Cam angle sensor?
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Cam angle sensor?
After months of it already happening, I just now realize that by exposing my cam gears, I have chopped off my cam angle sensor. I still have the sensor, but nowhere to mount it. I assume, because it was mounted where it was, it probably should have stayed there. My engine bay will be pretty much completely tucked, I don't suppose I can just tuck it away somewhere with it plugged in... can I? Not sure how these sensors work. Most places I've read just talk about them going bad and just replacing them.
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Yea its not some emissions solenoid that the motor will run without, or something like that. It is a critical sensor. You either need to make a bracket for it and put it pretty much exactly where it was, or get a new valve cover and not ruin it.
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As I mentioned, a bracket will work the same, assuming the sensor is put pretty much exactly where it was. It needs to be spaced from the cam gear fairly accurately. If its anything like a VVT, itll need to be within 20-30 thousandths of the tooth it reads.
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Yes you could do a bracket. Or you could weld the cam angle sensor portion of the valve cover back on. Or you could get a new valve cover. Or you could do away with the the cam sensor completely and install a FM 36-2 crank trigger wheel and a Megasquirt standalone ECU and run batch injection wasted spark ignition using the crank position alone. There's many different options on how to proceed.