Died at idle, no start.

[MaxBeast4Z]

Hello I don't know much about these Nissan engines and what are their common failure points the only engine I know very well is the Honda J series.

 

So I was at a red light and it instantly died I immediately assumed there was a fuel pump, so I check my fuse relay and even disassembled the cover under the seat to remove the hoses to see if I had fuel coming out and I did, so I ruled it out immediately.

I plugged the scan tool just to see what sort of code it would show this is not a fancy system of course, it keeps showing me cam sensor bank 1, problem there is no cam sensor by what I have looked at, there's a crank sensor if there is a cam sensor it would be built into the distributor? at this point should I replace the distributor?

 

At this time of writing there is no way for me to gain access to the vehicle I had to abandon it in a parking lot.

[Slartibartfast]

The cam sensor is in the distributor. I would first rule out the timing belt. Remove the distributor cap, turn the engine, see if the rotor turns. If not, the belt has let go. These engines are interference, but given it's a VG33 (wimpy cams, deep valve reliefs), and it was idling at the time, you might get lucky.

 

If it's not the belt, download the '97 service manual from Nicoclub and go through the troubleshooting for P0340, starting on EC-203.