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Old 02-21-2010, 09:38 PM
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i did a cam swap on my lq4 when i put the motor in my question was was i suppose to unbolt the cam positioning senor when i was pulling the cam out and installing the new one
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Old 02-21-2010, 09:39 PM
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I never did when I did mine on my 5.3
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yeah alot of ppl didnt but i was getting a random missfire and i was wondering if that had to do something with it
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I've never removed the sensor
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yeah idk i was just checking bc its says it can cause failure to sensor
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never did anything to mine ran fine never had a problem
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did you get a random missfire bc thats what im getting everything else has been changed plugs wires different coils just thinking that the cam senor what be it
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have you had it tuned since the cam, never had a random missfire at all but i had new plugs wires before i did all of ti
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yeah i have the motor and cam have been in for like 9 months im just going to change it and see if it does anything i got one laying around
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change the plugs and wires mite have a burnt plug or fouled or burnt wire happend to me sent missfires
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