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petersenj20 · 01-06-2008, 10:51 AM

Shut-off is instant, no sputter. It does it at almost the same time every cold start-up. If I am stopped when it shuts off, it will start right back up. If I am accelerating at the time of shut-off it is hard to start and will take 3-5 minutes of intermittent cranking.. I attribute this to fuel being dumped into the engine and temporarily flooding it.

Once it starts back up it will run all day without problems.

I tested the codes at Advance (don't remember the actual number) but it was the Cam Position Sensor. Having lots of practice using these codes that is a crap shoot. Could be another cause looking like a cam sensor, maybe not. There are two sensors and at $90+ I don't want to get too carried away replacing them to find out it is something else all together.

The fact that the hard re-start seems to come from too much fuel and shut-off is instantaneous, It sounds like an electrical part shutting off spark.

Since it always happens at the same time I thought it would be a good idea to see if anyone else has ever had the problem. I haven't been able to look at the plugs yet (always the first look of a drive-ability problem) and hope to do that today. Not sure what to expect from inspection though since it doesn't seem to be a problem of old or fouled plugs.

I looked at all the FAQ's, even found out how to point to the original FAQ's. Search sucks, as my topic seemed hard to put into a search. I read a bunch of posts in my search and turned up nothing.

I posted in the 5th Gen Noob post because of the 15 post limit and didn't want to anger anyone by posting 15 replies to up my count.

I'm not really a message board newbie or mechanics newbie, and I hope to make friends here. I will contribute what I can and try to stay out of the way.

01-06-2008, 10:51 AM	#4521
petersenj20 Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: D'ville, GA iTrader: (0) Posts: 23	'02 shuts off around 5 minutes Shut-off is instant, no sputter. It does it at almost the same time every cold start-up. If I am stopped when it shuts off, it will start right back up. If I am accelerating at the time of shut-off it is hard to start and will take 3-5 minutes of intermittent cranking.. I attribute this to fuel being dumped into the engine and temporarily flooding it. Once it starts back up it will run all day without problems. I tested the codes at Advance (don't remember the actual number) but it was the Cam Position Sensor. Having lots of practice using these codes that is a crap shoot. Could be another cause looking like a cam sensor, maybe not. There are two sensors and at $90+ I don't want to get too carried away replacing them to find out it is something else all together. The fact that the hard re-start seems to come from too much fuel and shut-off is instantaneous, It sounds like an electrical part shutting off spark. Since it always happens at the same time I thought it would be a good idea to see if anyone else has ever had the problem. I haven't been able to look at the plugs yet (always the first look of a drive-ability problem) and hope to do that today. Not sure what to expect from inspection though since it doesn't seem to be a problem of old or fouled plugs. I looked at all the FAQ's, even found out how to point to the original FAQ's. Search sucks, as my topic seemed hard to put into a search. I read a bunch of posts in my search and turned up nothing. I posted in the 5th Gen Noob post because of the 15 post limit and didn't want to anger anyone by posting 15 replies to up my count. I'm not really a message board newbie or mechanics newbie, and I hope to make friends here. I will contribute what I can and try to stay out of the way.