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Old Jun 4, 2012 | 09:01 AM
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can drive down the road and it will cut off and say reduced engine power...pull a few relays and put back in or disconnect battery and it may crank back up and it seems to have a misfire (reduced power) ...ive touched both battery cables for 20 seconds ..didnt seem to help..any more help would be great
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Overheating?
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Old Jun 4, 2012 | 12:02 PM
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no..went to parts store..code is saying cam sensor so im doing that right now..
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ok just took out cam shaft sensor and its pretty worn down on it kinda like something hott made an indention on it for about 3mm inside so i have new one be here tomorro ..just would like to figure out what made it wear down like that..05 20k miles
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Good luck finding the cause. You sure you used loctite on the cam bolts? Nothing should be close enough to hit the cam sensor in there...
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its all stock
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Old Jun 7, 2012 | 10:53 AM
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check ur map sensor i had the same issue before
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