[s-cars] VAG mystery: location of cam position sensor?

[Igor Kessel]

Scott Betzold wrote:
>
> List:
>
> My 1552 VAG tool is showing a "mechanical failure of G40" According to
> the Bentley Manual the cam position sensor is located at the rear of the
> cylinder head. But on my 1995.5 S6 there is a plug where the drawings in
> the Bentley Manual.

Scott,
Bentley is wrong. I had been scratching my ... mmmm head for halaf hour
as to where did the sensor go, until had finally realised that it was in
the front of the engine.

>The car will not start. The dealer says that the ECU
> is bad, however I am still able to pull codes and run output test
> ect.... so I am not sure about their diagnosis.
>
> BTW: These problems are following a front end impact great enough to
> deploy the airbag system. Is it possible that a wreck could cause the
> ECU and or Cam position sensor to fail?

oh, yeah, in this case it is very likely.
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Igor Kessel
two turbo quattros