WTB: Camshaft Position Sensor
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The car cranks and idles horribly(sometimes dies), there is a ticking noise. The car won't drive. My boost gauge says that I'm have no vacuum at idle and when I give it gas it makes vacuum?
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I'd look into it more before you start replacing parts. If the car had no vacuum it wouldnt be running. What happened before this? Were you on a boosted WOT pull? Idling in traffic? Parked the car and the next morning this happened? ect... Because of your vacuum readings do a compression check and go from there.
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Well I had a "professional" mechanic look at it and he says that one of my valves might have dropped? I've never heard of it but it sounds like a good excuse to go ahead and rebuild the engine completely.
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I'm in the bottom corner of Alabama. Walking distance to Georgia and Florida. I'll more than likely just end up taking it somewhere...I get lazy when it comes to major work. But I will do a compression test and check my timing marks. Thanks for all the help.
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