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Old 10 Apr 2006, 10:28 pm
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About a year ago I got the CHECK ENGINE light and my PT came to a halt while doing 80MPH at 11pm on I-95 in South Carolina heading back home to Florida. Code read P0522 and I was in the middle of nowhere. Called for a tow truck, spent overnight in a hotel and towed to a dealer in the morning. Dealer wanted to replace the Cam sensor and wanting to get home I said OK. Mechanic was taking things apart up on the lift when he saw the the wiring harness that had the wires from the cam sensor had come loose from the mounting and wiggled their way down to the half shaft on the passenger side. Hitting the spinning shaft, the insulation and then the wires burnt thru causing the cam sensor signals to be interrupted. No signal, no spark! He soldered the wires back together, shrunk wrapped the harness and tied everything back up out of the way. Cost me half a day and two hours labor. Oh yea, the tow truck broke my front undercar light and the dealer lift broke another light on the side.

The cam sensor wires run along the back of the engine just above the oil filter, so check to see if all the wiring up there is tied out of harms way.

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