Ok, new to the audi world. I have a 2004 a6 2.7t, check engine light came on. Got it check, they said its the camshaft position sensor.

Can anyone tell me where this is located or have pictures or a diagram, and if I should do this myself or take it to the shop?
Thanks

 

You have 2 Cam Position Sensors (CPS); one for each bank. Driver's side @ rear, Passenger's side @ front.

 

sweet, that helps, so for that one would i have to tear down my heads to get to it?

 

No head removal needed. For G40, you may need to remove the Y pipe to get better access. G163 required removal of adjacent coolant line & sensor to get it off. Both are located just below the valve cover edge (in line with the camshafts). Did they tell you which CPS was bad, so you know which one to mess with? There are some resistance &/or voltage tests IIRC to check CPS. Removal of CPS is 2 bolts & 1 connector. Pretty easy, once you can get to them.

 

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Let me know if you have any questions.

Jason

 

Yeah they said driver side

 

DS is G163. Ignore the 14 & 23 numbering in my prior pic. It was a copy from the manual & it's a typo. G163 is DS rear. The pic of CPS from ECS is the part.

 

Ok so today my car started to shake really bad and has a rotton egg like smell, from research it seems it would be a coil pack when bad, went and had codes pulled, they said there was no codes for that but my timing had jumped because my camshaft position sensor is bad, can that happen and if so what should I do take it to a shop or try and do the work myself?

 

$$ for shop to do timing belt job.
Fix CPS 1st if that's actually the root of the problem. Much cheaper & if bad, it needs to be fixed anyway. If you know which way to turn a wrench, then it shouldn't be too hard to change CPS. But understand that maintenance on these cars is generally expensive, so you either have the $$ to pay the shop, learn to fix it yourself, or get rid of it. I think the rotten egg smell is unburnt fuel going thru cat converter. Misfires can do that, & multiple causes for misfires.

 

I am trying to find the test you are talking about is there a resistance test to see if the sensor is bad