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you got 3 wires...power, signal, ground. the cam shaft has 4 magnets on it and the sensor has 4. every time the magnets line up, it sends a signal to the pcm telling it that it's in a certain position. working with the crank position sensor, it tells the pcm when to inject fuel and when to fire the spark plugs.