Re: Camshaft Position Sensor - '95 S6

[Daniel Jones <captaudi@ma.ultranet.com>]

First of all yes the car has a cam position sensor.  It is mounted on the
front of the cylinder head,  the shutter wheel is mounted on the back of
the timing sprocket.  These do fail and usually create a hot restart
problem.  I have yet been able to find an aftermarket source for this.  Yes
the part is $400+,  sorry.  As far as replacement,  if you are good enough
to do a timing belt then it is within your means.  If not then take it to a
pro.

HTH
Daniel Jones 84 4ksq x2
Dealer tech

At 01:01 PM 8/4/99 -0400, you wrote:
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>Listers,
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>I need some technical advise.  My fault codes say that my
>camshaft position sensor(CMP, G40) is failing.  I get both
>power loss and no start symptoms as spelled out in the Bentley.
>I had my car in for fuel line leak verification(which failed
>due to the heat), and I had them diagnose the car.  Since I was
>arguing over the fuel line, I didn't get a chance to talk about
>my no start problem.  The invoice simply states: "Tech scanned
>ECM for fault codes.  Tech found camshaft position sensor is
>bad.  Estimate to replace $621.00 + Tax.  part needs to be
>ordered".  ($39.95 for this BTW).  Anyway, I've been trying to
>find the part.  I called a number of places, most say it's a
>dealer only part.  (Dealer $426 - Part# 035 905 160.) I asked
>if this could be considered the hall sender, he said yes.
>Well, the specialty CD says there is a hall sender(Part# 034
>905 161 - a little over $100 most places).  No one has part
>number 035 905 160 in the system.  Bosch doesn't even have a
>number for this part.  One shop said that there is no
>distributor(coil over plugs), so no hall sender, only a crank
>sensor.  Another said to make sure it has failed and try to
>match the part from a different distributor.  The Bentley shows
>that the CMP is in the distributor, which I can't find anyhow.
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>I would like to fix this myself, and I really don't want to pay
>$424 for this little sensor.  Does anyone have any experience
>or ideas?
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>TIA,
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>Dean Ferrera
>'95 S6
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