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Old May 28, 2015 | 04:31 AM
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Exclamation S600 1995 will not start...help

Parked the car few hours later wouldn't start.
It cranks but doesn't turn over it almost does at times.
Idk what to do! We can't find a obd1 anywhere!
Car has 80,000
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Old May 29, 2015 | 03:17 AM
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Your description sounds typical of a camshaft position sensor. Usually you can crank the engine, but no spark to fire up the engine.
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Old May 29, 2015 | 05:18 AM
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Your description sounds typical of a camshaft position sensor. Usually you can crank the engine, but no spark to fire up the engine.


Yeah there is no spark.
How easy is a cam shaft to replace can I do myself?
Or should I bring to Mercedes?
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Old May 29, 2015 | 05:45 AM
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Best place to order parts from?
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Old May 31, 2015 | 01:53 AM
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I would go to autohausaz.com, pelicanparts.com, partsgeek.com, benzpartsforless.com. BTW, autohausaz.com kind of PO'd me when I had to return an air filter that wasn't even used and came from their warehouse with the box seal broken. The warehouse guy must have opened it to check before they shipped it out. Anyway, they charged me a restock fee. I minimize dealing with them if I can. I'm sure the others charge a restock fee, but they don't ship parts with the box already opened!!!
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Old May 31, 2015 | 07:05 PM
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New fuel pumps working
There is an engine spark but still wot start only crank?
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Old Jun 1, 2015 | 07:10 AM
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Have you tried your other key? If the key gets out of synch the car will turnover but won't start. I have this problem with one key, it'll open and lock doors but can't start car.
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The other key we have doesn't start the car it's just the key fob
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Originally Posted by Makuahine
New fuel pumps working
There is an engine spark but still wot start only crank?
Hi, you said earlier there was no spark. Now you said there is spark and it cranks, but it won't turn over? Also, based on your first message, it was running until you parked it? You've got a new fuel pump and spark, so the only thing that's missing is compression, but if it's cranking then it should be there???
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Yeah we've got a spark now there is no fuel pressure though. It'll crank but won't start
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If the key is out of synch you will not get fuel signal from the ECU , car will crank but will not start
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