2002 Volkswagen Jetta VR6- P0340 Cam Position Sensor Malfunction

looking at Tonys Jetta once again, 2002 vw jetta with a vr6 2.8 liter engine, now chasing this p0340 cam position sensor malfunction, this video will show you how to check cam sensor and crank sensor signals, compare known good cmp/ckp waveforms, and simply how to check timing on a 12 valve vr6, hope you enjoy and thanks for watching.

[@orville58]

I love all your videos thanks for sharing your knowledge

[@baxrok2.]

Looks very familiar! Good job. Thanks!

[@emotionalintelligence776]

I hope you guys changed that belt sheesh, Lol...No tool hell you could've borrowed mine as I'm driving a PITA 1.8t that has this code to hell and back and I can't get rid of it, yet. Timing chains on a VR6 if only life was that simple, a few beers on a Saturday afternoon, job done.

[@kluwe801]

You mean chains lol

[@dottorb7054]

@@kluwe801 I think he also meant Saturday AND Sunday afternoon.... after dropping transmission, pulling off flywheel and putting it all back together.

[@stuzman52]

Great work Tom! Did your friend ever get around to doing the timing chain job? And do you remember how many miles the vehicle had on it? Thanks!

[@carlosmatusmolina3002]

Very good video, thanks

[@DoctorWonka]

We already set the cam chain 3 times! And verified the belt multiple times! And replaced the position sensor. And STILL the damned PO340 error code! By the way, the car runs great 😮🤭😐😐

[@PositiveLeadDiagnostics]

I would get a cam crank waveform and compare to a known good. Sometimes the instructions are not clear and the pictures don’t help when it tells you to count the links when setting the chain

[@DylanRabier]

Thanks Tommy. Good video 👍

[@IzzYChannel]

I unplugged the sensor while the engine was running and the engine kept working without a problem, no change when I plugged it out or put it back in… I’m pretty sure that’s a bad sensor right there

[@rrmech11]

I enjoyed it Thanks

[@billybobjoe198]

Sure hope that's not what's wrong with mine throwing the same code. It's only got 70k miles though.

[@Pablo_Automotive]

nice job

[@tony4metallicaify]

what the hell is the sound coming from on the right of the engine, is that the timming chain. and is that normal mine make the same sound

[@billyr9840]

Nice !

[@luismauriliosanchezchitica3506]

Hola buenos días donde puedo conseguir motor VW VR-6 3.6 Lts

[@lustfulvengance]

I don't understand why it would set a sensor fault Code and not a cam crank correlation code??????? That does not make sense, am I missing something?

[@PositiveLeadDiagnostics]

The camshaft is slightly out of range. Not enough to cause a cmp/ckp correlation. But enough to cause a cam malfunction fault.

[@lustfulvengance]

Positive Lead Diagnostics But still, it sets a sensor fault Code when the sensor is clearly functional just seems like weird programming to me........

[@guayaco-dm3vu]

Is this the same jetta that had injector faults?If so, I called those timing chains in that video a while back..lol..

[@PositiveLeadDiagnostics]

Yeah you did call it

[@CarlosHernandez-jy2jr]

Y Sharan 2002