On the I Do Cars youtube channel (www.youtube.com/@I_Do_Cars/videos) Eric always says how important it is to check the oil lever and to change your oil to prevent engine failures and lubrication issues
I comment as I watch. Pls be careful when you create your video TITLE, an important code is missing while another code is doubled up in case a potential viewer is searching for the P0016 which is quite common. Rainman Ray and Alex, the car Doctor seem to love working on the POS PENTASTAR engine, maybe Alex has the TOP Problems with the PENTASTAR video? as his nickname is the PENTASTAR Doctor. Bro, pls don't guess, you have test equipment and time to dig in deeper, the scan data is only a guide, not enough for an educated guess, You are also only testing at idle and you do not have a scope to test on a test drive for an exact proof at a certain RPM, nor have you read the Service Info to complete a hypothesis of how many degrees for how many seconds are needed to flag the code. Too many YT Providers are guessing and many times getting it wrong initially, save your own reputation pls. Guessing at a phasor or sensor, what about the oil control valve and its circuit or the valve sticking due to brown varnish buildup, oil pressure leak before or at the OCV or oil pressure loss on that portion of the engine, etc. Some engines the timing gear can slip out of time for a couple different reasons. Sorry if I missed it, I don't remember you mentioning an engine rattle on cold start up which is an oil pressure problem or chain tensioner problem so since the tensioner may not be a problem shows what you are saying, the other cams are not involved in total timing being off. I think the CMP Sensor is a double sensor to read both cams?? Watching the section with Service Info, that pin that locks the VVT at idle something wears out the hole or the pin gets rounded off or broken off so it cannot stay locked in place, also gunked up oil can prevent the pin from going back in the hole. Without a VVT system and a stretched chain, most computers will not set a code until the timing is more than 10* also. THANK YOU for sharing all that Service Info. A very common error, oil level should be checked on every vehicle before the key goes into the vehicle so the owner cannot blame the shop for internal engine damage, if oil is low, that needs to be annotated on the work order and how much oil was added before starting the engine. Let's see if the OCVs on that head are the same color or not, meaning the same part number or not switchable to the other cam, SWAPTRONICS? We appreciate you and all the information sharing of which most I mentioned above was almost all taken care of. I was looking for the same test that was not accomplished after repairs, what were the idle degrees for the cam that was 2.5* off before the repairs? Cheers.
On the I Do Cars youtube channel (www.youtube.com/@I_Do_Cars/videos) Eric always says how important it is to check the oil lever and to change your oil to prevent engine failures and lubrication issues
He is an awesome channel! He is also very correct!
I comment as I watch. Pls be careful when you create your video TITLE, an important code is missing while another code is doubled up in case a potential viewer is searching for the P0016 which is quite common. Rainman Ray and Alex, the car Doctor seem to love working on the POS PENTASTAR engine, maybe Alex has the TOP Problems with the PENTASTAR video? as his nickname is the PENTASTAR Doctor.
Bro, pls don't guess, you have test equipment and time to dig in deeper, the scan data is only a guide, not enough for an educated guess, You are also only testing at idle and you do not have a scope to test on a test drive for an exact proof at a certain RPM, nor have you read the Service Info to complete a hypothesis of how many degrees for how many seconds are needed to flag the code. Too many YT Providers are guessing and many times getting it wrong initially, save your own reputation pls. Guessing at a phasor or sensor, what about the oil control valve and its circuit or the valve sticking due to brown varnish buildup, oil pressure leak before or at the OCV or oil pressure loss on that portion of the engine, etc. Some engines the timing gear can slip out of time for a couple different reasons. Sorry if I missed it, I don't remember you mentioning an engine rattle on cold start up which is an oil pressure problem or chain tensioner problem so since the tensioner may not be a problem shows what you are saying, the other cams are not involved in total timing being off.
I think the CMP Sensor is a double sensor to read both cams?? Watching the section with Service Info, that pin that locks the VVT at idle something wears out the hole or the pin gets rounded off or broken off so it cannot stay locked in place, also gunked up oil can prevent the pin from going back in the hole. Without a VVT system and a stretched chain, most computers will not set a code until the timing is more than 10* also. THANK YOU for sharing all that Service Info. A very common error, oil level should be checked on every vehicle before the key goes into the vehicle so the owner cannot blame the shop for internal engine damage, if oil is low, that needs to be annotated on the work order and how much oil was added before starting the engine. Let's see if the OCVs on that head are the same color or not, meaning the same part number or not switchable to the other cam, SWAPTRONICS?
We appreciate you and all the information sharing of which most I mentioned above was almost all taken care of. I was looking for the same test that was not accomplished after repairs, what were the idle degrees for the cam that was 2.5* off before the repairs? Cheers.