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What would cause the cam sensor to smell like gas in my 2.2L s10?
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∙ 12y ago
In short; diluted oil. The cam sensor is inserted into the engine, either in the front timing cover or in an opening designed for a distributor originally, on engines that have been redesigned for distributorless ignition and fuel injection. an internal fuel leak can cause the oil in the crankcase to be diluted with a large amount of fuel and cause the sensor to smell like it. Either style of sensor is in direct contact with the engine oil. an internal fuel leak could be caused by a leaky fuel injector or more likely by a "dead" cylinder. When the engine is operating but one or more cylinders is not working, due to low compression or ignition problems, the fuel system on older vehicles does not cease operation of the affected cylinder, and continues to inject fuel, which is not burned and leaks past the piston rings into the oil pan. If you really meant crankshaft position sensor, which many people confuse, it is usually located externally, by the crankshaft balancer, in which case you would have a leaky fuel line most likely.
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