View Single Post
Old 11-30-2009, 05:02 PM   #102 (permalink)
Piwoslaw
aero guerrilla
 
Piwoslaw's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Posts: 3,745

Svietlana II - '13 Peugeot 308SW e-HDI 6sp
90 day: 58.1 mpg (US)
Thanks: 1,324
Thanked 749 Times in 476 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by jtgh View Post
one newer cars the cam sensor is well on the end of the cam , where else.?
some have 3 wires other many .
3 wires, power , ground and output.
others have more outputs, (like I said, lots and lots of ignition designs)
POP QUIZ:
You have an average cam position sensor with 3 wires:
1. supply (+5V),
2. signal,
3. mass.
Which is the safest to disconnect to stop the engine?

Extra credit question: What happens when you ground the signal wire (short it with mass)?
__________________
e·co·mod·ding: the art of turning vehicles into what they should be

What matters is where you're going, not how fast.

"... we humans tend to screw up everything that's good enough as it is...or everything that we're attracted to, we love to go and defile it." - Chris Cornell


[Old] Piwoslaw's Peugeot 307sw modding thread
  Reply With Quote