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Pic of my camshaft position sensor that threw a P340 (2004 Mo Sl)

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I thought that everyone would get a kick out of looking at this. I`ve seen enough videos at how to replace that sensor to know that everyone I saw removed in a video didn`t look like this. I don`t know what the stuff could be, I`m guess oil that has had something happen to it (heat??). It is the consistency of rock salt, hard and stuck completely to the part, I couldn`t even scrape it off. The other side of the sensor(the flat side) is just as bad, the whole side is covered by 1/16 of an inch of the stuff, hard and stuck. Well, I got the sensor replaced, and it is running normally, but after looking at this, I wonder what other evils lay ahead for me. This car is a piece of junk, working it`s way slowly, but surely towards the junk yard. Just so you will know, it is a 2004 MO SL with a boatload of miles on it. I`m not going to put anymore money into it, so don`t waste your time diaging anything, I just thought it would be fun to share a strange pic with everyone. What a shame, probably the best looking car inside, and out that I have ever owned.

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mtzlplex
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Wow, that looks really bad!

Yeah, I would worry about small oil passages being clogged, like the VVT solenoid...

How often was the oil changed over the years?

How many miles is a boatload?
 
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Wow, that looks really bad!

Yeah, I would worry about small oil passages being clogged, like the VVT solenoid...

How often was the oil changed over the years?

How many miles is a boatload?
I just bought this a year ago, previous maintenance was not provided. Worked on it for a month, drove it for a month, broke down with this issue, been sitting since for various reasons. Boatload = 225K. Thanks for the reply.

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mtzlplex
 
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How does the area below the oil filler cap look? I would think if it was an oil change neglect problem it would look as bad as that sensor...
 
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