written by on 07/02/2012
I bought the car privately last year with 83,000 miles on the clock. The test drive was very good but cut out when we finished the drive. I thought it was because of low fuel. Filled it up got home but cutout on tick over and bad starting. My son who is ex Nissan mechanic said it was the camshaft sensor as he had replaced a lot of these because of the same problem. Put new one in and it did not correct the problem, so went on line and saw the next thing was mega bucks to fix. So we decided to have a closer look at the camshaft sensor, and what we did was to replace the bolt and add washers to suit, why, you ask, the original bolt proved to be a fraction to long. This meant the sensor could move around and occasionally did not sent correct signal. Starting is better, no cutting out on tick over under 1,000 revs and best of all no rattling on acceleration when cold. Simply the bolt at fault, left my son gobsmacked, thinking of all the units he replaced.
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