Originally Posted by bigbadon

Oh well, I just ASSumed....guess I made one out of myself.

Originally Posted by Roler

Thats exactly what happened with the previous CPS, the chafed area, causing the wires/insulation to melt, so checked that but could not see or feel any similar going on now. Tied it away from the manifold anyway (sub-optimal designed routing , but easy fix).
Cleaned CPS - and camshaft sensor connections, checked grounds, checked all plugwires and the coil connections to be snug (last tune up about 12-15 000 miles ago)
Started it up yesterday, ran crazy rough and shaky even in idle and was dripping from the exhaust, smelled like petrol. Shut it off and left it. Went out again tonight, started up fine and ran fine.

Reeks of an intermittent electrical/sensor/connection issue on all sides, I'd say...

Originally Posted by CCKen

Perhaps you should look into a malfunctioning Camshaft Position Sensor, in that it's puking fuel out the tailpipe. If the CMP goes nuts the PCM won't know which injector to fire, nor how long to keep it open. Additionally, the PCM won't know which plug to fire and when.

Originally Posted by Roler

Thanks Ken. I thought to mention that petrol drip, since that was new.
So,
1) it would do that with a faulty Camshaft position sensor and not so much with a bad Crankshaft position sensor?

2) and RA only has one camshaft position sensor listed, but that looks like one for a 2000. Do you mean the distributor pickup coil, that flat disk-like part with the connector wire?

Originally Posted by Roler

Got visited by an ol' friend again, the stalling/hesitating/bucking/coughing....the symptoms that were resolved 3 years ago by replacing the CPS (unknown brand).
I know that the symptoms can be caused by other things, but somehow I suspect the CPS again (for now)
So, got out and did the CPS testing procedure.
And now a bit stumped with the results.


When I connect terminal B and C (like this procedure tells you to), I get different outcomes.
When the black probe is on terminal B and the red probe is on terminal C, there is infinite resistance ("open"), which would indicate a good CPS (or at least for testing at not-warmed-up temps)
However, when I put the red probe on terminal B and the black on terminal C, I get a reading of around 500 on my multimeter (set to test continuity), which would indicate a bad CPS.

I'm not fully skilled in electrical testing at all, but as far as I know, continuity is not related to polarity. Why do I then get two different/almost opposite results? Am I missing something here?