In a 1999 Mercury Sable :
The 3.0 liter " Duratec " V6 engine is a Dual Over Head Cam
design ( it has 2 camshafts on top of each cylinder head )
and
The 3.0 liter " Vulcan " V6 engine is an Over Head Valve /
pushrod design engine ( it has 1 camshaft )
The Mercury Sable and the Ford Taurus will have DOC in printed on the engine if they are dual overhead cam engines. The symbol should be on the top of the engine.
all the civcs have a single overhead cam motor(sohc) the civic si is the only one with a dual overhead cam motor
In a 1999 Mercury Sable : It depends on which engine you have The 3.0 litre " Duratec " V6 engine is a Dual Over Head Cam design with ( 2 cams on the top of each cylinder head ) The 3.0 litre " Vulcan " V6 engine is an Over Head Valve / pushrod design engine that has ( 1 camshaft )
The answer is very dependent on which engine - Ford used at least 2 different engines that year, including the DUAL overhead CAM (DOHC).
Cam position is taken from the distributor, there is no external cam sensor.
single and double
The 1999 Mercury Sable came from the factory with one of two engines : The 3.0 liter " Vulcan " V6 engine , which is an Over Head Valve / pushrod design engine , or The 3.0 liter " Duratec " V6 engine , which is a Dual Over Head Cam design engine
No, this is not possible.
Cam position is taken from the distributor, there is no separate sensor near the cams.
Left.
Yes , the 2.5 litre four cylinder engine in a 1999 Ford Ranger is a Single Over Head Cam engine
There were basically three types of engines:V6, 3.0 "Vulcan" - a conventional single overhead cam driven engine. One characteristic of this engine is that there is lots of room around it in the engine compartmentV6, 3.0 "Duratec" DOHC - dual overhead cam. Typically there is a 'badge' on the lower portion of the front fenders, something to the effect of "24 valve" (too dark to go look at mine)V8 - found in the Taurus SHO models