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Re: Fire went out!



In message <Pine.OSF.3.95.990218191358.11367R-100000@segosf.hlo.dec.com> "G. Benedikt Rochow" writes:

> Well, what about the camshaft position? Wouldn't it be easy
> to measure?

> (BTW, what *does* the Hall effect sensor actually measure, and how?)

It doesn't actually measure anything.  It tells the ECU (which already
knows the angular position of the crank with great accuracy) whether
the TDC #1 it's just found is the firing stroke or not.

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