AbdullaGT500
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Wonder why your phaser doesn't have an R. Is it aftermarket?
Not aftermarket. I honestly can't remember where I got them. I will have to search my emails with JPC and RGR to see if I can figure it out.Wonder why your phaser doesn't have an R. Is it aftermarket?
So, the more I look at the second picture, the less it looks like the cam fingers are in the right spot on the passenger side cam. However, looking back at older pictures, that's how that cam has always been. I don't think it's the cause of my current issues, but now I'm irritated that it's off... it probably explains why my compression/trims are a little different on one side of the engine.
On those gears, their was a "R". On the new gears, there is just a "I". Not sure if that is just a manufacturing or what... but at any rate, you can see the difference in where the fingers point in relation to the gear. I tried moving the fingers again, and that thing won't budge. Looking at the pic from a few years back, it's in the same spot.
Again, I don't think it's the cause of the P0340/P0345/P0344/P0349 issues, but I'm wondering if I shouldn't address it now, while the engine is out. I'm also wondering if that is somehow the way the 5.4L 3v cam gears are. I don't even remember where I got them. I think Rich from RGR sent them with the cams, but I don't remember...
Here is a pic of the old cam gear (left) compared to the one on there now (right):
Not aftermarket. I honestly can't remember where I got them. I will have to search my emails with JPC and RGR to see if I can figure it out.
That looks like a significant difference. Enough to matter for the spark delivery. I'm guesstimating around 10 degrees.
Yeah... it does look pretty bad.That looks like a significant difference. Enough to matter for the spark delivery. I'm guesstimating around 10 degrees.
I normally would agree that it was the source of the codes, but looking at the pictures from a few years ago, it was in the same spot. The last picture I posted was from 2012-2013, before you tuned it and it made 1000+ HP. I don't recall ever having those lights before, but then again... they don't seem to trip the CEL. It is maybe possible that I never noticed them, but then again, I was constantly checking the car out, pulling codes, etc.Older phaser versions didn't had the "R", but the reluctor is waaaay off, that would render the codes you are seeing.
Interesting. So I wonder if all is well now. I guess I'll put it all back together and see what happens.Yes, those codes, if the cams are not moving around, would not affect at all. Damn, you can even start and run your car with the CMPs off.
That makes sense, then...A moving cam will give the same codes while everything electrical is in perfect shape.
Ok, I'll grab that. What about the cam gears? Are they worth changing?A Denso alternator.
I do know they were installed in the advanced position. I just looked through my emails back and forth with Justin at JPC. I didn't realize the reluctors ever moved independently from the gears. If that's the case, then it would explain why both are exactly the same off. From my eyeball guess, I would definitely say the finger is about 10* off from the timing marks.If you locked them out with 10* of built in adjustment then it could be. The only way to tell for sure is to take them apart and see what's in there for a lockout. 10* would have to have a sliver of material on the other side of the chamber from where the bigger lockout is to prevent movement. This is because the full chamber allows for 60* of movement.