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Old 03-05-2018, 10:34 AM   #16
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Originally Posted by John V View Post
It will eventually register a misfire code if it's idling that badly. It should have stored codes in it (CEL came on) even though you disconnected the battery. I'm not understanding why it doesn't.

It sounds like a bad crank sensor to me. Bad cam sensors will usually cause hard starting but once the engine figures out where TDC is it should ignore the cam sensor for the most part.

Drive it around until it throws a code. It might take ten miles or so.
They haven't been able to get it to throw a code. They're going to pump the gas out and put in some new gas.

I asked them to go ahead and put in a new crankshaft position sensor and plugs if replacing the gas doesn't work, but they're reluctant to throw parts without any codes at this point.

And my wife is nervously driving the Camaro around today.
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