Are you changing the cam belt engine in the vehicle or timing everything during an engine assembly?
Car is giving me a p0017 code (
Crankshaft Position - Camshaft Position Correlation, sensor bank b, exhaust cam)
the car has like 70k miles. before the CEL appeared, I was accelerating kinda aggressively, not WOT but it made like a backfired noise
exhaust camshaft position sensor replaced, still the same
VTT exhaust phaser solenoid replaced, still the same thing
cables to the camshaft sensors, VVT phases solenoids, crankshaft sensor look mint
I haven't changed the crankshaft sensor because I need to do a "misfire monitor neutral profile correction" that I don't have access to a machine right now to do it
When I did the troubleshooting, VVT phasers error position %, intake is at 2% and exhaust is at 22%, fixed values
this % is taken from VTT phaser position actual vs desired values, they should be all the time 0%, the most 5%
Me seeing that the exhaust is at 22% fixed, tells me that is way out, probably jump a teeth
If the value were constantly changing, it would probably be a bad phaser or the solenoid bad
So, as of right now, from my troubleshooting (not really an expert, just an enthusiast guy) and my assumption, either it jump a tooth on the exhaust cam (most likely) or the crankshaft sensor is bad (not likely, since it not giving me p0016)
So, to check that I really jump a tooth I have to take the valve cover/hpfp/fuel rail/brake vacuum pump to check it with a timing plate that is installed on the end of the camshafts, install the TDC pin and lastly remove the timing belt covers, but to reach it i have to remove the serpentine belt
So if i am doing all that work just to check the timing, might as well replace the timing belt, tensioner, and the water pump since i am already there and replace the crankshaft sensor since at the end of the job, i need to do the "misfire monitor neutral profile correction" anyways, that i have no idea who could do that, apart from the dealer, maybe pepboys? I wish i had some mechanics friends with a high-end diagnostic tool
So i am trying to source the parts that i would need overtime to do the job, or pay like 1.2k+ at the dealer close to where i live, but I am not really trusting those guys, they don't inspire confidence to leave my car with them if you know what i mean
Car starts fine and accelerates fine but has a rough idle. The engine is a non-interference engine and I mostly daily drive the car so i am not really worried about damaging the engine, even if i give it some beems, the CEL doesn't give me full power