Hello!
So I've been googling and reading about P1345 all day, and I thought I'd give this forum a try before I hand over a wad of cash to a shop.
A little back story:
About a year ago the SES light came on, and the engine started running very rough. Took it to a shop (we were on a road trip) and they diagnosed that the CPAS was bad, and replaced it (plus oil change.) I believe it was P0014 back then. 10 days later, light comes back on. Wife took it to a shop (I was out of town) and they diagnosed a faulty crankshaft position sensor, and replaced that. A few days later...light back on. I managed to sneak it through emissions testing so I pretty much have been ignoring it for a year. I know, bad idea. I'm not nice to cars. But it runs mostly fine, a little rough on idle and not very good gas milage.
Well, registration time has come again, and that means I must make amends. I took it for an oil change, had them read the codes.
No P0014 but the beloved P1345 came up.
The camshaft position sensor hadn't yet been changed, so I changed that. Bought myself an OBD2 bluetooth scanner, cleared the code. Start the engine, P1345 comes right back up.
In summary: CPAS & crankshaft position sensor changed out a year ago, camshaft position sensor changed today. Still P1345.
The way I see it, my only recourse is to try changing out the CPAS again (maybe it was one of the cheap Dorman ones) and hope for the best. Every other possible cause (phaser actuator, timing chain, crank shaft, other?) is going to cost me a bundle.
Is that about right?
So I've been googling and reading about P1345 all day, and I thought I'd give this forum a try before I hand over a wad of cash to a shop.
A little back story:
About a year ago the SES light came on, and the engine started running very rough. Took it to a shop (we were on a road trip) and they diagnosed that the CPAS was bad, and replaced it (plus oil change.) I believe it was P0014 back then. 10 days later, light comes back on. Wife took it to a shop (I was out of town) and they diagnosed a faulty crankshaft position sensor, and replaced that. A few days later...light back on. I managed to sneak it through emissions testing so I pretty much have been ignoring it for a year. I know, bad idea. I'm not nice to cars. But it runs mostly fine, a little rough on idle and not very good gas milage.
Well, registration time has come again, and that means I must make amends. I took it for an oil change, had them read the codes.
No P0014 but the beloved P1345 came up.
The camshaft position sensor hadn't yet been changed, so I changed that. Bought myself an OBD2 bluetooth scanner, cleared the code. Start the engine, P1345 comes right back up.
In summary: CPAS & crankshaft position sensor changed out a year ago, camshaft position sensor changed today. Still P1345.
The way I see it, my only recourse is to try changing out the CPAS again (maybe it was one of the cheap Dorman ones) and hope for the best. Every other possible cause (phaser actuator, timing chain, crank shaft, other?) is going to cost me a bundle.
Is that about right?