the part "camshaft sensor" and fitted onto the car then I started the car and it turned on. So, the car was idling, and I decided to test each coil pack to see if the car would start shaking if I pulled any of them out. I pulled the first one and it didn't make much of a difference then pulled the second and third then the car was shaking a lot and it instantly cut out and wouldn't start again.
After days and hours of searching I noticed my crank case breather hoses was all broken so I replaced this as I suspected this was causing the no start, but this didn't help. I did however notice oil in the spark plug chambers and cleaned all 6 plugs and put in new spark plugs. still no luck. I went and bought a fuel pump as I suspected that was the issue and replaced the old fuel pump. But still no luck.
Today I was checking with my multimeter if the crankshaft sensor wiring was getting any voltage and there was absolutely no reading, any other wiring within the engine was getting readings just not the crankshaft sensor wire.
so, to conclude.
Could this be my problem?
Is there any way I could find out if it's something else before opening it up?
Any suggestions on what to try?
I ran a diagnostic tool and here are some things I got back from it.
please be aware my battery is not good, and I have a spare car to charge it while i run these diagnostics, so some codes are due to battery.
So, fast forward I got the part "camshaft sensor" and fitted onto the car then I started the car and it turned on. So, the car was idling, and I decided to test each coil pack to see if the car would start shaking if I pulled any of them out. I pulled the first one and it didn't make much of a difference then pulled the second and third then the car was shaking a lot and it instantly cut out and wouldn't start again.
After days and hours of searching I noticed my crank case breather hoses was all broken so I replaced this as I suspected this was causing the no start, but this didn't help. I did however notice oil in the spark plug chambers and cleaned all 6 plugs and put in new spark plugs. still no luck. I went and bought a fuel pump as I suspected that was the issue and replaced the old fuel pump. But still no luck.
Today I was checking with my multimeter if the crankshaft sensor wiring was getting any voltage and there was absolutely no reading, any other wiring within the engine was getting readings just not the crankshaft sensor wire.
so, to conclude.
Could this be my problem?
Is there any way I could find out if it's something else before opening it up?
Any suggestions on what to try?
I ran a diagnostic tool and here are some things I got back from it.
please be aware my battery is not good, and I have a spare car to charge it while i run these diagnostics, so some codes are due to battery.
Mar 10, 2022 at 3:33 PM
