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What Causes the Camshaft Position Performance Fault in Buick GL8?

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VonCody

07/29/25 10:27pm

Possible causes of camshaft performance fault: 1. Damaged camshaft position sensor; 2. Incorrect ignition timing, camshaft position offset; 3. Issues with camshaft position sensor wiring; 4. Engine control unit (ECU) damage. Additional information: 1. Common transmission methods between camshaft and crankshaft: including gear drive, chain drive, and toothed belt drive. The transmission between lower-mounted camshafts, mid-mounted camshafts, and the crankshaft mostly uses cylindrical timing gear drive. Generally, only one pair of gears is needed from the crankshaft to the camshaft. If the drive gear diameter is too large, an additional intermediate idler gear can be added. To ensure smooth meshing and reduce working noise, timing gears mostly use helical gears. 2. Chain drive: Commonly used between overhead camshafts and the crankshaft, but its working reliability and durability are inferior to gear drive. Toothed belts are widely used in high-speed engines to replace drive chains, but some high-power engines still use chain drive. Toothed belts have characteristics such as low working noise, high reliability, and low cost.

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