2001 Ford Escort rough idle

2001 FORD ESCORT
115,000 MILES • 4 CYL • FWD • AUTOMATIC
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I have a 2001 ford escort which for the past month has had a rough idle and now stalls when only in gear. I have changed the timing belt, spark plugs, throttle sensor and cam shaft sensor. However, this has not corrected anything. i have taken it to auto stores for a diagnostic and they keep saying it has a fault code for a bad camshaft sensor, which confuses me since it has been replaced twice. I have seen other posts of disconnecting a harneshfrom the a/c compressor to correct, but ii really don't think that is the best solution. Any other suggestions would be helpful.
May 6, 2009 at 9:59 AM
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IF its a cam sensor code
have to check and make sure that the PCM seeing and reading that cam sensor
and that done through wires
check wiring harness
what do you have for a code #
good luck

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May 7, 2009 at 5:52 AM