Throwing P0342
Throwing P0342 99 camaro with 408 lq9 started throwing code p0342 last year. This was after one year of running fine with cam, cam gear and sensor. I decided to swap the cam to something else and the cam bolts did not back out at all. New cam bolts were torqued correctly and loctite was used.
Now I've just gone over the wiring.
The two outside wires have been switched and worked for over a year
Had voltage
Ground was fine
And had continuity on the signal wire
I just checked duty cycle at idle and it only fluctuated from 97-99% and from what I've read it should be between 45-55%. Do you guys think it's just a bad sensor? I'm assuming it's the sensor since it started throwing codes with the old cam, which worked fine for over a year and when I tore it down the cam bolts were not backed out. That and the fact that I installed the new cam with the correct torque and loctite. The same cam gear was used that worked for over a year so I'm assuming that's the correct gear, which only leaves the sensor. Let me know what you think. The cam sensor that I have is the dark gray/black sensor. Does anyone have the part number for the correct sensor. Gen IV block for 99 camaro-24x reluctor.
Now I've just gone over the wiring.
The two outside wires have been switched and worked for over a year
Had voltage
Ground was fine
And had continuity on the signal wire
I just checked duty cycle at idle and it only fluctuated from 97-99% and from what I've read it should be between 45-55%. Do you guys think it's just a bad sensor? I'm assuming it's the sensor since it started throwing codes with the old cam, which worked fine for over a year and when I tore it down the cam bolts were not backed out. That and the fact that I installed the new cam with the correct torque and loctite. The same cam gear was used that worked for over a year so I'm assuming that's the correct gear, which only leaves the sensor. Let me know what you think. The cam sensor that I have is the dark gray/black sensor. Does anyone have the part number for the correct sensor. Gen IV block for 99 camaro-24x reluctor.
