4.6 Running lean pinking

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remedave said:
I have changed the cam sensor it still throws code p0340 i have another cam sensor on the way to try again i have checked the harness and the crank sensor. the vehicle will run with cam sensor unplugged but not with the crank sensor unplugged so that would state crank sensor good.

With out even using live data i can tell you the engine is misfiring slightly not enough to be detected by the ECU, probably due to incorrect timing (cam sensor inop), this is causing the cats to work overtime and the O2 sensor's are clearly picking up excessive fuel and adjusting to lean causing the engine to run hot and produce a tink / pink. when i reset the Ad. values it loses the Pink / Tink for a few seconds.

Now i know that both cam and crank sensors are on the same CAN and that sometimes a failed Crank sensor will throw a Cam sensor code but this is not the case i suspect here, and i also know how robust the cam sensor should be and i bet none on here has had one fail ?

Zen .. its not that i don't know, i am just chatting about it !! throwing ideas around as i have said in previous posts its good to talk ….. you learn.
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PO340 is camshaft position sensor circuit malfunction. Open/short circuit to supply or earth. Sensor maybe fine problem is in loom.
 
wammers said:
PO340 is camshaft position sensor circuit malfunction. Open/short circuit to supply or earth. Sensor maybe fine problem is in loom.
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Yep thats the error, i have chased the loom back of the engine to the fuse box and the connector under the header tank, i have also used a test meter in the loom to test for open circuit no problems found, i can't find any values for checking the Cam sensor (outputs etc) that would be handy then i could confirm if the sensors are good, these sensors are second hand.

If all fails with yet another cam sensor and then i will change the crank sensor and finally the ECU then set fire to it.
 
remedave said:
Yep thats the error, i have chased the loom back of the engine to the fuse box and the connector under the header tank, i have also used a test meter in the loom to test for open circuit no problems found, i can't find any values for checking the Cam sensor (outputs etc) that would be handy then i could confirm if the sensors are good, these sensors are second hand.

If all fails with yet another cam sensor and then i will change the crank sensor and finally the ECU then set fire to it.
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A gallon of petrol and a box of matches are certainly the cheapest option. :D
 
remedave said:
Yep thats the error, i have chased the loom back of the engine to the fuse box and the connector under the header tank, i have also used a test meter in the loom to test for open circuit no problems found, i can't find any values for checking the Cam sensor (outputs etc) that would be handy then i could confirm if the sensors are good, these sensors are second hand.

If all fails with yet another cam sensor and then i will change the crank sensor and finally the ECU then set fire to it.
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Trouble shooting manual may help

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0GHeyqlQgdWODhlYTViOWYtMDg2Ni00ZTUxLWJjYWItNGZiNDRlZDc1ODRm/edit
 
I had / have a copy of rave but this seams much better than my "old" copy, i am busy doing AC on a disco at the moment but i will just back on this sometime this week when the new part comes
 
new camshaft sensor no.3 fitted ……. its sell the same. unplug the crank sensor when running it cuts out i am loathed to change it ! should i ?
 
Query:

The Fueling and Ignition information would come from a variety of sensors...

Fuel metering would be metered using MAF and Lambda information...with the MAF metering the charge air and the Lambdas detecting the burn 'quality'...

Ignition timing information would be calculated from Crank Position, Cam position and Knock Sensor...the Knock Sensor(s) would be detecting pinking or knocking and tell the ECU to advance or retard ignition timing within set boundaries to prevent this from happening.

Would I be right in saying Fuel timing is set from Crank and Cam sensors or just Cam sensor??

Could it be a knock sensor causing incorrect information and not allowing the ECU to correctly set the timing to prevent knocking/pinking??
 
Think I may be able to help here... The Cam sensor is a Hall Effect sensor producing four pulses for every two engine revolutions.The signal used in two areas; Injector
timing corrections for fully sequential fuelling and active knock control. The cam signal pulses are generated from four gaps on the cam wheel. One gap is smaller than the other three.
When its not functioning correctly and the P340 code is set,sequential injection is dropped,knock detection is dropped and misfire detection can be inaccurate.
So that your engine knocks and misses is no surprise,Gems and Motronic systems want to run sequentially and closed loop.Without a plausible reading from the camshaft sensor none of this can happen so it goes basic.
As the OP is a master tech - but hasn't mentioned who for, I'm surprised this hasn't been sorted out,an hours work with a wiring diagram and a scope should sort out this problem.
One last thing,does the engine have the correct cam sprocket fitted ? Gems and Motronic use different sprockets and will cause this issue if fitted to the wrong engine.
 
