Honda Accord UK (1998 - 2003) - 2001 2.0 - Camshaft Sensor Fault

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Sat 30 May 2009 12:55
2001 2.0 - Camshaft Sensor Fault - Lou_O
Hi,

I was driving up the M40 last night when the car started to have some problems and the engine management light came on.

In the preceding 50 miles I'd felt a slight hesitation from the engine but suddenly the engine stuttered and felt like it was misfiring, I lost all power and had to pull over to the hard shoulder.

A few seconds later I had power again and gradually wound up my speed to around 50 and made for the nearest exit which went fine and I was able to pull off.

As luck would have it, as I joined the road at the Gaydon junction, an AA van pulled out in front of me, I flashed my lights at him and he kindly pulled over and had a quick look. His engine management code reader pulled fault code along the lines of 'Camshaft Position Sensor' I didn't think to note the number or the exact text, but it was definitely a camshaft code.

He reset the code and I was able to continue for another 30 mins before the fault re-appeared but by this time I was only a few miles form my destination and so decided to carry on.

So my question is, how big a job, in terms of cost and time, is it to replace the camshaft sensor? I'm assuming that there actually is a fault and it needs replacing, but maybe I'll be lucky and it's just a loose connection or some other transient fault.

Also I'd like to say a huge thanks to the AA patrol guy who kindly stopped and spent 15 minutes to tell me what the fault was and to put my mind at rest that I'd be able to limp the remaining distance to my destination. Not that he'll ever read this, but he was a great advert for the AA!

{kicked over from Discussion. Awaiting year and engine info}

Edited by Dynamic Dave on 01/06/2009 at 13:35

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Sun 31 May 2009 18:13
2001 2.0 - Camsaft Sensor Fault - Dynamic Dave
Awaiting year and engine info}


Now obtained, and edited in. Also given this post a free bump back up the list. DD.
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Mon 1 Jun 2009 13:10
2001 2.0 - Camsaft Sensor Fault - Lou_O
Just to add a bit of background, the cam belt was changed about 3 weeks ago, I was wondering if this may have caused the problem?

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Fri 5 Jun 2009 14:12
2001 2.0 - Camsaft Sensor Fault - Lou_O
Fixed yesterday.

Turned out to be a loose connection, car now running fine and no OBD codes or engine management light to be seen.

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