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CEL 0340 #1607531 07/10/06 06:36 PM
Joined: May 2006 Posts: 36 Is confused a place? I iluvmytour OP New CEG\'er
OP iluvmytour New CEG\'er I Joined: May 2006 Posts: 36 Is confused a place?	Is the 0340 a performance killer, or is it rather run rough vs smooth condition? Does it cause the PCM to go into LIMP mode? TIA

Re: CEL 0340 #1607532 07/10/06 07:05 PM
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 702 Somewhere Bleeding Mercon 5 P Pale Horse Veteran CEG\'er
Pale Horse Veteran CEG\'er P Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 702 Somewhere Bleeding Mercon 5	This is one of the codes for the Cam Position Sensor. Yes this will cause the car to go into LIMP mode. If you go to the prior page, under "troubleshooting", you can search at the bottom of the page. Type in P0340 and a range of threads will come up allowing you to read about fixes till you're blue in the face... CSVT E0 3L 14.5 @ 94mph, Stock Intake, Stock Exhaust minus Resonator, CEL, And Broken Pass. Side CV...Untuned.

Re: CEL 0340 #1607533 07/10/06 07:44 PM
Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 5,345 Virginia, USA T Tony2005 Addicted CEG\'er
Tony2005 Addicted CEG\'er T Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 5,345 Virginia, USA	You need to change the Camshaft Position Sensor or it will not start when it goes. Read this. http://www.contour.org/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=trouble&Number=738657&Forum=trouble&Words=p0340&Match=Entire%20Phrase&Searchpage=0&Limit=25&Old=allposts&Main=728603&Search=true#Post738657 "Always do the cheap and easy ones first." 1996 V6 ATX 96K miles

Re: CEL 0340 #1607534 07/11/06 03:57 PM
Joined: May 2006 Posts: 36 Is confused a place? I iluvmytour OP New CEG\'er
OP iluvmytour New CEG\'er I Joined: May 2006 Posts: 36 Is confused a place?	Finally, an easy repair. Just replaced it and it took all of 5 minutes. Now if everything else could be this easy!

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