# High Idle = New Distributor? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Show\ **Created:** [July 5, 2008, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/high-idle-new-distributor/16250 "2008-07-05T15:12:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![autospreche](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@autospreche](https://community.cartalk.com/u/autospreche)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/high-idle-new-distributor/16250/1 "2008-07-05T15:12:15Z")
I have 94 Saab 900S. It will be in neutral at 900RPM, then jump to 2000 then nudge its way up to 3200. Scares pedestrians ! My mechanic said there were no vacuum leaks, cleaned the Idle Stabilization valve and said, “codes say that the cam position sensor in the distributor is not reporting properly”. I thought if the distributor is not performing properly that it would misfire, not do I as described above, which is a non-refundable $500 procedure (if it doesn’t fix it). Could mal-communication twixt the cam position sensor and the computer cause this idle behaviour ? Thanks ! ---
**Author:** ![autospreche](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@autospreche](https://community.cartalk.com/u/autospreche)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 3:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/high-idle-new-distributor/16250/2 "2008-07-05T15:14:33Z")
sorry: the $500 procedure I mean to say is a new distributor + labor. ---
**Author:** ![crankwalk5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@crankwalk5](https://community.cartalk.com/u/crankwalk5)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/high-idle-new-distributor/16250/3 "2008-07-05T17:26:04Z")
watch the cam sensor on the scan tool,or it can be graphed(REAL TIME,no buffer and watched,many ways to know for sure,find a tech who knows these things. before you burn 500dollars. sounds like a gamble to me,and I dont gamble.(maybe you do though. good luck.