Camshaft Position Sensor Replacement

[swagon]

Here is a quick post on replacing the camshaft sensor.

1. Disconnect the negative battery cable.



2. Locate the camshaft position sensor, it is on the passenger side in the front on the block.



3. Remove 10mm bolt and remove camshaft sensor.



4. Unplug sensor, apply dielectric grease to new sensor and plug in, apply a small amount of grease to o-ring, replace into block and tighten bolt. Can't remember torque spec but will update it when I find it back.
5. Reconnect battery cable.

[MOL SRT-8]

why did you unhook the battery? that part alone takes more time them the rest of the job.

[swagon]

why did you unhook the battery? that part alone takes more time them the rest of the job.

I was doing my crankshaft position sensor at the same time and to cover my a$$.

[MOL SRT-8]

I was doing my crankshaft position sensor at the same time and to cover my a$$.

cool.

[archebald23]

whew.. its not as easy as it looks.. purchased a camshaft from Engine Power parts and tried to install it via DIY. Took me 2 hrs but i was able to do it and am happy i did it. thanks.

[Mighty Noid]

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[Mighty Noid]

whew.. its not as easy as it looks.. purchased a camshaft from Engine Power parts and tried to install it via DIY. Took me 2 hrs but i was able to do it and am happy i did it. thanks.

a camshaft and a camshaft sensor are different items... we are talking about a sensor on this thread...

it should only take about 5 mins to replace the sensor....

to do a camshaft should take a few hours...

[Bagged Mag]

after i replaced my camshaft sensor i got a whole slew of codes and it takes forever for my mag to turn over.

codes i got are 061c, 2172, 0340, 0344 and 0406. thought it might be a bad sensor so i put the old one back and i get the same thing.

what did i do wrong?

[keviiinn]

wanted to start a new thread on this but I figured I'd ask here first. I actually changed my camshaft position sensor about a year ago. when I did it, I accidentally crossthreaded the bolt that goes into the block. It was only partially screwed down though, and I backed it out and put it back in straight, I think.

either way, I just thought about it now and decided to ask. is this going to be an issue later on? am I going to be needing to replace that thing again any time soon? I don't think it was bad the first time, I just replaced it because it was relatively cheap and I had an intermittent starting issue. aren't the blocks iron? how in the world was I able to partially strip the threads? or was I mistaken and I partially stripped the threads on the bolt?