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jlofts
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Jun 17, 2011, 8:55 AM

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1990 buick lesaber Sign In

1990 buick LeSaber. engine lite came on after did routine maintence: replaced battery, plugs &wires,discovered coil pack&modular need replaced. did that. car idled perfecy, misses out under load; took to shop to get codes & was told needed cam shaft position sensor; replaced that, engine lite comes on sporatically car still stalls &dies. my income is only social security need help really soon, ive been told you guys are great!


Hammer Time
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Jun 17, 2011, 9:12 AM

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I assume you have the 3.8 engine. You will have to remove the cam sensor and rotate the engine slowly. There is a magnet on the timing gear that the cam sensor reads from. They are known to fall out of the gear and you have to do a timing chain removal to install it.



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