gmmed up camshaft position sensor
02-26-2012, 03:00 PM
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gmmed up camshaft position sensor Just pulled the sensor out and there was alot of oil and sludgy crap on it. So I took a bore scope and looked down the hole and theres alot of crap in there. How would I clean that out? Can I blow compressed air in there or should I pour oil down the hole. Need an answer ASAP so I can get it all back together.
02-26-2012, 04:08 PM
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I go over no more that 1oo kms, so that shouldn't be a problem. I run synthetic and change it early a every 5000 kms. The sludge is accumulating on the reluctor wheel and is quite a ways down top reach with q tips.
02-26-2012, 04:48 PM
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go to a pharmacy (Rite Aid, wallgreens) and pick up some mouth swabs. they are about $5 for 100 of the. they have a qu-tip end on one end and a 8" stick on the other. so it is like a really long one sided qu-tip. that is how i cleaned my cylinder head bolt holes.
02-26-2012, 05:07 PM
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I'm asuming since there was oil and gunk on the end the sensor, that engine oil splashes up on there all the time. If so then rinsing it down with oil will wash any crap down to the bottom of the oil pan? If not then I have to rotate the cam by hand intill all 360 degrese have been cleaned?
02-26-2012, 07:15 PM
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Was the "crap" on the end or the sides? The sensor goes into a double-walled hole. Only the very end goes inside the engine block, the main shank part is in an area exposed to outside elements (i.e. between the block, converter, and bellhousing) where dirt could conceivably get to it.
If you look directly at the top of the rear cover, there's a small triangular area that the sensor passes through...
If you look directly at the top of the rear cover, there's a small triangular area that the sensor passes through...
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Was the "crap" on the end or the sides? The sensor goes into a double-walled hole. Only the very end goes inside the engine block, the main shank part is in an area exposed to outside elements (i.e. between the block, converter, and bellhousing) where dirt could conceivably get to it.
If you look directly at the top of the rear cover, there's a small triangular area that the sensor passes through...
If you look directly at the top of the rear cover, there's a small triangular area that the sensor passes through...
