joshyC 
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Registered: 10th May 07
 Location: Stanstead Abbotts, Hertfordshire 
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looking at this car on ebay, all looking good, says it runs fine, but has a problem with the "cam shaft sencor" :S, shall i still go ahead and buy it? is it easy to fix and how much would it cost roughly? is it affecting/damaging the rest of the engine? thanks, josh
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carnuts 
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Registered: 28th Aug 05
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not that hard and no shouldnt damage anything else on the engine but i would want some sort of proof that that is the fault and it aint something else mate 
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adamC20xe 
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Registered: 19th Oct 05
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i bought a camshaft sensor brand new off ebay for a xe only cost 30 quid
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csweatherston 
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Registered: 16th Jan 06
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if its a vectra xev, its £90 for the sensor and about an hour to wire it in.. 
 
common problem.
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Coddy 
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Registered: 21st Nov 05
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Vauxhall cam sensors 
 
There's a page of cam sensors for most vauxhalls, fairly handy site too that one.
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joshyC 
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Registered: 10th May 07
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thanks every1
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adam.d 
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Registered: 7th Nov 07
 Location: hartlepool    Drives: corsa LET 
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when you go to view the car why not do the paperclip test and see if thats defo the problem. 
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joshyC 
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whats the paper clip test lol
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