eightinavee said:
Think I may be able to help here... The Cam sensor is a Hall Effect sensor producing four pulses for every two engine revolutions.The signal used in two areas; Injector
timing corrections for fully sequential fuelling and active knock control. The cam signal pulses are generated from four gaps on the cam wheel. One gap is smaller than the other three.
When its not functioning correctly and the P340 code is set,sequential injection is dropped,knock detection is dropped and misfire detection can be inaccurate.
So that your engine knocks and misses is no surprise,Gems and Motronic systems want to run sequentially and closed loop.Without a plausible reading from the camshaft sensor none of this can happen so it goes basic.
As the OP is a master tech - but hasn't mentioned who for, I'm surprised this hasn't been sorted out,an hours work with a wiring diagram and a scope should sort out this problem.
One last thing,does the engine have the correct cam sprocket fitted ? Gems and Motronic use different sprockets and will cause this issue if fitted to the wrong engine.
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Sounds like a fancy title, typically military, for someone that has done a course.:)
 
eightinavee said:
Think I may be able to help here... The Cam sensor is a Hall Effect sensor producing four pulses for every two engine revolutions.The signal used in two areas; Injector
timing corrections for fully sequential fuelling and active knock control. The cam signal pulses are generated from four gaps on the cam wheel. One gap is smaller than the other three.
When its not functioning correctly and the P340 code is set,sequential injection is dropped,knock detection is dropped and misfire detection can be inaccurate.
So that your engine knocks and misses is no surprise,Gems and Motronic systems want to run sequentially and closed loop.Without a plausible reading from the camshaft sensor none of this can happen so it goes basic.
As the OP is a master tech - but hasn't mentioned who for, I'm surprised this hasn't been sorted out,an hours work with a wiring diagram and a scope should sort out this problem.
One last thing,does the engine have the correct cam sprocket fitted ? Gems and Motronic use different sprockets and will cause this issue if fitted to the wrong engine.
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According to RAVE it's one pulse every two revolutions on the Gems unit. :);)
 
eightinavee said:
Not often wrong,but in this case it must be - you only need look at the spokes of the cam sprocket to see why.Did have photos of both types somewhere,long time ago,cant remember.
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That's what it says in the 1997 RAVE, i presume that would be GEMS. Number of pulses not mentioned in 1999 and on RAVE, which i presume will be THOR.
 
I must admit at this point that I copied and pasted part of that post from a SIDS.This is a systems information document that LR used in their tech support department,much more in depth than Rave or Topix,it even contains expected oscilloscope waveform traces for crank and cam sensors etc.
SIDS were never released to dealers or to the public...
You only need look at the spokes of the cam sprocket to see what kind of waveform you should get from them,either Gems or Motronic.
 
remedave said:
the vehicle will run with cam sensor unplugged but not with the crank sensor unplugged so that would state crank sensor good.
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That really surprises me, crank sensors can only tell you TDC, the all important cam position from the cam sensor can provide both sets of information - so a failed crank sensor would not usually prevent an engine running because the same data can be calculated from the cam sensor - however if the cam sensor fails you don't know if your target cylinder is on the exhaust or compression stroke and therefore which cylinder to fire (or fuel) so the ECU may shut the engine down or (more likely) prevent it restarting. Perhaps it just switches to continuous injection and the wasted spark system allows the engine to run but badly?

An engine will usually run if the cam sensor fails while it's running as the ECU will calculate the cam timing (it keeps count!) - however once shut down it won't usually restart as there's now no trusted reference point for cam timing.
 
StuckAgainSteve said:
That really surprises me, crank sensors can only tell you TDC, the all important cam position from the cam sensor can provide both sets of information - so a failed crank sensor would not usually prevent an engine running because the same data can be calculated from the cam sensor - however if the cam sensor fails you don't know if your target cylinder is on the exhaust or compression stroke and therefore which cylinder to fire (or fuel) so the ECU may shut the engine down or (more likely) prevent it restarting. Perhaps it just switches to continuous injection and the wasted spark system allows the engine to run but badly?

An engine will usually run if the cam sensor fails while it's running as the ECU will calculate the cam timing (it keeps count!) - however once shut down it won't usually restart as there's now no trusted reference point for cam timing.
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You have it the wrong way round ! The crank sensor is the all important one - it has no backup,so must work or the engine wont go.It is not just for TDC either,it is used for overall engine speed AND misfire detection.The ecu watches the gaps between crank sensor pulses to see if each individual firing event takes place.If the pulse gaps narrow it can tell a cylinder has fired,if the gaps widen it knows the crank has slowed down - then will log a misfire.If the misfire is persistant it will store a DTC.
That it runs without the cam sensor is normal,it just cant tell that cyl,s are on compression or exhaust strokes,so runs bank fired not sequential and disables the knock sensors - hence the OP's engine pinking.All his engines symptoms add up,scoping it would soon show whats going on....
 
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